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A fight over public records in Puerto Rico hinges on financial board’s claim of sovereign immunity

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Share The court turns to sovereign immunity on Wednesday when it hears argument in Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. The case involves the board Congress created in response to Puerto Rico’s dire financial distress in 2016. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo.

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Justices side with Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board in public records dispute

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Share Thursday’s decision in Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Ignoring the threshold questions on which the court had not granted review and applying a longstanding clear-statement rule, a near-unanimous court ruled in favor of Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board.

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High Court Rejects Double Jeopardy Claim in Tribal Justice

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Gorsuch drew a comparison between the federally funded and administered CFR courts and the courts of Puerto Rico. “If Government, despite their origins. “In government to expand tribal sovereignty when it comes to prosecuting violent crimes, including broadening Native nations’ sentencing power, the Guardian reported.

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Jamaican green-card holder asks court to overrule precedent on “crimes involving moral turpitude”

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That decision involved someone who defrauded the government of taxes, Daye argues, but courts are hopelessly divided over which illegal acts other than fraud – such as marijuana possession – are crimes involving moral turpitude. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. 1227(a)(2)(A). Veteran Warriors, Inc.

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Focusing on the meaning of “offense,” a divided court throws salt on double jeopardy claim

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Six months later, a federal court indicted Denezpi for a violation of a federal criminal statute pursuant to the same incident; he was ultimately convicted and sentenced to serve 30 years in prison. Wheeler and, more recently, Puerto Rico v. Barrett acknowledged that past cases such as U.S.

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Recent U.S. Developments Concerning the Hague Judgments Convention and COCA

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The ULC is a non-partisan, non-profit, unincorporated association comprised of volunteer attorneys appointed by each state of the United States plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. On the one hand, they could seek recognition and enforcement under the federal statute. Virgin Islands.

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Justices suggest that Congress has leeway to exclude Puerto Rico from federal disability benefits

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Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday probed Congress’ authority to deny welfare benefits to Puerto Rico and other U.S. Residents of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands can qualify for the program, but residents of Puerto Rico and the other territories are excluded. government.