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Court upholds sale of divorced Arkansas woman's property share after her bankruptcy filing.

In a landmark ruling, a federal appeals court upheld the sale of a divorced woman's stake in property located in Arkansas. The decision favored her bankruptcy trustee, overcoming objections posed by her ex-husband. He contended that the buyer's good faith was not adequately proven in prior hearings but failed to…

The Times of India · Nov 6

Court Orders Plaintiff to File Handwritten Opposition,

after noting that many of plaintiff's filings contained seeming AI hallucinations, despite assertions in plaintiff's filings that all the citations were valid.

Reason · Nov 3

Eric Coomer (of Dominion Voting) Loses Libel Lawsuit over The Deep Rig

The court holds that Coomer didn't prove by "clear and convincing evidence" that defendant knew the statements were false (or at least were likely false).

Reason · Oct 29

Fast & Furious XI: Texas’ Transgender Youth

Headed for the governor’s desk, SB 14 shows the Legislature has no idea what healthcare for trans kids even is.

Texas Observer · May 18, 2023

Mexico's help to American women who need abortions should inspire Canada

When a draft of an upcoming United States Supreme Court decision curtailing legal abortion access in the U.S. leaked in May 2022, Karina Gould, Canada’s minister of families, children and social development, declared that Americans seeking abortions would be welcomed north of the border.

The Conversation · Mar 23, 2023

A diverse Supreme Court grapples with affirmative action, with its justices of color split sharply on the meaning of 'equal protection'

The United States Supreme Court is deciding a pair of cases that could end affirmative action programs that consider race in college admissions.

The Conversation · Feb 15, 2023

Do Criminal Trials with Mask-Wearing Witnesses Violate the Defendant's Right to Confront Witnesses?

No, said the Alabama intermediate appellate court last year (though apparently without a published majority opinion), and last Friday the Alabama Supreme Court declined to hear the case, also without a published opinion, in Ex Parte Rodriguez. But Chief Justice Parker, joined by Justices Bolin, Sellers, and Stewart, dissented—here's an…

Reason · Jan 19, 2023

"Three Women Sentenced to Probation for Interrupting Oral Arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court"

From a Justice Department press release Tuesday: Two Virginia women and an Arizona woman, who verbally interrupted oral arguments inside the United States Supreme Court, each pleaded guilty January 13, 2023, to a single count of Speeches and Objectionable Language in the Supreme Court Building. The defendants were sentenced to…

Reason · Jan 19, 2023

Court Rejects "Speech Integral to Criminal Conduct" Justification for Harassment Prosecution

In State v. Billings, officially released today, the Appellate Court of Connecticut (Judges Bethany Alvord, Nina Elgo, and Robert Clark), the court rejected defendant's stalking and harassment convictions that were based on defendant's public Facebook conversation with a third party (not the alleged victim). The conversation discussed defendant's possibly releasing…

Reason · Dec 20, 2022

North Dakota A.G.: Teacher Training Funds Program Open to Teachers at Private (Including Religious) Schools

From a formal Attorney General opinion (no. 2022-L-07) responding to a query by the North Dakota Education Standards and Practices Board; it is dated Nov. 29, but was just posted on Westlaw: … [Y]ou ask (1) whether private school teachers who are also mentors may participate in the Teacher Support…

Reason · Dec 13, 2022