Constitutional Law
8670 ABA Journal Constitutional Law articles.
A Connecticut law ending a religious exemption for required vaccinations does not violate constitutional guarantees, including the First Amendment right to free exercise of religion, a federal appeals court has held.
Aug 9, 2023 8:41 AM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily revived Biden administration regulations that require makers and sellers of "ghost gun" kits and parts to add serial numbers to the products, keep transfer records and conduct background checks of buyers.
Aug 9, 2023 8:40 AM CDT
A federal judge in Dallas has ordered three in-house lawyers for Southwest Airlines to attend classes with Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative legal advocacy group, to purge itself of civil contempt for "inverting" the language in a court-ordered message.
Aug 9, 2023 8:35 AM CDT
Aug 8, 2023 4:54 PM CDT
Mississippi’s lifetime ban on voting for felons convicted of some crimes serves no legitimate penological purpose and violates their rights under the Eighth Amendment, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Aug 8, 2023 8:08 AM CDT
A federal appeals court has overturned a Michigan defendant’s drug convictions after a Detroit federal judge presiding in the case said the accused man “looks like a criminal to me.”
Aug 7, 2023 12:30 PM CDT
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco should narrow the state-created danger doctrine, according to four judges who dissented when the appeals court refused to grant an en banc rehearing in a lawsuit over a mother’s drowning of her 10-month-old twins.
Aug 3, 2023 10:30 AM CDT
A Florida woman who tests hotel websites for compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act is seeking to dismiss all of her pending cases, including one pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Aug 1, 2023 2:45 PM CDT
Justice Samuel Alito doesn't think that Congress has the authority to bind the U.S. Supreme Court on ethics issues.
Jul 31, 2023 9:42 AM CDT
A federal appeals court has ruled that emergency medical personnel have qualified immunity in a civil lawsuit alleging that they wrongly insisted that a woman was dead, leading to her subsequent death.
Jul 27, 2023 1:23 PM CDT
Lawyers for Hunter Biden are fighting on two fronts as U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika of the District of Delaware asked attorneys from Latham & Watkins on Tuesday
to show cause why they shouldn’t be sanctioned and then put a proposed plea agreement on hold the next day.
Jul 27, 2023 11:40 AM CDT
Barbie has been living in the real world for a long time. Because of the doll’s colossal success since its introduction in 1959, countless lawsuits have gone through the courts as the doll’s maker has sought to enforce its rights and protect her image.
Jul 25, 2023 9:36 AM CDT
Justice Sonia Sotomayor complained in a dissent early Friday that the U.S. Supreme Court should not allow Alabama to treat a death row inmate as a “guinea pig” to test its lethal injection process.
Jul 25, 2023 8:03 AM CDT
‘Taco Tuesday’ trademark abandoned
Taco John’s has agreed to give up its “Taco Tuesday” trademark after Taco Bell sought its cancellation in what it described as a “liberation” campaign.…
Jul 21, 2023 2:35 PM CDT
Doctors in states with telemedicine shield laws are now able to ship abortion pills to women in anti-abortion jurisdictions as a result of a new procedure adopted by a European supplier.
Jul 20, 2023 11:03 AM CDT
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