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Apr 22 2024
News
Supreme Court struggles with how to police homeless encampments
The Supreme Court appeared divided Monday on efforts to police homeless encampments, recognizing the makeshift camps as a burden on cities while also indicating sympathy for people who have nowhere to go.
The justices heard arguments over ordinances implemented by Grants Pass, Oregon, that prohibit homeless people from sleeping in public parks and on streets and sidewalks.
Washington TimesApr 22 2024
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Governor Healey swears Wolohojian to Supreme Judicial Court
Justice Gabrielle Wolohojian officially joined the Supreme Judicial Court on Monday morning, taking her oaths of office from Governor Maura Healey in the ceremonial corner office at the State House. Confirmed 6-1 by the Governor’s Council on Feb. 28, Wolohojian spent the past couple of months wrapping up work on pending Appeals Court decisions. A former partner at WilmerHale, she served on the
The Boston GlobeApr 22 2024
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Activists at Supreme Court protest move to penalize homelessness
At the center of the court case is Grants Pass, Ore., a city of 40,000 that in 2013 began aggressively enforcing anti-camping legislation, with fines and possible jail time, aimed directly at the area’s unsheltered communities. In 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit affirmed a lower court’s ruling that Grants Pass’s actions violated the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment
Washington PostApr 20 2024
News
The town at the center of a Supreme Court battle over homelessness
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Inside a warming shelter, Laura Gutowski detailed how her life had changed since she became homeless 2 1/2 years ago in Grants Pass, a former timber hub in the foothills of southern Oregon. Her husband’s death left her without steady income. She lived in a sedan and then in a tent, in sight of the elementary school where her son was once a student. She constantly scrambled
The Seattle TimesMar 21 2024
Opinion
Texas, the Border and the Supreme Court
The latest progressive freakout about the Supreme Court lasted mere hours. President Biden’s border crisis is so bad that Texas is begging to enforce its own immigration law, S.B.4, which is tied up in court. That law briefly took effect Tuesday after the Justices declined to intervene on their emergency docket, until their strong hint to move fast was heeded by lower-court judges.
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Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Apr 25 2024
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Supreme Court seems open to middle ground on Trump immunity
The Supreme Court on Thursday appeared open to a middle-ground approach to a bid by former President Donald Trump to invoke presidential immunity to shake off his criminal charges.
The nine justices asked Trump’s attorney, D. John Sauer, pointed questions about whether presidents had “absolute immunity” from prosecution as they weighed Trump’s argument that he was protected under the
Washington ExaminerApr 25 2024
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Supreme Court justices skeptical of sweeping immunity claims by Trump
Justices on the Supreme Court voiced skepticism Thursday to assertions from former President Trump’s attorneys that presidential immunity could extend to an attempted coup or the assassination of a political rival, even as they seemed ready to offer some protections from criminal prosecution.
Such a ruling could create a new cycle of legal battles that in turn could delay Trump’s
The HillApr 25 2024
News
Supreme Court will not review bid to expand voting by mail in Texas
Community ImpactMay 09 2024
News
Iowa Supreme Court rules for University of Iowa, reverses $12.8 million payment to contractor
The Iowa Supreme Court recently sided with the University of Iowa, reversing a lower court decision and nullifying a decision that would have forced the university to pay nearly $12.8 million in restitution. The state's high court ruled on April 26 that a previous jury decision awarding Cedar Rapids-based Modern Piping, Inc. an eight-figure restitution payment was void. The court did uphold a
Iowa City Press-Citizen