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Available sources do not report a criminal fraud conviction for Kody Brown; past legal attention involved investigations around polygamy and a federal case challenging Utah’s polygamy law rather than ...
The claim that U.S. states or localities have legally barred Muslims from holding public office is ; courts and scholars document discriminatory measures and tests that targeted religion but do not id...
The doctrine that can shield federal officers from state criminal prosecution is rooted in the Supremacy Clause and was first articulated in In re Neagle , but the Supreme Court’s recent decision in M...
Tina Peters’ legal team has relied on a mix of procedural challenges, claims of official-duty and constitutional defenses, attempts to introduce outside evidence (including correspondence from voting-...
As of mid‑November 2025, Tina Peters remains in state custody while her legal team pursues multiple federal and state avenues: a federal habeas petition seeking bond and release pending her state‑cour...
Tyler Boyer’s case currently shows activity at the federal appellate level: the Federal Circuit heard argument earlier this month concerning whether an employer may rely solely on to establish an affi...
Available reporting shows Kody Brown was publicly reported as the subject of a police investigation in 2010 after the premiere of Sister Wives, when Lehi, Utah, police announced they were looking into...
Oklahoma’s 2010 ballot measure, State Question 755 — widely described as an amendment — was approved by roughly 70% of voters but never took effect because federal courts found it unconstitutional. Fe...
’s leading precedent on immunity for federal officers is the 19th‑century decision Cunningham v. (In re) Neagle, which established federal‑officer immunity from state prosecution when officers act to ...
Federal courts were sharply divided before the Supreme Court’s ruling: a minority of circuits—most notably the Fifth, along with the Second, Fourth, and Eighth in practice—applied a compressed “moment...
Federal courts are divided: several circuits read 18 U.S.C. § 111 as demanding at least a common‑law “simple assault” (or equivalent threatened‑force element) for convictions, while other circuits tre...
Since 2015 federal courts have split on whether the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the CyberTipline reports it receives and forwards constitute state action for Fourth Am...
Three federal circuits have held that 18 U.S.C. § 111 requires proof of the common‑law offense of simple assault as an element of at least some § 111 prosecutions, while at least four other circuits h...
A clear circuit split exists over whether 18 U.S.C. § 111 is a general‑intent offense or instead requires a specific intent to assault a federal officer; the Ninth Circuit has repeatedly treated § 111...
Several high‑profile legal fights over anti‑Sharia and American Laws for American Courts (ALAC) model laws culminated in a decisive federal appeal in the Oklahoma matter, but reporting and legal summa...
Federal and state courts have repeatedly acted as gatekeepers that limit or invalidate state laws singling out “Sharia” or broadly banning foreign law, grounding decisions in the Constitution’s Suprem...
Federal courts are split on prosecutions that rest mainly on internet service provider (ISP) logs or third‑party reports: several circuits treat provider matching and tips as permissible leads that do...
Recent appellate litigation has produced two distinct defensive paths that have sometimes succeeded in pushing back against military jurisdiction over retirees: statutory‑status challenges that argue ...
U.S. courts have repeatedly confronted disputes labeled “Sharia” mainly in three settings: challenges to state bans on applying foreign or Islamic law (notably Oklahoma’s amendment, blocked by federal...
Courts and Congress have long upheld that certain retirees—principally regular-component retirees who are “entitled to pay” and members of the Fleet/Fleet Marine Corps Reserve—remain subject to the UC...