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Two death penalty cases and free speech at animal facilities

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Washington. Andrus further argues that the Texas court’s decision conflicts with “vertical stare decisis,” the principle that lower courts must follow the Supreme Court’s decisions. The law defines an animal facility as any place that houses or breeds animals used for food production, agriculture, or research.

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A second look at a death-row prisoner’s ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim

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Ross , involving a dormant commerce clause challenge to a California law prohibiting the sale of pork unless the pigs from which it was made (virtually all of which come from outside the state) were raised consistent with the state’s restrictive standards. That’s all for this week. Until next time, stay safe ! New Relist. Texas , 21-6001.

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Allegations of racial bias in a death penalty trial

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Cochran , the justices will decide whether federal district courts have the power to consider claims challenging the constitutionality of the commission’s administrative law proceedings. In Securities and Exchange Commission v. The case is sufficiently similar to Axon Enterprise, Inc.

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Another look at qualified immunity

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Cogdill is the latest in a long line of petitions urging the Supreme Court to revisit its jurisprudence under the “qualified immunity” doctrine, which grants law enforcement officials immunity from civil suits for violating constitutional rights if those rights were not “clearly established” at the time they acted.

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Are timing limits on property owners’ claims jurisdictional?

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The landowners note that in 2009, picking up on the court’s changing case law, the U.S. Traffic on the easement has only created problems since then, as increasing numbers of trespassers have entered their land. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit held that the Quiet Title Act’s statute of limitations is not jurisdictional.

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Challenges to administrative action and retroactive relief for prisoners

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In addition, the Supreme Court held a few years back that the appointment procedures for SEC administrative law judges violate the Constitution’s appointments clause. relisted after the April 29 conference). Returning Relists. Texas , 21-6001.

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Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

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The court ruled that the Supreme Court had not formally overruled earlier case law supporting the theory that registration supports general jurisdiction. The law defines an animal facility as any place that houses or breeds animals used for food production, agriculture, or research. By contrast, the petition in Mallory v.

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