This report discusses the reluctance by the Supreme Court to take cases involving the Second Amendment. Commentators have observed that the Court appears to have become "gun shy" regarding this issue, given that it has not taken up a Second Amendment case since its landmark rulings in District...
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge says a liberal advocacy group has a First Amendment right to call a Christian ministry a hate group for its opposition to homosexuality.
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There are over 1,200 petitions scheduled for the Supreme Court Long Conference of September 27th, 2021. By the day of the conference, there will be even more. Nearly every one of the petitions will be denied. My interest is primarily in Second Amendme...
And conservative groups in particular complain that the Kansas Bar as a whole is more politically liberal than the rest of the state, and thus the process produces a Supreme Court that issues liberal opinions, especially in cases involving issues such as the death penalty, abortion or school fin...
Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider the case in light of their ruling last November in another case also involving a claim arising from the U.S. Constitution's Eighth Amendment bar on cruel and unusual punishment. In that ruling, the justices let another Texas inmate p...
What case incorporated the Establishment Clause with the states? What is the wording of the Commerce Clause? What kind of law is the Commerce Clause? What are some court cases involving the 2nd Amendment? In what cases does the Supreme Court have original jurisdiction? What kind of clause is...
A paper (Chinese original here) written by CICC expert Xiao Yongping for the 2022 China International Commercial Court appointment ceremony, reviewing cases involving the ascertainment of foreign law flags some of the problems: “a lack of rules over proof by professional institutions in China has ...
Amendment 4 would allow abortions before viability, but it would still require parents to be notified if a minor has an abortion. Apr 1, 2024 Florida Supreme Court to likely rule on proposed marijuana, abortion amendments Monday Morgan Rynor reports the high court must decide whether the wording...