Skip to content

Search

Showing 294 results for "district court hear arguments challenging discriminatory virginia law"
  • … v. Wade Has Been Overturned. What Happens Now? The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. What happens now? Written … 2022 Revised December 7, 2023 On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in  Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health … Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court  upheld Mississippi’s law protecting unborn life after 15 weeks . In doing so, the …
  • … later, they found themselves in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. What is this case about? Campaign finance laws are … widely dispersed population. Despite these facts, the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska ruled the … and other attorneys petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case. November 2019 : The Supreme Court vacated the …
  • … of religious freedom and free speech made at the Supreme Court in just one case from this year: Kennedy v. Bremerton School District , where the Court found a public high school … lines of constitutional and cultural conflict view the law and our profession as the opportunity to assist in …
  • … in pursuit of its political agenda. It filed a lawsuit challenging the Save Women’s Sports Act and asking a federal district court to allow male athletes to compete in women’s sports. …
  • … states having done so far past the deadline. In 2020, Virginia voted to ratify the ERA, claiming that its vote … deserve to be treated with equality and fairness under the law. The ERA’s removal of the distinctions between men and … pick up where they left off in 1979. Even the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a hero of the left and a …
  • … The Pro-Life Advocate Who Won 9-0 at SCOTUS The Supreme Court unanimously struck down a Massachusetts law that … or the middle of a busy street. Eleanor filed a lawsuit challenging the Massachusetts law, and her case went all the … and other sidewalk counselors filed suit in federal district court. March 2012: ADF and Allied Attorneys appealed …
  • … Public and Private Power In a pair of cases, the Supreme Court has the opportunity to begin disentangling the public … of government in one department. On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases that involve an equally pernicious …
  • … economic spheres. Against this backdrop, the U.S. Supreme Court has said that people “have the right not to be excluded … for the 2nd Circuit strongly agreed with New Hope’s arguments, and in September 2022 a federal district court entered a permanent injunction ordering the …
  • … Planned Parenthood has found its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. This time around, the question at issue involves state … South Atlantic In July 2018, in accordance with a state law prohibiting the use of taxpayer funds to pay for … the 4th Circuit to stand. While the case proceeded in the district court, that court issued a summary judgment in …
  • … The First Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech.” This provision offers … has represented parties in several key U.S. Supreme Court cases protecting the freedom of speech , including Reed … words – Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942) True threats – Virginia v. Black (2003), Counterman v. Colorado (2023) …