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19 Mar 2022, 8:56 pm by Howard Friedman
"  Allowing plaintiffs to move ahead with their civil rights claim, the court said in part:Ultimately, this Court’s determination is simple—Davis cannot use her own constitutional rights as a shield to violate the constitutional rights of others while performing her duties as an elected official.The court said that a jury should decide whether plaintiffs are entitled to compensatory and punitive damages. [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 9:34 am by Michael Lowe
Texas criminal defense attorneys hopefully will find a benefit from the growing national media attention to the state’s No Refusal campaigns that attempt to target drunk driving dangers but in doing so, endanger basic civil rights – something that every American should know. [read post]
15 Jan 2015, 9:32 am
He beings by pointing out that convicted felons get free appellate counsel at the state's expense, but that those whose lives may be "devastated or irretrievably altered by a flawed civil judgment (especially in family law cases)" are left "hanging out to dry. [read post]
6 Sep 2012, 3:10 pm by Richard Ford
Board of Education and reached its high point with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. [read post]
1 Oct 2013, 5:00 am by INFORRM
It is to be hoped that one of the positive results of the whole “Hackgate” saga will be a greater sensitivity on the part of popular newspapers to civil liberties and human rights issues. [read post]
8 Feb 2013, 5:14 am by Benjamin Wittes
  By and large the courts did not address this question during the Civil War. [read post]
2 Jul 2021, 12:20 pm by John Floyd
  Recent Use of the Federal Civil Disorder Statute   The Civil Disorders statute (18 US Code Chapter 12) was enacted in 1968, a time marked by unrest over civil rights and the Vietnam War. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 6:41 am by Tony Infanti
But, in the case of Rhode Island, even full second-class status is denied to same-sex couples by essentially giving religious organizations a veto power over the state’s civil recognition of a couple’s relationship. [read post]
28 Jan 2019, 5:33 am by Annette Burns
The Civil Rules made some pretty significant changes to how to change a judge in a civil case, and the Family Law Rules now have their own procedure, which is different than changing a judge in a civil case. [read post]
5 Aug 2013, 12:20 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
What we do know is that it is the most draconian deprivation of an individual's rights in civil society. [read post]
17 Jun 2019, 6:30 am by Dan Ernst
In addition to a growing public outcry over civil forfeiture, there are hints that members of the current Supreme Court may be willing to reconsider its constitutionality. [read post]
19 May 2009, 6:32 am
Note however that the appeal for Government Regulation (against a Law) in the Supreme Court would take a very long time, as the Supreme Court has a very high case-load.From these options, I would suggest Civil Societies to first submit a JR to the Constitutional Court. [read post]
23 Mar 2023, 7:01 am by John Elwood
Munsingwear so that the state of Missouri wouldn’t be bound by a judgment it wasn’t able to challenge in court because of intervening mootness — caused by the fact that both Doe and the state stipulated to the case’s dismissal after the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion in Dobbs v. [read post]
14 Jan 2011, 12:21 pm by Tim Hatton
The United States Supreme Court will hear the case to determine if an indigent defendant charged with civil contempt, as in Price v. [read post]
29 Jan 2024, 5:36 pm by Howard Bashman
The post “The NetChoice Cases Aren’t About Discrimination; Texas and Florida are telling the Supreme Court that their social media laws are like civil rights laws prohibiting discrimination against minority groups; They’re wrong” appeared first on How Appealing. [read post]
17 Mar 2018, 7:52 am by Howard Bashman
Supreme Court to decide city sex-toy case”: John Ruch of Reporter Newspapers of Sandy Springs, Georgia has an article that begins, “Major civil liberties groups are urging the U.S. [read post]
3 Sep 2010, 6:42 am by On the Net
Department of Justice filed an unprecedented lawsuit Thursday against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office for refusing to provide full access to records and facilities for a civil-rights investigation” Related posts:New Evidence Undermines Feds’ Case Against Sheriff Joe Arpaio & Maricopa County Justice Department to Focus on Arizona Mortgage Fraud Judge Rips Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Lost Profile Case Files [read post]