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New Jersey Law Journal

Professor With Alt-Right Views Not Protected by First Amendment, NJ Fed Judge Rules

NJIT said its personnel "were forced to divert their focus from NJIT's educational mission in favor of addressing voluminous complaints about Jorjani."
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa.'s Long-Running Dispute Over Dates on Mail-In Voting Ballots Is Back in the Courts

A five-judge Commonwealth Court panel heard about two hours of argument in a case that was filed in May, even though the date requirement has been upheld both by the state Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

US Judge Orders Connecticut Officials to Provide Gender-Affirming Care to Inmate

"So much time and energy is spent on the legal battles for health care in prison instead of simply providing health care," Elana Bildner said. "I really would like to be put out of a job. I don't want to be doing this over and over again, and neither does my client. Prison systems are obligated to provide health care by the Constitution, and gender-affirming care is health care."
4 minute read

Law.com

6th Circuit Dismisses Attorney's Civil Rights Appeal Involving Discovery on Statute-of-Limitation Grounds

While the attorney argued the clock started when she discovered that her speech had motivated the detective's attempt for a warrant, counsel for Russ countered by stating that the clock started when the attorney discovered the search had happened in January 2020, well outside the one-year statute of limitations for a Section 1983 claim in Tennessee.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Democrats Introduce Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Supreme Court's Immunity Decision

"The unprecedented decision made by the Supreme Court's misguided majority massively weakened the rule of law as it applies to presidents," said Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania's New Anti-SLAPP Law Protects Press Freedom

The new statute builds on a model act proposed by the Uniform Law Commission and the collective experience of states with existing anti-SLAPP laws, while also accounting for distinctive features of our commonwealth's Constitution and Pennsylvania legal practice.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Eleventh Circuit Upholds 'Humiliating' Prison Strip Search of Woman, But Shares Concerns Over Qualified Immunity

Judges Robin Rosenbaum, Kevin Newsom and Gerald Tjoflat formed the circuit's panel. Rosenbaum wrote the majority opinion, issued on July 29, while she and Judge Kevin C. Newsom offered separate concurring opinions calling on the Eleventh Circuit to fix qualified-immunity jurisprudence.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Top Court Declines GOP Lawmakers' Request to Appeal Equal Rights Amendment Ballot Question

The proposed amendment to the New York State Constitution aims to explicitly protect people who have historically experienced discrimination based on their gender or other classifications, while also protecting against government actions that would curtail a person's reproductive autonomy or access to reproductive health care.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Term Limits for Justices Are Popular ... and a Logistical Morass

"Amending the Constitution of the United States is something between logistically extremely difficult and practically impossible, especially about a contested issue," said Fordham University law professor Aaron Saiger.
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

While Constitutional Challenge to Conn. Vaccine Mandate Fails, Door Stays Open to Injunctive Relief

"But make no mistake, this decision is a victory for our plaintiffs and a victory for religious freedom in Connecticut and we look forward to pressing ahead with our Injunction motion so that we can get these disenfranchised children back to school while we await our trial," Lindy Urso said.
3 minute read

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