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Pakistan law minister dismisses UN working group recommendations urging release of former PM Imran Khan

JURIST

The WGAD demanded Khan’s immediate release, claiming that his arrest was arbitrary and in violation of international law. Khan has been in jail since August 2023 and was convicted in some cases ahead of a Pakistan national election which took place in February 2024.

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Review of E Aristova, Tort Litigation Against Transnational Corporations: The Challenge of Jurisdiction in English Courts, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024, 352 pp, hb £125

Conflict of Laws

The book is particularly notable for its observation—citing Professor Robert McCorquodale—that FDL claims intersect with various fields of law, such as domestic criminal law, tort law, contract law, human rights and constitutional law, comparative law, public international law, and private international law.

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SCOTUS Ends February Sitting With Oral Arguments in Six Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

The question before the Court is: “Does the National Bank Act preempt the application of state escrow-interest laws to national banks?” The post SCOTUS Ends February Sitting With Oral Arguments in Six Cases appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. McIntosh v. Please check back for updates.

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SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Four Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

While none of the cases are considered “blockbusters,” the Court considered key issues related to employment, securities, healthcare, and white-collar criminal law. The post SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Four Cases appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. Last week, the justices heard oral arguments in four cases.

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Federal Judge Enjoins Illinois’ Assault Weapon Ban

JonathanTurley

Moreover, PICA did not just regulate the rights of the people to defend themselves; it restricted that right, and in some cases, completely obliterated that right by criminalizing the purchase and the sale of more than 190 “arms.” Law enforcement and prosecutors should take their obligations to enforce these laws seriously.

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Open Borders and Closed Courts: How the Supreme Court Laid the Seeds for the Immigration Crisis

JonathanTurley

The southern border in 2024 is, constitutionally, suffering no more an “invasion” than the Capitol riot in 2021 was an “insurrection.” There is a difference between the colloquial and constitutional meaning of such terms. However, “invasion” was clearly meant in the traditional sense of a foreign power or army.

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Cannon Fodder: The Media Piles on Federal Judge After Lionizing Manhattan Judge

JonathanTurley

Most recently, the left expressed nothing short of horror that Judge Cannon allowed the Trump team to argue a point of constitutional law in a hearing. So, yes, not only has the issue of whether the special counsel comports with the structures of constitutional law, that’s been settled.