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Philadelphia district attorney sues Elon Musk for PAC money giveaways for illegal lottery

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” At this time, the civil lawsuit is in its early stages, but Krasner is planning to litigate the issue in court. The program is only available to voters in certain swing states, including Georgia, Arizona, and Pennsylvania. The petition invites people to sign on in support of the First and Second Amendments.

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Justices will clarify how death-row prisoners can contest a state’s method of execution

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It particularly disfavors Eighth Amendment litigation attacking familiar lethal injection protocols as “cruel and unusual” punishment. His lengthy post-conviction litigation included a new sentencing proceeding in 2002 and, crucially, an earlier round of federal habeas corpus litigation.

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New Wrinkle in Pre-1972 Sound Recording Cases – Georgia Supreme Court Holds that iHeart Streaming Does Not Violate State Criminal Statute

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The Georgia Supreme Court this week issued a decision holding that the streaming of pre-1972 sound recordings by iHeart Media does not violate the state’s criminal statutes against the “transfer” of recorded sounds without the permission of the owner of the master recording.

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Court seeks to protect judicial remedies in case challenging lethal injection

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When must state prisoners alleging unconstitutional execution methods use habeas corpus petitions, and when may they proceed under the more general civil rights statute, 42 U.S.C. If a state prisoner must use habeas litigation, then federal courts will almost never reach the merits of the claim.

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A small, procedural win for prisoners challenging a state’s method of execution

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1983 ; they are not forced into federal habeas litigation that is procedurally doomed. The Heck bar is a big deal to death-sentenced prisoners who challenge execution methods, because those challenges almost always ripen after the first round of federal habeas litigation finishes. But Texas had to change a regulation, not a statute.).

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Justices grapple with question of federal court review in immigration cases

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First, the applicant must meet precise eligibility requirements under the statute. citizen” when applying for a Georgia driver’s license. That statute is known as the jurisdictional bar. Don’t those two presumptions kind of cancel each other out, and we’re left with just reading the statute as it’s written?” he asked.

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Supreme Court hears oral arguments in crucial immigration and ERISA cases

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), finding that Patel misrepresented himself as a US citizen in his Georgia driver’s license application, denied him adjustment and began deportation proceedings in 2012. Hughes has requested that the case be remanded to trial court so that the litigation can proceed.