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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. Animal Legal Defense Fund.

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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. In 2020, while Black people made up 18% of New York’s population, they accounted for 78% of the state’s felony gun possession cases.

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