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Extractions: Case at a Glance In a series of (often 5-4) decisions, the Supreme Court has ruled that creating legislative districts with the express purpose of ensuring minority dominance goes beyond the beneficial purposes of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and violates the Fourteenth Amendment. Now, for the fourth time in eight years, the Court will examine the constitutionality of District 12 in North Carolina. Supreme Court Decision: Click to read decision
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Extractions: Slip Opinion: 521 U.S.) NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. 200 U. S. 321, 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Jump to Majority Opinion Jump to Concurring/Dissenting Opinion RENO, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, et al. v. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION et al. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Syllabus Held: (a) Although the CDA's vagueness is relevant to the First Amendment overbreadth inquiry, the judgment should be affirmed without reaching the Fifth Amendment issue. P. 17. Ginsberg v. New York, 390 U. S. 629; FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, 438 U. S. 726; and Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc., e.g., Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC, e.g., Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v.
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Extractions: Tammye Droke: Assist. Librarian Go to the Tennessee Law Library Catalogue The library is open to the general public. Library materials do not circulate and must be used on the premises. Visitors are expected to reshelve their own books before leaving. The use of cell phones, food and drink, or tobacco products are prohibited in the library. Staff are not permitted to do legal research for, or offer legal advice to, library visitors.
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Extractions: Attorney at Law It would be very convenient if all state and federal codes, statutes, and caselaw were available on the World Wide Web. This would give lay people easy access to the laws that they must follow and it would allow attorneys to do legal research without having to leave their office to go to a law library, or pay for expensive collections of casebooks. Unfortunately, economic realities dictate that we may never see all of the substantive law of all the states on the Web. Several states receive quite a bit of income by selling the exclusive rights to publish that state's caselaw. In addition, it is quite expensive to publish and maintain a web site, and money for such a project is not available in all states. Caselaw on the Web ideally would include decisions from at least the last 30 years, a sophistocated search engine for locating relevant law, case summaries, headnotes, etc. Providing all of these on a Web site would be very expensive. Given the above, it is impressive how much substantive law
Extractions: The Supreme Court The Constitution established the Supreme Court as the highest court in the United States. The authority of the Court originates from Article III of the U.S. Constitution and its jurisdiction is set out by statute in Title 28 of the U.S. Code One of the Supreme Courts most important responsibilities is to decide cases that raise questions of constitutional interpretation. The Court decides if a law or government action violates the Constitution. This is known as judicial review and enables the Court to invalidate both federal and state laws when they conflict with the Constitution. Since the Supreme Court stands as the ultimate authority in constitutional interpretation, its decisions can be changed only by another Supreme Court decision or by a constitutional amendment. Judicial review puts the Supreme Court in a pivotal role in the American political system, making it the referee in disputes among various branches of the Federal, as well as state governments, and as the ultimate authority for many of the most important issues in the country. For example, in 1954, the Court banned racial segregation in public schools in Brown v.
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Extractions: The Family Educational and Privacy Act (FERPA) made waves when Congress passed it in 1974 because the law appeared to give powerful rights to students and parents over access to student records. But in an important decision this past June, Gonzaga University v. Doe , the U.S. Supreme Court concluded that this is not necessarily the case. The court's ruling, which states that FERPA does not actually create new federal rights for students and parents, does not solely address the technical legal question about the meaning of the term "rights." It also has practical consequences: If FERPA does not create rights for students and parents, then individual students and parents cannot sue schools to recover damages for violations of the law. Ultimately, the Supreme Court's decision raises important questions about how to enforce FERPA effectively. Although the case involved a dispute between a university and a former university student, it applies equally to FERPA cases involving public school districts and their students and parents.
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Extractions: HOME CURRENT NEWS RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES Last Updated: 06.21.2005 U.S. Marriage Law Expert Witness Resources Counsel Introduction Marriage laws in the United States are almost exclusively governed by state law. There are however, federal statutes which rely on marital status to determine federal rights and benefits, so the definition of marriage is important to federal law. In addition, the U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause ensures that the U.S. Supreme Court can review the constitutionality of laws relating to marriage. Federal Defense of Marriage Act (1996) Section 1. Section 2. DOMA analysis GAO report on the Benefits of Marriage Federal Marriage Amendment Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this constitution or the constitution of any state, nor state or federal law, shall be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups. Information and analysis Supreme Court Marriage Cases Although state law generally governs marriages, there have been some important U.S. Supreme Court decisions relating to marriage in the last fifty years.
