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Apr 22 2024
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Supreme Court hears case that could empower cities to fine people for being homeless
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments April 22 in a case that could decide if homeless people can continue to be fined or jailed for sleeping outdoors even when shelter space is unavailable. Under review are rulings by the U.S. Ninth District Court of Appeals that punishing people for sleeping in public spaces violates the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The case
Baptist News GlobalApr 06 2024
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Money & the Law: State Supreme Court hands homeowners a victory
In March, the Colorado Supreme Court decided two cases dealing with the same issue — late notice to an insurance company of a property damage claim under a homeowner’s insurance policy. In both cases — Gregory v. Safeco Insurance Co. and Rumkel v. Owners Insurance Co. — a roof had been damaged by hail; the insurance policy stated that, for there to be coverage, notice of damage from hail had
Colorado Springs GazetteApr 12 2024
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Alabama Supreme Court sides with megachurch over property dispute with UMC
The Alabama Supreme Court has rejected a request from a United Methodist Church conference to kill a lawsuit filed by a megachurch trying to secure the rights to its church property as it disaffiliates from the denomination. In a decision Friday, Alabama's highest court rejected a petition to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Harvest Church of Dothan in 2022 against the UMC Alabama-West Florida
The Christian PostApr 22 2024
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Supreme Court all but set to allow camping bans to stand in major homelessness case
The Supreme Court appeared poised Monday to clear the way for cities across the US to restrict homeless encampments by allowing local laws that ban public camping to take effect. The case, which revolves around a challenge to an ordinance in the southern Oregon city of Grants Pass, is the most significant on the issue to come before the court in decades as official stats show record numbers of
New York Post (News)Apr 22 2024
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US Supreme Court rejects free speech case over attorney bias rule
April 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a Pennsylvania lawyer who challenged an anti-harassment and anti-discrimination professional rule for lawyers in the state. Zachary Greenberg, an attorney with the non-profit Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, sought to revive his lawsuit opposing the rule, which prohibited lawyers from
ReutersApr 22 2024
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Supreme Court to consider clash of Idaho abortion ban with federal law for emergency care
Washington — Less than two years after the Supreme Court returned abortion policy to the states by overturning Roe v. Wade, the justices will hear the second of two cases in a month's span that involve efforts to restrict access to the procedure. The latest dispute to be argued Wednesday involves the interplay between Idaho's near-total ban on abortion and a federal law that requires Medicare-
CBS News (Online)Apr 22 2024
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Two new justices will give Minnesota an all-female majority on the Minnesota Supreme Court
Gov. Tim Walz appointed two women to the state Supreme Court on Monday, returning the court to a female majority for the first time since 1994. Court of Appeals Judge Theodora Gaïtas and Stearns County Chief Judge Sarah Hennesy will fill the seats held by retiring Justices Margaret Chutich and G. Barry Anderson, respectively. Both new justices have extensive experience in aiding lower-income
Star TribuneApr 29 2024
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Decision time for Supreme Court on big, hot-button questions; justices hear final oral arguments
Supreme Court rulings this term will advance federal law on the powers of the presidency and the administrative state and clarify decisions in recent years on abortion and the Second Amendment.
Last week, the justices heard final arguments of the 2023 term in cases that test whether cities can fine homeless encampments that create public health and safety concerns, whether emergency
Washington TimesApr 21 2024
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Supreme Court takes up homelessness as record numbers of Americans lack permanent housing
WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court is debating Monday how far cities can go to prevent people from sleeping in public places without effectively criminalizing homelessness, an issue of increasing importance as the number of Americans without shelter has reached record levels. When a California-based appeals court ruled in 2018 that an anti-camping ordinance in Boise, Idaho, could not be enforced
"USA Today" ContributorMar 19 2024
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Commodity in question before SD Supreme Court
ABERDEEN, S.D. (KELO) — A carbon dioxide pipeline in development had the South Dakota Supreme Court’s attention in Aberdeen on Tuesday, where lawyers representing landowners and Summit Carbon Solutions made their arguments in front of the justices. A key point of disagreement was whether or not carbon dioxide is a commodity in the case. “It’s absolutely not a commodity,” said Brian Jorde, who
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