This is why millennials can't have nice things "It’s almost like we don't want millennials to get a piece of the American Dream." Fortune · Nov 26, 2022
French lower house votes to make abortion a constitutional right France's lower house on Thursday voted by a large majority to enshrine abortion rights in the constitution, with MPs on the left and centre saying the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of a landmark ruling in June showed the need for new steps. Reuters · Nov 24, 2022
Georgia's highest court reinstates ban on abortions after 6 weeks A lower court's decision had prohibited enforcement of the abortion ban statewide. Seven of the state's nine justices agreed to let the ban go into effect. WEKU · Nov 23, 2022
Georgia high court reinstates ban on abortions after 6 weeks The Georgia Supreme Court has reinstated the state’s ban on abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2022
Checks and Balances November 2022 The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law. Ballotpedia · Nov 23, 2022
Georgia Supreme Court orders state’s abortion law back into effect during legal process ATLANTA — Georgia’s 2019 abortion law that restricts the procedure once a doctor can detect fetal cardiac activity will be back in effect during the legal process, the state Supreme Court ordered on Wednesday. Tribune News Service · Nov 23, 2022
On stand, accountant confirms Trump claimed huge tax losses Donald Trump reported losses on his tax returns every year for a decade, including nearly $700 million in 2009 and $200 million in 2010, his longtime accountant testified Tuesday, confirming long-held suspicions about the former president’s tax practices The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2022
Biden extends federal student loan payment and interest pause as White House battles for loan forgiveness in court "We’re extending the payment pause because it would be deeply unfair to ask borrowers to pay a debt that they wouldn’t have to pay." Fortune · Nov 22, 2022
Bill Torpy: Abortion battle redux in Georgia? GOP wants no part of that ATLANTA — The issue of abortion is not settled in Georgia. At least for now. Tribune News Service · Nov 22, 2022
Calls to investigate Alito leak claims Alito leaked a 2014 ruling to a right-wing donor, The New York Times reported Salon · Nov 21, 2022
The legal history of bans on firearms and Bowie knives before 1900 Bowie knives are back in constitutional law news these days, after a very long absence. The U.S. Supreme Court's Bruen decision instructs lower courts to look to U.S. legal history to see what sorts of restrictions on Second Amendment rights are consistent with the mainstream American legal tradition. According to… Reason · Nov 20, 2022
State asks Georgia Supreme Court to allow enforcement of abortion law ATLANTA — Attorneys representing Gov. Brian Kemp on Friday asked the Georgia Supreme Court to reverse a Superior Court ruling released earlier this week that blocked enforcement of the state’s anti-abortion law. Tribune News Service · Nov 19, 2022
NC Democrats' parity in Congress delegation may be fleeting Democrats celebrated winning North Carolina's lone toss-up race for the U.S. House this month as Wiley Nickel won the 13th District seat The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2022
Georgia asks court to immediately reinstate abortion ban Georgia officials have asked a court to immediately block a judge’s ruling striking down the state’s abortion ban The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022
Daily Mirror · Nov 18, 2022 Hitman Kenneth Eugene Smith who killed preacher's wife dodges execution at 11th hour Kenneth Eugene Smith, who killed preacher's wife Elizabeth Sennett for a $1,000 bounty saw the deadline for his execution pass after a failure to find a vein to inject the lethal dose
The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022 Jan 6, Mar-a-Lago and a golf course: The investigations Donald Trump is facing The former president, his business and allies are under scrutiny for tax fraud allegations, real estate practices and a plot to steal the 2020 election
Tribune News Service · Nov 17, 2022 Trump’s presidential run faces legal challenges over his role in Jan. 6 ‘insurrection’ WASHINGTON — Donald Trump faces an unprecedented effort to disqualify him from being on the ballot again over his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, raising the specter of legal chaos in the 2024 election long before voters go to the polls.
Daily Mirror · Nov 17, 2022 Stephen Barbee who killed pregnant ex-girlfriend and her son, 7, is executed Stephen Barbee, 55, was given a lethal injection at the Texas state penitentiary in Huntsville with his execution prolonged due to him having a disability and officials struggled to find a vein
The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2022 Texas to execute man for killing ex-girlfriend and her son A Texas inmate seeking to stop his execution over claims of religious freedom violations and indifference to his medical needs is facing a lethal injection for killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old son more than 17 years ago
The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2022 Arizona death-row prisoner makes last-minute claim to court An Arizona prisoner scheduled to be executed for the 1980 killings of two people has asked the Supreme Court to review his claim that authorities had until recently withheld that a survivor had failed to identify him in a photo lineup
Reason · Nov 15, 2022 Some Thoughts on Elite-Law-School Bias in Clerkship Hiring Does the bias exist? Is it a good thing? What does it mean for law students at lower-ranked schools? What does mean about me?
Wales Online · Nov 15, 2022 Judge overturns Georgia's abortion ban that started after just six weeks The ban had been in place since July but it meant that many abortions were illegal before the mother even knew she was pregnant
The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2022 Lawsuit: Mississippi abortion ban might not be valid yet A group of anti-abortion doctors in Mississippi say the validity of the state’s law banning most abortions remains uncertain
Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2022 Rob Rinder: I love nothing more than knowing nothing about our judges’ politics I’ve always been hooked on American politics. I’m the kind of nerd who reads transcripts of presidential speeches for pleasure and listens to US Supreme Court arguments while going to sleep. It’s astonishing that I’m still single.
Ballotpedia · Nov 14, 2022 Split-ticket voting for U.S. Senate and governor Welcome to the Monday, November 14, Brew.