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Minnesota Supreme Court upholds felony disenfranchisement law

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The Minnesota Supreme Court Wednesday upheld a state law prohibiting convicted felons from voting while on probation or parole in a 3-1 ruling. The law at issue, Minn. The appellants, two convicted felons, argued that the law violates Article VII , Section 1, of the Minnesota Constitution.

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“8th Circuit court partially upholds Iowa’s 2012 ‘ag-gag’ law; a new lawsuit challenges the state’s 2021 statute”

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“8th Circuit court partially upholds Iowa’s 2012 ‘ag-gag’ law; a new lawsuit challenges the state’s 2021 statute”: William Morris of The Des Moines Register has this report. ” You can access today’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S.

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Brnovich, election-law tradeoffs, and the limited role of the courts

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Muller is the Bouma fellow in law and professor of law at the University of Iowa College of Law. Democratic National Committee set the path for the six-justice majority of the Supreme Court to reject challenges to two Arizona laws. The Democratic National Committee challenged the two Arizona laws.

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Supreme Court maintains focus on defendant’s subjective beliefs in False Claims Act cases

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Share In a unanimous opinion on Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected an attempt to shift the knowledge standard in False Claims Act cases that had the potential to gut the government’s primary anti-fraud statute. At issue in two consolidated cases – United States ex rel. SuperValu Inc. and United States ex rel.

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Justices will consider false claims in two pharmacy cases

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Share The False Claims Act has for decades been the government’s primary anti-fraud statute. The Department of Justice has used the law to recover more than $70 billion since 1986, largely in cases related to health care and defense contracting.

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The court appears likely to preserve theory of liability in False Claims Act cases

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Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit and reject a ruling observers said would gut the government’s primary anti-fraud statute. The whistleblower was backed not only by the government but by a “friend of the court” brief from Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) , the FCA’s long-time champion. SuperValu Inc.

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Four petitions on the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act

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Issue : Whether the Federal Arbitration Act displaces a state common-law rule forbidding companies from adding an arbitration requirement to their standard-form contract with customers unless the contract already includes a dispute-resolution clause. . Branch Banking & Trust Company v. Sevier County Schools Federal Credit Union.

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