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2020 Supreme Court decision offers ‘dangerous’ path for stealing election, legal scholars say

ABA Journal

A 2020 U.S. Supreme Court decision on faithless electors appears to allow state legislatures to pursue a “dangerous strategy” for overturning election results, according to…

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Court OKs Tesla Board’s Deal to Repay Nearly $1 Billion

Intelligize Blog

Ending one skirmish amid the legal battles at Tesla over excessive compensation, a Delaware Chancery Court on January 8 approved a deal that Teslas board of directors struck 18 months ago to return roughly $919 million to the company.

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British High Court Overturns Decision Barring Julian Assange Extradition

JURIST

A British appellate court Friday overturned a lower court decision that barred Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from being extradited to the United States. In July 2020, the United States requested the extradition of Mr. Assange based on charges of illegally receiving and publishing classified information.

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Oregon Supreme Court rules criminal convictions from nonunanimous juries can be voided

JURIST

The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Friday that all state criminal convictions which resulted from nonunanimous jury verdicts are invalid. The ruling comes after a 2020 US Supreme Court decision that held non-unanimous jury verdicts violate the US Constitution’s Sixth Amendment.

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Supreme Court to consider death row plea for DNA testing

SCOTUSBlog

Gutierrez also brought a federal civil rights lawsuit in 2020 against Luis Saenz, the district attorney who prosecuted him, and Felix Sauceda, the Brownsville police chief. He challenged the constitutionality of the states DNA testing procedures, arguing that they violated his right to due process that is, fair treatment by the government.

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Virginia School Board to pay transgender student $1.3 million in discrimination case

JURIST

Working up through the lower courts, the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, affirmed lower court decisions in August 2020; that the treatment of the School Board against Grimm was a violation of his constitutional rights.

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Russia blocks website of protest monitor OVD-Info group

JURIST

Russia’s media regulator Roskomnadzor Saturday blocked the website of prominent rights and protest monitoring group OVD-Info after a court decision, the group said in a statement. The Russian government adopted the Federal Law of December 30, 2020, No.