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SCOTUS Rules Pastor Can Pray and Touch Inmate During Execution in Texas
By Dove Barbanel | Last updated on
In Ramirez v. Collier, an inmate on death row asked the state of Texas if his pastor could touch him and audibly pray for him during his execution by legal...
Is A Painting Based On A Photo Of Prince Fair Use Or Copyright Infringement? SCOTUS Will Decide
By Dove Barbanel | Last updated on
The case derives from a photograph of the musician Prince that photographer Lynn Goldsmith licensed to Vanity Fair in 1984. The magazine had permission to...
Supreme Court Issues Significant Clarification About Malicious Prosecution Claims
By Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
Thompson v. Clark arose when the father of a newborn was arrested and criminally charged for events stemming from his child's diaper rash. The father, Larry...
How Ginni Thomas's Texts About the 2020 Election Could Impact the Supreme Court
By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on
There are rules in place governing the vast majority of federal judges (and states have their own codes based on ABA guidelines). However, unlike other federal...
Will SCOTUS Remove State Courts from the Redistricting Process?
By Laura Temme, Esq. | Last updated on
Historically, the U.S. Supreme Court has been reluctant to weigh in on redistricting issues, even holding in 2019 that federal courts cannot review partisan...
SCOTUS Declines to Review Bill Cosby's Overturned Conviction. Did They Have a Choice?
By Laura Temme, Esq. | Last updated on
The Pennsylvania court concluded that Cosby should not have faced criminal charges for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand in 2004 - because in...
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