The U.S. Supreme Court has announced it will hear the case of McDonald V. City of Chicago, and decide whether the right to keep and bear arms secured by the Second Amendment protects Americans from over-reaching state and local governments.rnAt issue is a 27-year-old Chicago, IL law ...
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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...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday heard a historic case challenging Donald Trump's ability to hold office again over his role in the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump asked the justices to overturn an unprecedented Colorado Supreme Court decision deeming him ineligible to ...
2294 (2019) the Supreme Court struck down the statutory prohibition on federal registration of a so-called "scandalous" trademark -- in this instance, "FUCT" – as conflicting with the First Amendment guarantee of free speech. The Court's decision, as predicted ...
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...
Arbitration Law amendmentjudicial review of arbitrationarbitration, BRI, CICC, diversified dispute resolution, foreign courts, international commercial court, judicial interpretations The Supreme People’s Court’s ongoing contribution to developing foreign-related rule of law (涉外法治) February 14, 2024 ...
He said the Eighth Amendment does not allow governments to fine, arrest and incarcerate those with no place else to go. "Our case has always been about this narrow and fundamental issue that's currently before the Supreme Court," Johnson said. "Can a city make it illegal on every inch of...
The Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear the case to resolve “the important First Amendment questions” that arise from state laws that deem personal assistants to be state employees for the purposes of unionization and the assessment of fair share fees. The Supreme Court’s ...
The legal battle is one of five that the Supreme Court is considering this term that stand at the intersection of the First Amendment's free speech protections and social media. It was also the first of two that the justices heard Monday that involves alleged jawboning, or informal pressure ...