151 ABA Journal Fourteenth Amendment articles.
The U.S. Supreme Court has several blockbuster cases in its new term—on gay and transgender rights, federal immigration enforcement and gun regulation. But before it gets to any of those, the court on the first day of the term will take up two criminal law cases raising significant questions, even though only a handful of states are affected by each.
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The country has come a long way, said U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and that’s what keeps her optimistic for the future. “It can be hard to do anything as a loner, but if you get together with like-minded people, you can be a force for change,” Ginsburg said at a discussion Monday at the University of Chicago.
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With school finally back in full swing across the country, it’s a great time for a history lesson in American education.
Landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases such as Brown v.…
Sep 5, 2019 1:00 PM CDT Aug 30, 2019 10:32 AM CDT A federal appeals court has ruled for pretrial detainees who allege a sheriff in Lake County, Illinois, skimped on water supplies during a three-day shutoff at the county jail. The…
Aug 13, 2019 4:50 PM CDT A federal judge in Chicago has certified class actions filed on behalf of female assistant public defenders, law clerks, correctional workers and medical employees who claim they were subjected…
Aug 13, 2019 3:24 PM CDT Aug 5, 2019 11:31 AM CDT Jul 8, 2019 11:32 AM CDT Jul 8, 2019 10:14 AM CDT In an amicus brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, the ABA said it supports Kansas death-row inmate James Kraig Kahler’s petition to reverse the Kansas Supreme Court…
Jun 10, 2019 12:44 PM CDT A cupcake entrepreneur has lost her constitutional challenge to Chicago’s food truck regulations before the Illinois Supreme Court. The state high court rejected constitutional claims by Laura Pekarik, who operated…
May 23, 2019 3:51 PM CDT The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Louis has upheld a Springfield, Missouri, ordinance that bans women but not men from exposing their nipples in public. The appeals…
May 8, 2019 7:00 AM CDT A couple’s appellate loss in their quest to grow a front yard vegetable garden has attracted the attention of Florida lawmakers. The Florida Senate passed a bill in March that…
Apr 16, 2019 8:00 AM CDT A federal judge in Chicago has found that it is unconstitutional for Illinois to hold sex offenders in prison after their release date when they are so impoverished that they…
Apr 3, 2019 12:41 PM CDTFines-and-fees system that helps fund court budget is unconstitutional, 5th Circuit rules
A federal appeals panel has ruled that a system of criminal fines and fees in the New Orleans criminal court was unconstitutional because the money is used to support a general fund overseen by the court’s judges.
7th Circuit allows suit over clogged toilets, unsanitary conditions in 3-day water shutdown at jail
Judge allows class actions over inmate ‘masturbation attacks’ against public defenders and jail workers
Handcuffing of second grader didn’t violate his constitutional rights, 8th Circuit says
A 7-year-old elementary school student who was handcuffed by a police officer for 20 minutes can’t sue because there was no violation of his constitutional rights, a federal appeals court has ruled.
9th Circuit rules against bikini baristas, rejects their First Amendment empowerment argument
A federal appeals court has ruled against bikini baristas who challenged ordinances in Everett, Washington, that required them to cover up.
DOJ replaces lawyers defending citizenship question after flip-flop; law prof suggests this argument
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Sunday that it is replacing its legal team in the court battle over a census citizenship question after President Donald Trump contradicted the lawyers’ in-court assertion that the question would be dropped from the census.
ABA supports use of traditional insanity defense in death-row inmate’s petition
Food truck restrictions, including GPS requirement, can stand, state supreme court rules
8th and 10th Circuits split over female topless ban
State lawmakers consider right to grow front yard veggies after couple’s court loss
Decision striking down part of sex offender law is ‘the talk of the prison,’ lawyer says
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