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Apr 13 2024
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Nearing 50 Supreme Court arguments in, lawyer Lisa Blatt keeps winning
WASHINGTON (AP) — No woman has appeared more often before the Supreme Court than Lisa Blatt, who will make her 50th argument this month. No lawyer, male or female, has done it with quite the same mix of humor, passion and style. And her win-loss record isn't bad, either: 40-6, with two cases yet to be decided. She elicits laughs and the occasional sharp response from the justices, who seem to
QuartzApr 08 2024
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Jack Smith presses Supreme Court on Trump: "No person is above the law"
Special Counsel Jack Smith urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Donald Trump's presidential immunity claims in a court filing on Monday, reiterating his stance that "no person is above the law." Smith is leading the federal prosecution of the former president, who's charged with unlawfully attempting to overturn his loss to President Joe Biden in the 2020 election. The case is set to appear
NewsweekApr 08 2024
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Prosecutors Ask Supreme Court to Reject Trump’s Immunity Claim in Election Case
Jack Smith, the special counsel prosecuting former President Donald J. Trump on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, urged the Supreme Court on Monday to reject Mr. Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution. “The president’s constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed does not entail a general right to violate them,” Mr. Smith wrote. The filing
New York Times (News)Apr 16 2024
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects DMPD appeal in photographer's lawsuit over 2020 protest arrest
The U.S. Supreme Court won't weigh in on a photographer's lawsuit against the Des Moines Police Department. Ted Nieters, a freelance photographer, was pepper-sprayed, tackled and arrested while taking pictures of a group of protesters on June 2, 2020, near the Iowa Capitol. His failure to disperse charge was later dropped, and he sued the department and arresting officer Brandon Holtan for
Des Moines RegisterApr 08 2024
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Democrats Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Ban on Punishing Homeless for Public Camping
Democrat lawmakers support a 9th Circuit ruling that says the Eighth Amendment forbids such prosecutions. A group of Democrat lawmakers is urging the Supreme Court to uphold a lower court ruling that blocked a local government in Oregon from prosecuting homeless people for sleeping outside. In the case at hand, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit held that Grants Pass, Oregon, was
The Epoch TimesMar 28 2024
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Maine’s supreme court says Sunday hunting ban is constitutional
Maine’s highest court is upholding the state’s Sunday hunting ban, ruling against a Readfield couple who argued the rule contradicts a recently enacted “right to food” amendment to the state constitution. Virginia and Joel Parker sued the commissioner of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in April 2022. They argued that the Sunday hunting ban runs afoul of the right-to-food
Portland Press HeraldMar 28 2024
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Montana’s Supreme Court Rules Voting Reform Laws Are Unconstitutional
‘State and county election officials have been punched in the gut,’ Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen’s office said. Montana’s Supreme Court on March 27 struck down four major voting reform laws passed by the state’s Legislature in 2021 after ruling they are unconstitutional. The four measures eliminated election day registration, which allowed residents to register to vote on the
The Epoch TimesMar 21 2024
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Social Media Censorship Case Reaches Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Murthy v. Missouri Monday, continuing litigation in a case that could redefine America’s understanding of the First Amendment. Murthy — which was originally designated Missouri v. Biden — concerns how much influence the federal government can exercise over content on private social media platforms. Louisiana and Missouri filed the case in 2022,
Daily CitizenApr 03 2024
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Supreme Court mulling briefs in Trump immunity case- Washington Examiner
The Supreme Court will soon weigh Donald Trump‘s claim that presidential immunity should shield him from prosecution — prompting former generals, officials, and allied legal minds to chime in on the former president’s argument. So far, 18 groups have submitted amicus briefs or “friend of the court” filings related to the immunity case that express a range of ideas surrounding Trump’s arguments
Washington ExaminerApr 15 2024
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Supreme Court Allows Idaho Law Protecting Children From Transgender Procedures To Go Into Effect
The Supreme Court ruled Monday to allow an Idaho law protecting children from life-altering transgender procedures to go into effect while the law is challenged in lower courts.
The law, passed last year, bans procedures like double mastectomies on girls who identify as boys and giving children puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, which have been linked to bone development issues
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