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Polish Constitutional Court about to review the constitutionality of the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign State?

Conflict of Laws

In a nutshell, according to the Italian Constitutional Court, the fundamental human rights cannot be automatically and unconditionally sacrificed in each and every case in order to uphold the jurisdiction immunity of a foreign State allegedly responsible for serious international crimes.

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Chopped: Seattle’s Molly Moon Sues Over Autonomous Zone that the Ice Cream Shop Once Heralded

JonathanTurley

It wants to continue to support Black Lives Matter but it wants to recoup loses from the “CHOP” zone created by BLM activists and others in 2020. Seattle-based ice cream company, Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream, is in a dilemma.

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Deadspin Defamation: Parents of Holden Armenta Move Toward Libel Action Over Blackface Allegation

JonathanTurley

Despite his past controversial writings, he was selected as the 2019 & 2020 National Association of Black Journalists Award Winner. A court could easily view that question as a matter for the jury to determine. Deadpsin obviously values Phillips’ take on race as do journalists.

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University of Illinois (Chicago) Law Professor Sues Over Exam Controversy

JonathanTurley

Kilborn was later informed that he was the subject of an investigation into “allegations of race based discrimination and harassment” for allegedly “creat[ing] a racially hostile environment for … non-white students between January, 2020 and January, 2021, particularly during your Civil Procedure II course.”.

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New York’s Circular Firing Squad: Gun Groups Sue Over Latest Legislative Misfire on Gun Control

JonathanTurley

Not only is the law likely to be a large miss, it will likely deliver another blow to gun control efforts by adding precedent protecting Second Amendment rights. In 2020, the city triggered a controversial appeal in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. City of New York.

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“Outraging Public Decency”: Australian Convicted After Filming And Mocking Dying Officers In Crash

JonathanTurley

According the the BBC, police pulled over Pusey, a mortgage broker, in April 2020 for driving his Porsche at 93 miles per hour on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway. Indeed, he would likely be protected from tort liability. Cf: Restatement, Torts, § 322. His speech was obnoxious and disgraceful but it was ultimately speech. 316, 155 A.2d

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Foreign Sovereign Immunity and Historical Justice: Inside the US Supreme Court’s Restrictive Turn in Holocaust-Related Cases

Conflict of Laws

This restrictive turn mirrors the trajectory of human rights litigation under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS). [22] 8] Charlene Sun and Aloysius Llamzon, Acta Iure Gestionis and Acta Iure Imperii ( Oxford Constitutions – Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law [MPECCoL] ) <[link] accessed 30 April 2025. [9]

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