By Avalon Zoppo | September 30, 2022
The majority said there's no evidence attendees in the judge's courtroom are coerced into participating in the prayer ceremonies. A dissenter accused the panel of "willful blindness."
By Brian Lee | September 29, 2022
A new challenge filed by lawyers on behalf of a Brooklyn synagogue challenged the law on grounds that it unconstitutional targets religious observances.
By Adolfo Pesquera | September 29, 2022
"If we ruled that the legislature could give the Attorney General the unfettered power to prosecute all election cases, we would be giving every future Attorney General the power to bring possibly fabricated criminal charges against every candidate running for public office ... who disagrees with the Attorney General's political ideals," Judge Scott Walker said.
By Andrew Goudsward | September 29, 2022
The founder of the far-right Oath Keepers group and four of its members stand trial beginning this week in the most highly anticipated trial yet arising from the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
By Adolfo Pesquera | September 28, 2022
Melton and Lawler noted in their brief that these decisions stood on the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, but the Congress enacted Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act under the War Powers clause of the Constitution.
By Avalon Zoppo | September 28, 2022
An amendment is valid under the constitution after three-fourths of the states ratify it, and Virginia claimed to be the 38th to do so two years ago.
By Colleen Murphy | September 28, 2022
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has issued an invitation for amicus briefs regarding whether state law requires an accused to be notified of the right to counsel—and to clearly waive that right—before being interrogated while in custody.
By Charles Toutant | September 28, 2022
"Trade associations are less likely to pose a risk of quid pro quo corruption because their member banks have varying interests, whereas individual banks have uniform interests. What one member bank considers to be favorable legislation may be harmful to another member bank. It follows that the member banks are unlikely to seek a uniform quid pro quo from political actors," U.S. Third Circuit Judge Joseph Greenaway Jr. wrote.
By Allison Dunn | September 27, 2022
"Today's ruling is a potent reminder that people do not lose cherished rights under the First Amendment the moment they become pregnant and a victory for those seeking and providing vital pregnancy care," Rupali Sharma, senior counsel and director at the Lawyering Project, said in a statement Tuesday regarding Young's ruling. "Hoosiers will not sit idly by while politicians work to erase their rights and disregard their dignity in service of their ideological agendas."
By Brian Lee | September 26, 2022
"I think the clarion call, every time a violent crime has been committed or somebody with a criminal history commits a crime, immediately the conclusion that's jumped to is that person got out of jail because of bail reform," said Kevin M. Stadelmaier, legislative Committee Chairman of the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
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