Extractions: Navigation Advanced Search Law Pro Links LLRX Buzz LLRX Top 10 Meta Links Newstand Resource Centers - Document Delivery - Comparative and Foreign Law - International Law - Intranets/Knowledge Management - Marketing - Search Engines Update to A Guide to the U.S. Federal Legal System: Web-Based Publicly Accessible Sources By Gretchen Feltes Gretchen Feltes is the Reference Librarian at the New York University School of Law Library Published November 1, 2001, Updated: August 15, 2002, July 21, 2003 and October 15, 2003 Editor's note: Additional resources and changes to Website addresses for this current update are indicated by (turquoise background color) for easy identification. Table of Contents I. Introduction I was asked by my colleague at the New York University School of Law Library, Mirela Roznovschi, to prepare this guide to US legal research for the International/Foreign Law section of this website originally published on October 1, 2000. I have since updated this guide several times. For this reason, I have chosen to treat the United States like a foreign jurisdiction and to address the guide to legal researchers in a more global setting. I have made the assumption that access to printed sources and fee-based databases is limited. This guide is intended to direct legal research through publicly accessible web-based databases. It is not intended to supplant traditional sources of legal research. Indeed the initiative to make primary law sources available freely accessible on the internet is new. Most databases begin holdings in the mid-1990s.
Extractions: Take Action! Background on Gonzales v. Raich What happens next? Read more here about what's next for patients, states, and medical marijuana advocates. Public Reaction: Public Condemns Medical Marijuana Arrests While Drug Warriors Push On Support MPP's hard-hitting aggressive lobbying work by making a financial donation today. The U.S. Supreme Court's June 6 ruling in Gonzales v. Raich does not affect states' ability to pass medical marijuana law and it does not overturn the laws now protecting the right of 57 million Americans living in Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington to use medical marijuana legally under state laws. Top officials in all 10 states with medical marijuana laws have publicly affirmed that the Court's decision in Raich does not impact their medical marijuana laws. "Attorney General David Márquez has advised the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services that the recent United States Supreme Court decision in Gonzales v. Raich
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Extractions: Updates site optimized for Firefox Roberts Confirmation Hearings: FISA National Security Court Roberts Supreme Court Nomination Nuclear Terrorism Convention Guantanamo Bay Supreme Court Litigation Supreme Court Guantanamo Decision Steven C. Welsh CDI Research Analyst June 30, 2004 With a decision notably brief for the mountain of argument leading up to it, the U.S. Supreme Court in Rasul v. Bush held on June 28, 2004, that foreign nationals imprisoned without charge at the Guantanamo Bay interrogation camps were entitled to bring legal action challenging their captivity in U.S. federal civilian courts. Justice John Paul Stephens' majority opinion was joined by Justices Sandra Day O'Conner, David Souter, Ruth Bader-Ginsburg, and Stephen Breyer. Justice Anthony Kennedy joined in the decision but disagreed sufficiently with the majority's analysis to issue a separate concurring opinion. Justice Antonin Scalia authored a dissenting opinion, joined by Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justice Clarence Thomas. The decision addressed the question of "whether United States courts lacked jurisdiction to consider challenges to the legality of the detention of foreign nationals captured abroad in connection with hostilities and incarcerated at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba."
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Extractions: Editor, Employment Law Memo Cases Decided Graham County Soil v. US ex rel Wilson (06/20/2005): Wilson sued under the federal False Claims Act (FCA) claiming her employer retaliated against her for alerting federal officials to purported fraud and for cooperating with the ensuing investigation. The trial court dismissed the suit as untimely under the state's 3-year statute of limitations; the 4th Circuit reversed, applying the FCA's 6-year limitation period. The US Supreme Court reversed, holding that the appropriate statute of limitations in a False Claims Act retaliation case is the most closely analogous state statute, not the 6-year period stated in the FCA.
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Extractions: Welcome The Federal Courts Law Review (FCLR) is an electronic law review dedicated to legal scholarship relating to federal courts. Articles are from scholars, judges and distinguished practitioners. The editorial board, composed primarily of United States Magistrate Judges and law school professors, uniquely combines the insight of the federal judiciary with the perspective of law school academics. The FCLR, founded in July 1997, is a publication of the Federal Magistrate Judges Association FMJA The FCLR Welcomes A New Editor-In-Chief At its annual meeting in 2005, the Federal Magistrate Judges Association congratulated United States Magistrate Judge Sam A. Joyner on the completion of his six years of service as Editor in Chief of the Federal Courts Law Review. The Association commended Judge Joyner on his vital, creative, and diligent service as Editor in Chief from 1999 to 2005 and indicated that he played a central role in developing the Review from its inception to its current, well-respected prominence. Judge Joyner will remain a member of the Board of Editors but has now been succeeded as Editor in Chief by United States Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola of the District of Columbia. Electronic Format
