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US dispatch: ‘independent state legislature’ theory raised by Moore v. Harper threatens US election administration

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Marisa Wright is a US National Correspondent for JURIST, and a 2L at Harvard Law School. . When the North Carolina Supreme Court struck down the redistricting plans under the state constitution in February 2022, the North Carolina General Assembly submitted remedial legislative and congressional plans to a state superior court.

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India Supreme Court allows petition of 2002 communal riots victim

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The remission orders issued by the State of Gujarat on August 10, 2022, were deemed flawed for several reasons. Furthermore, the court declared its own judgment from May 2022 as null and void, asserting that it was obtained by suppressing and misrepresenting material facts, thus fraudulently misleading the court.

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Canada: On Deviations From Declarations: The SCC Gets Decisive On Stare Decisis - Miller Titerle + Company

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When a trial judge rules that a law is unconstitutional, who is bound by that decision? In R v Sullivan, 2022 SCC 19, the SCC has made it crystal clear: these declarations are.

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Conflict of Laws and Diversity of Opinions—A View of The Nigerian Jurisdiction

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Cosmas Emeziem, JSD Cornell University, Drinan Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Boston College Law School, Newton, MA. The complexity is also illustrated by the embeddedness of Sharia law, and customary law, in private law in different parts of the country. ©Author 2024.

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Collateral Estoppel Beats Precedent Every Time

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Another important feature of collateral estoppel is that it applies to both issues of fact and law. Although some courts have disagreed on this point, precedent is only binding for questions of law. Uniloc USA, Inc. Motorola Mobility LLC , 52 F.4th 4th 1340 (Fed. Motorola , 52 F.4th 4th at 1350 (Fed. ” Id.

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A few initial thoughts on Loper and the end of Chevron Deference

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In the past, both the USPTO and patent attorneys have largely ignored the larger scope of administrative law, but in recent years USPTO operations have been under tighter control from the White House, and courts have increasingly asked whether the agency is following the rules. ” 5 U.S.C. §

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Back to the Bullpen: Minor League Teams Settle with MLB Over Latest Challenge to Baseball’s Historic Antitrust Exemption

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When it comes to antitrust laws and their impact on American sports leagues, baseball is in a verifiable league of its own. 10] One of the oldest and most periodically contested exemptions to the antitrust laws is one that is solely held by the sport of baseball. 11] Despite the subsequent expansion of the Commerce Clause in Wickard v.

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