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How One Alaska Ruling Could Contribute to Other State Privacy Laws

"I really think 'McKelvey' will prove to be a landmark decision because other courts, not necessarily all of them or the majority of them, will follow it because we're in the modern world here, and courts have to be cognizant of technology and the impact on our rights," the defendant's attorney, Robert John in Fairbanks, Alaska, told Law.com.
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Daily Report Online

Ga. Set for First Execution in Years; Lawyers Say Man Is Intellectually Disabled

The planned lethal injection of pentobarbital is set for 7 p.m. at the state prison in Jackson. In their request for clemency, the condemned man's lawyers called his trial "a shocking relic of the past" and said the local public defender system had severe shortcomings in the 1990s.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

'That's Not Res Judicata': Sex Toy Ordinance Challenged—Again

"We usually don't make people subject themselves to criminal prosecution or contempt or stuff like that to vindicate their constitutional rights," said Justice Sarah Hawkins Warren during oral arguments Tuesday.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Unfamiliar Territory: Lawsuit Calls Mandatory Pro Bono Assignments Unconstitutional

"The reason the attorneys don't like it is because attorneys don't want to be put into a situation where they stand up in front of a judge and they don't know what they're doing," said Edward Zohn, the attorney for the plaintiffs.
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National Law Journal

Supreme Court Says 'No Fly List' Suit Can Proceed Against FBI, for Now

"Put simply, the government's sparse declaration falls short of demonstrating that it cannot reasonably be expected to do again in the future what it is alleged to have done in the past," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for a unanimous court.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

'We're Down the Homestretch': Opposing Counsel Say Lin Wood Defamation Trial Could Happen in 2024

"[The latest order] is an unusual ruling insofar as the judge found falsity, which is usually a major factual issue in a defamation case," plaintiff's counsel Andrew Beal said
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Seems Sympathetic to Biden Administration, NRA in 1st Amendment Cases

"My biggest concern is that your view has the First Amendment hamstringing the government in significant ways in the most important time periods," Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said.
7 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Georgetown Law Professors Face Off in First Amendment Supreme Court Case

David Cole isn't helping Neal Katyal prepare for his latest argument in NRA v. Vullo — he'll be arguing against him.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Denies Request for Drag Show on Texas University Campus

Justice Samuel Alito Jr., who oversees emergency matters from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, referred the application to the full court, which denied the request in a one-sentence order.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Sets Social Media Test for Public Officials

"A post that expressly invokes state authority to make an announcement not available elsewhere is official, while a post that merely repeats or shares otherwise available information is more likely personal," Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for a unanimous court.
5 minute read

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