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SCOTUS hears oral arguments in bankruptcy amendment, Washington workers’ compensation law cases

JURIST

Washington. After the Amendment took effect on January 1, 2018, Circuit City, a US chain of electronics retail stores, refused to pay the increased fees and brought suit in the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, claiming that the 2017 Amendment, which creates nonuniform bankruptcy laws, was unconstitutional.

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Justices overturn Washington workers’ compensation law on a strict reading of intergovernmental immunity

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously struck down a Washington state law that was aimed at helping federal contract employees get workers’ compensation for diseases arising from cleaning up nuclear waste. The case, United States v. This concept is popularly known as “intergovernmental immunity.”.

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Former Justice Breyer Speaks At Harvard Panel On Legal Interpretation

Above The Law

(Photo by Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images) One of the quickest lessons you pick up in law school is that the path to knowing the law doesn’t end at finding a line in the Constitution or a statute and reading it aloud to anyone who would hear it. Moderated by Andrew T.

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US federal judge sentences Proud Boys members for their roles in January 6, 2021 Capitol riot

JURIST

A Washington DC judge sentenced on Friday multiple members of a far-right nationalist group known as the Proud Boys for their role in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. A federal jury in Washington DC previously convicted Nordean and Pezzola on conspiracy charges on May 4.

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Heir to Chicago political dynasty brings his “false statement” charges to Supreme Court

SCOTUSBlog

Between 2011 and 2014, Thompson took out three loans, totaling $219,000, from Washington Federal Bank for Savings, a small bank on the South Side where the Daley family made its name. But they were not false, he insisted, because he indicated only that he had borrowed $110,000 from Washington Federal not that he owed $110,000.

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US Supreme Court considers whether internet service providers are liable for terrorism-related content

JURIST

In the court’s view, showing that the companies generally were aware that ISIS used their platforms was not sufficient to prove they violated antiterrorism laws. The court pointed out that Congress, Washington Post, the New York Times and private organizations had warned the companies that they were assisting ISIS.

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Controversial Federal Rioting Law Used to Charge Jan. 6 Defendant

The Crime Report

6 Capitol breach with violating a federal law that makes it a crime to transport a firearm or explosive for unlawful use in a riot, reports the Washington Post. Prosecutors in Oregon, and a few other states and the District of Columbia, applied the law as a lead charge in more than two dozen cases as then-Attorney General William P.

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