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The morning read for Wednesday, April 17

SCOTUSBlog

Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Supreme Court gives skeptical eye to key statute used to prosecute Jan. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Supreme Court gives skeptical eye to key statute used to prosecute Jan. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.

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White Nationalist Group Escalates Activity, Prompts Calls for Stronger Legal Penalties

The Crime Report

In addition, the Task Force Butler Institute sent a document totaling more than 200 pages to state and local prosecutors in Idaho, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and the DOJ, detailing the extremist group’s activities and suggesting criminal and civil statutes that may be actionable.

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Court Fees Called ‘Another Layer of Punishment’ for Rural Poor

The Crime Report

In the most recent study, Idaho was singled out as relying almost entirely on penalties and fines to fund its judicial system, even as the state confronts more than $195 million in uncollected court debt. Mostly white and rural states like Idaho regularly impose substantial monetary sanctions on people without the means to pay them.”.

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Disqualified voters challenge Virginia’s felony disenfranchisement provision

JURIST

The plaintiffs allege that this provision violates the Virginia Readmission Act , a law passed in 1870 alongside a series of statutes to readmit representatives from former Confederate states to Congress. Recently, litigation has been brought against an Idaho law that banned student ID cards as an adequate form of voter identification.

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“Fetal Personhood Fight Underlies Supreme Court Abortion Case; Idaho abortion ban conflicts with federal law, US says; Reading of statute key question in appeal”

HowAppealing

“Fetal Personhood Fight Underlies Supreme Court Abortion Case; Idaho abortion ban conflicts with federal law, US says; Reading of statute key question in appeal”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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Cases on Clean Water Act and Voting Rights Act will headline October oral arguments

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Environmental Protection Agency , the case of an Idaho couple who have been prohibited from building a home on land they own near Priest Lake, Idaho, because their lot contained wetlands that qualify as “navigable waters” regulated by the Clean Water Act. During the argument session that begins on Oct. Goertz (Oct.

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ACLU sues Idaho over legal opinion expanding abortion restrictions

JURIST

The opinion, authored by Idaho Attorney General (AG) Raúl Labrador, concerns § 18-622(2) of the Idaho Criminal Code. The statute in its plain language states, criminal penalties will apply to “every person who performs or attempts to perform an abortion.” Idaho defines life as beginning at fertilization.

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