Is Alabama’s Bail System Unconstitutional? ABA Calls on Supreme Court to Decide
The American Bar Association (ABA) has urged the US Supreme Court to consider whether Alabama's bail system is unconstitutional. The…
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4th Circuit Ruling: Criminalizing Derogatory Campaign Speech Unconstitutional Under State Law
A recent ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia has declared a North Carolina law…
US Federal Court Rules Domestic Violence Gun Ban Unconstitutional
A US Circuit Court recently declared that the law preventing those under a domestic violence restraining order from owning a…
Federal Judge Strikes Down A Racist Florida Immigration Law
On Tuesday, a judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida struck down a portion of…
New Missouri Gun Law Unconstitutional, Hurts Public Safety: Says DOJ
The Justice Department has urged a Missouri court to invalidate the state's new law that prohibits officials from enforcing federal…
Florida ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law Ruled Unconstitutional
Summary: A Florida judge ruled the state’s updated “stand your ground” law as unconstitutional as the case heads up the…
New Anti-Terrorism Law in Canada Allows Secret Courts
Summary: Organizations are arguing that the new security measures that Canada is taking are unconstitutional in allowing secret courts and…
NYU Law Professor Burt Neuborne Calls Filibuster Unconstitutional
This week the Senate passed a major reform which would allow the approval of the president’s nominees, both judicial and…
Illinois Supreme Court Strikes down State’s Gun Law
On Friday, the Illinois Supreme Court published its opinion in the matter of Illinois v Aguilar striking down the gun…
Court Rules That Obama Appointments are Unconstitutional
A federal appeals court panel issued a ruling that President Barack Obama violated the Constitution when he made recess appointments…
Legal Throw Down Over Plain Packaging of Cigarettes Has Phillip Morris Seeing Red
In recent days, Philip Morris ramped up its legal battle against Australia's planned cigarette plain packaging laws the tobacco giant…
26 States File Brief to Get Health Care Overhaul Struck Down
On Wednesday, May 4, 26 states filed a motion with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which is located in…