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Republican National Committee Sues Over Michigan Voter Rolls

The lawsuit argues that state officials have violated the National Voter Registration Act by failing to maintain voter rolls in many counties ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Read More.


Authors Sue NVIDIA Over NeMo AI’s Copying Of Copyrighted Works

On Friday, March 8, 2024, three authors filed a class action lawsuit against NVIDIA Corporation in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, alleging that NVIDIA copied their copyrighted works to train its NeMo Megatron-GPT large language model artificial intelligence software programs. Read More.


Alabama Protects IVF Patients and Providers Post-State Supreme Court Ruling

On Wednesday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill protecting in vitro fertilization (IVF) patients and providers from liability if the embryos created during the process are damaged or destroyed.

The development was prompted by a recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are people and that people who destroy

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Other Legal News

Supreme Court Wary of Limiting Government Contact With Social Media Companies
The New York Times, March 18, 2024

The justices tried to distinguish between persuading social media sites to take down posts, which is permitted, and coercing them, which violates the First Amendment.


Justice Breyer, Off the Bench, Sounds an Alarm Over the Supreme Court’s Direction
The New York Times, March 18, 2024

In an interview in his chambers and in a new book, the justice, who retired in 2022, discussed Dobbs, originalism and the decline of trust in the court.


Justice Breyer, Off the Bench, Sounds an Alarm Over the Supreme Court’s Direction
The New York Times, March 18, 2024

In an interview in his chambers and in a new book, the justice, who retired in 2022, discussed Dobbs, originalism and the decline of trust in the court.


Justices to hear NRA’s free speech argument against New York financial services official
SCOTUSblog, March 18, 2024

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Monday in a dispute over a lower court’s order that would limit the federal government’s abilities to communicate with social media platforms about their content moderation policies. When that case has finished, the justices will move quickly... The post Justices to hear NRA’s free speech argument against New York financial services official appeared first on SCOTUSblog.


14th Amendment Disqualification Decision Saves Trump but Damages the Supreme Court
Justia's Verdict, March 11, 2024

Amherst professor Austin Sarat discusses the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Anderson, where the Court ruled that Donald Trump could not be disqualified from appearing on the ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, emphasizing the decision’s implications for the Court’s prestige and internal consensus. Professor Sarat argues that the decision, while appearing unanimous, reveals deep divisions within the Court and suggests a failure by Chief Justice John Roberts to foster genuine unanimity or to protect the Court’s reputation, further criticizing the decision’s approach and its broader implications for the Court’s impartiality.


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Supreme Court of the United States, January 23, 2024