8th Amendment
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Federal prosecutors fired back on Tuesday against requests for sentencing accommodations in the “Varsity Blues” college admissions case related to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the U.S. Bureau of Prisons is taking precautions against the spread of the new coronavirus… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Citing sports heroes, comedians and politicians in a riff on the importance of timing, an Eleventh Circuit appeals panel on Friday partially revived a fully nude strip club’s lawsuit against Miami Beach, Florida, over the city’s nightclub regulations… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A California federal judge said Thursday that the First and Eighth amendments bar the government from stripping the Mongol Nation motorcycle club’s rights to its trademark-registered emblems as part of the group’s recent conviction under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 