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College Athletes Can Now Earn Money Off Their Name, Image, and Likeness

July 8, 2021

  College Athletes Can Now Earn Money Off Their Name, Image, and Likeness July 1, 2021, will forever be an impactful date in the history of college sports as the US Supreme Court motions to overturn NCAA rules which, up until this point, have limited the educational benefits offered to college athletes. These long-standing rules…

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The Supreme Court Rules on NCAA Athlete Compensation

June 23, 2021

  The Supreme Court Rules on NCAA Athlete Compensation In the United States, college athletes go through rigorous training and other demands for no pay. The NCAA is the organization that oversees college athletics and makes/enforces the rules for the players. In a recent US Supreme Court Ruling, the court unanimously ruled against the NCAA…

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Entscheidungen des Supreme Court: Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) verfassungswidrig!

July 2, 2013

Letzte Woche entschied der US-Supreme Court über die Gleichstellung der gleichgeschlechtlichen Ehen mit der verfassungsrechtlich geschützten traditionellen Variante von Mann und Frau. Und siehe da: Trotz der einige Tage zuvor ergangenen Entscheidung, die Rassismus-Schutzklausel im Wahlrecht abzuschaffen, stellten die Richter die Homo-Ehe und die traditionelle Ehe auf Bundesebene gleich und kippten damit ein Bundesgesetz, dass…

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Urteil des Supreme Court: Rückschritt für die Rechte der schwarzen Bevölkerung?

June 26, 2013

Am Dienstag hob der amerikanische Supreme Court in einem aufsehenerregenden Urteil eine zentrale Passage des im Jahre 1965 hart erkämpften “Voting Rights Act” auf. Das damals von US-Präsident Johnson unterzeichnete Gesetz enthielt detaillierte Schutzklauseln gegen die Diskriminierung von Schwarzen an der Wahlurne. Aufgrund einer Klage aus Alabama, gerade dem Staat in dem damals auch die…

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Supreme Court Rejected Alabama’s Immigration Law

May 8, 2013

(c) lubavitch.com Alabama has asked U.S. Supreme Court to consider the portion of the immigration law to legally harbor or transport undocumented immigrants. On April 29, 2013 the Supreme Court denied Alabama’s writ of certiorari with Justice Antonin Scalia disagreeing. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a ruling against the controversial Alabama immigration…

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U.S. Supreme Court entscheidet Meinungsfreiheit umfasst auch Computerspiele

June 28, 2011

Computerspiele, auch solche mit hohem Gewaltanteil, sind von der Meinungsfreiheit geschützt und dürfen somit nicht durch Gesetz in ihrem Verkauf beschränkt werden. Dies entschied der U.S. Supreme Court am Montag und kippte damit ein umstrittenes Gesetz aus Kalifornien. Der Rechtsstreit über dieses Gesetz dauerte seit seiner Verabschiedung durch die Regierung Schwarzeneggers im Jahre 2005 an…

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Supreme Court Throws Out Class-Action Lawsuit Against Walmart

June 21, 2011

On Monday, the Supreme Court threw out the huge class-action sex discrimination lawsuit against corporate giant Walmart. As previously reported on our blog, it was one of the biggest lawsuits in American history. Over 1,5 million former or current female employees wanted to sue Walmart because of sex discrimination in Walmart’s pay and promotion policies.…

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Federal Judge Blocks Utah Immigration Law

May 11, 2011

Hours after Utah’s new immigration law went into effect, it was blocked by a federal judge. The law would have allowed police to check the citizenship status of anyone they arrest. Citing its similarity to the infamous Arizona immigration law now before the Supreme Court, U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups said in his ruling that…

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GPS Tracking and the Fourth Amendment

April 26, 2011

The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects against unreasonable governmental searches and seizures. In areas where a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy, a search warrant based on probable cause must be obtained by the government prior to the search. The interpretation of the Fourth Amendment is the focus of a recent request…

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Georgia: Voter ID law upheld

March 7, 2011

Georgia’s top court has upheld a state law that requires voters to show photo identification before they cast ballots today on March 7, 2011. The Georgia Supreme Court’s clear decision (it was a 6:1 vote) is the latest court ruling to conclude that the rules are constitutional. The decision found the 2006 law was a…

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