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Sep 2, 2020

Affordable Care Act Violation – Contraceptive Mandate

In these consolidated cases, we decide whether the Government created lawful exemptions from a regulatory requirement implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA), 124 Stat. 119.

Sep 2, 2020

Order Correcting Opinion

The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is reversed for the reasons stated in Chiafalo v. Washington, ante, p. ___.

Sep 1, 2020

TCPA Violation – Robocall Restriction

In response to consumer complaints, Congress passed the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) to prohibit, inter alia, almost all robocalls to cell phones.

Sep 1, 2020

Elector Pledge Requirement – Noncompliance

Every four years, millions of Americans cast a ballot for a presidential candidate.

Sep 1, 2020

Constitutional Authority – Veto Powers

This is an original action challenging whether two partial vetoes in the 2017-19 biennial budget exceeded the governor's constitutional authority.

Sep 1, 2020

Constitutional Authority – Veto Powers

We review the petitioners' original action requesting a declaration that Governor Evers exceeded his constitutional authority to partially veto appropriation bills.

Sep 1, 2020

Constitutionality – Legislative Involvement in Litigation

Under our constitutional order, government derives its power solely from the people.

Aug 31, 2020

Stay of Execution

Daniel Lewis Lee and his codefendant, Chevy Kehoe, were members of the Aryan Peoples’ Republic (a/k/a Aryan Peoples’ Resistance), a white supremacist organization founded for the purpose of establishing an independent nation of white supremacists in the Pacific Northwest.

Aug 31, 2020

Sufficiency of Evidence – Admittance of Evidence

A jury convicted Jesus Malagon of conspiracy with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1).

Aug 31, 2020

Plea Withdrawal

A defendant pleaded guilty to the crime of felon in possession of a firearm.

Aug 31, 2020

Abuse of Discretion – Preliminary Injunction

A group of Indiana-based hemp sellers and wholesalers sued the State of Indiana and its governor, seeking to enjoin the enforcement of the state’s criminal prohibition on the manufacture, delivery, or possession of smokable hemp. Ind. Code § 35-48-3-10.1.

Aug 31, 2020

Abuse of Discretion – Preliminary Injunction

Illinois permits voters to place initiatives and referenda on both local and statewide ballots, but it also requires proponents to collect enough signatures to show that each proposal is likely to have a decent amount of support.

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