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Federal appeals court allows Missouri to enforce vegan food label law

JURIST

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Monday that Missouri is not barred from enforcing a state law that criminalizes misleading advertisements of vegan food products as containing meat.

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Public Defender Shortages Reaching Critical Levels: Report

The Crime Report

What’s more, legal experts say that these shortages have been the operational norm for years across our country as a whole, Law360 reports. . To that end, the reports did not reach conclusions about how many more public defenders were needed in Colorado, Indiana and Missouri, Law360 details.

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St. Louis Can Banish People From Entire Neighborhoods – Police Can Arrest Them if They Come Back

The Crime Report

I think part of the problem is that these legal tools are very much under the radar,” Beckett said. The ACLU of Missouri said that it had explored a lawsuit to challenge the practice a decade ago but eventually did not because the organization did not have enough information and did not have consistent contact with a potential plaintiff.

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Missouri Court: Mark McCloskey Pardoned But Still Guilty

JonathanTurley

Mark McCloskey later pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors to end the case, but was then granted a pardon. The Missouri Court of Appeals has now prevented that return of the weapons by denying a motion for replevin. He then sough the return of two firearms. We are guided by the principles set forth in Guastello v.

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US House committee to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas over US-Mexico border management

JURIST

The hearing included testimony from the attorney generals of Montana, Oklahoma and Missouri—states led by Republican governors—who said they have dealt with impacts from Mayorkas’s policies, even though none of them neighbor Mexico. Attorney General Montana Austin Knudsen noted there had been a devastating fentanyl crisis in Montana.

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“The First Amendment Does Not Apply”: A Response To The Letter Of Scholars In Rejecting Trump Arguments Under The First Amendment

JonathanTurley

If there is a single line that sums up the sense of legal impunity in the second Trump impeachment, it is that line from a letter sent by law professors to deny any basis for the former president to challenge his impeachment on free speech grounds. Indeed, just two days before the trial, Recently, Missouri Rep.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. On July 8, 2021, a jury in Minnesota state court found four activists guilty of aiding and abetting fourth degree criminal damage to property, a misdemeanor offense.

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