By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | July 21, 2022
Even the lawyers expressed confusion over when Georgia's abortion ban will take effect. So the federal appeals court issued a second ruling, saying it's already done.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | July 20, 2022
Eleventh Circuit Chief Judge William Pryor ruled in favor of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr supporting not only the abortion ban but the provision of the law that endows embryos with the legal status of "personhood."
By Marcia Coyle | July 20, 2022
The public's approval is now more sharply polarized along party lines than it was in March, a new survey found.
By Mason Lawlor | July 19, 2022
"Plaintiffs have not offered any argumentation as to why Defendants are not entitled to qualified immunity," Judge Eric L. Clay wrote on behalf of the panel. "Nor do they direct the Court to any caselaw indicating that Defendants' various orders violated a clearly established constitutional right. And for good reason: there is no clearly established precedent that pandemic-era regulations limiting the use of individuals' commercial properties can constitute a Fifth Amendment taking. In fact, the overwhelming majority of caselaw indicates that such regulations are not takings."
By Andrew Goudsward | July 19, 2022
Steve Bannon is on trial, charged with two counts of contempt of Congress.
By Cedra Mayfield | July 19, 2022
"The search went beyond mere observation," wrote Judge Steven D. Grimberg of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. "[The plaintiff] alleges [the defendant] made a sound indicating that he [defendant] was aroused by the search, and the evidence creates a dispute of material fact concerning whether there was any justification, like preventing misconduct, for the additional search."
By Jason Grant | July 19, 2022
"This conversation has been a long time coming," said Natalie Gomez-Velez, a law professor at the City University of New York School of Law and a co-chair the task force. "We cannot shrink from the reality of how this country treats the people it has colonized. The time for change has come."
By Michael W. Mitchell and Edward Roche, Smith Anderson | July 19, 2022
The decision examines two overlapping constitutional issues: the effect of the "dormant Commerce Clause" on state regulation of commerce, and states' ability to regulate alcohol sales under the Twenty-First Amendment.
By Avalon Zoppo | July 18, 2022
Antoinette Stephenson, an assistant district attorney in Fulton County, didn't tell a judge to cancel a warrant for a witness who voluntarily testified at a trial.
By Allison Dunn | July 18, 2022
"The First, Third, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits have all concluded in published opinions that the First Amendment protects a right to film the police performing their duties in public," Judge Scott M. Matheson Jr. wrote on behalf of the Tenth Circuit panel.
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