July 5, 2021 · 2:36 am

Temporary protected status doesn’t enable individuals who entered the U.S. unlawfully to become permanent residents


Opinion:
JOSE SANTOS SANCHEZ, ET UX.
v.
ALEJANDRO N. MAYORKAS, SECRETARY
OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ET AL.

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July 4, 2021 · 10:51 pm

Police don’t violate Computer Fraud and Abuse Act when they obtain information from law enforcement databases for unofficial or improper purposes


Opinion:
NATHAN VAN BUREN
v.
UNITED STATES

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June 28, 2021 · 9:40 pm

Ninth Circuit’s judge-made “deemed-true-or-credible” rule violates the Immigration Nationality Act


Opinion:
MERRICK B. GARLAND,
ATTORNEY GENERAL
v.
MING DAI

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· 7:50 pm

A collateral challenge to a deportation order may proceed only if all 3 elements of §1326(d) are satisfied


Opinion:
UNITED STATES
v.
REFUGIO PALOMAR-SANTIAGO

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· 7:07 pm

Ninth Circuit stays order declaring California’s Assault Weapons Control Act unconstitutional


Order:
JAMES MILLER, et al.
v.
ROB BONTA, et al.

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June 19, 2021 · 6:28 pm

Jury-unanimity rule does not apply retroactively on federal collateral review


Opinion:
THEDRICK EDWARDS
v.
DARREL VANNOY, WARDEN

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June 7, 2021 · 3:10 pm

California’s Assault Weapons Control Act declared unconstitutional


Decision:
JAMES MILLER, et al.
v.
ROB BONTA, Attorney General
State of California, et al.
Order:
Miller v. Bonta Judgement

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May 19, 2021 · 12:47 am

Understanding engagement and inauthentic amplification of Chinese diplomats on Facebook and Twitter


Report:
China’s Public Diplomacy Operations: Understanding Engagement and
Inauthentic Amplification of Chinese Diplomats on Facebook and Twitter
Marcel Schliebs, Hannah Bailey, Jonathan Bright, & Philip N. Howard
University of Oxford Program on Democracy and Technology

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May 17, 2021 · 9:22 pm

Community caretaking exception to Fourth Amendment doesn’t allow for warrantless searches and seizures in the home


Opinion:
EDWARD A. CANIGLIA
v.
ROBERT F. STROM, ET AL.

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May 13, 2021 · 10:58 pm

3 Army soldiers stationed at Ft. Campbell charged with running guns used in Chicago gang shootout


Criminal complaint:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
v.
DEMARCUS ADAMS, JARIUS BRUNSON
& BRANDON MILLER

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