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Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

SCOTUSBlog

Two pending petitions raise the question of the constitutionality of state statutes providing that corporations are deemed to have consented to “general” personal jurisdiction by virtue of having registered to do business in a state. was filed by a plaintiff seeking to enforce a similar registration statute. Returning Relists.

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Did the Defense Make Prison More Likely for Hunter Under the Sentencing Guidelines?

JonathanTurley

It was Weiss who allowed the most serious tax offenses to lapse under a statute of limitations (despite reportedly having an agreement to extend the period). Given the calculation for the three felonies, the defense had to know that they were increasing the chances of prison time by pursuing a nullification defense.

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Rahimi and the Second Amendment: How The Supreme Court Intercepts Hunter Biden’s Hail Mary Pass

JonathanTurley

Hunter was just convicted by a unanimous jury in Delaware for false statements on a gun form and possession of a firearm as a drug addict. The Court found the federal statutes imposing a reasonable temporary limitation on this right. Instead, they hoped that a Delaware jury in Bidentown could never convict a Biden. Roberts Jr.

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Supreme Court will hear forum selection and workers’ comp cases, but it turns down two animal rights matters; also, there’s one separate statement

At the Lectern

Superior Court , a shareholder lawsuit, after the Fourth District, Division One, Court of Appeal, in a published opinion , refused to enforce Delaware forum selection provisions in the defendant company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws. The court granted review in EpicentRx, Inc. ” Forum selection grant-and-hold.

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High Court Gun Ruling Fuels Licensing Debate in States

The Crime Report

Seven other states require a “good cause or special need” to carry a concealed gun in public under statutes like the New York law that are now at risk. Those states include Massachusetts, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Hawaii, and California.

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“Shoeless Joe” and the Fixing of the Biden Scandal

JonathanTurley

The appointment of Delaware U.S. It is also the same Weiss who reportedly allowed the statute of limitations to run out on Hunter’s major tax offenses, even though he had the option to extend it. It is the same Weiss who did not indict on major tax felonies and cut a plea deal that brushed aside a felony gun charge.

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