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The Pennsylvania Supreme Courtruled Monday that mail-in ballots with missing or incorrect dates will not be counted in the 2024 general election. The court instructed all 67 county election offices to uniformly implement the date requirement.
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The North Carolina Supreme Court issued an order on Friday in the election protest raised by state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin. In a 4-2 decision, the ruling partially upholds and partially reverses an April 4 order entered by the state’s Court of Appeals.
The plaintiff’s district court complaint read, “[f]rom start to finish the State’s purpose was clear: segregate voters based entirely on their races and create two majority-African American voting districts and four majority non-African American districts, without regard for any traditional redistricting criteria.”
A UK High Courtruled Monday that a ban on puberty blockers issued in May 2024 in the UK was lawful. ” The ban was issued on May 29, 2024, under the previous Conservative government and just over a month before the newly elected Labour government came into power. risks and no or very limited clear benefits.”
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The court decided that parliament’s rejection of an earlier motion of no-confidence against the prime minister was unconstitutional. ” Marape confirmed that the “Speaker will advise the country that Parliament is recalled based on the court order, and Parliament will sit on the 8th as directed by the court.”
The upcoming 2024 Tunisian presidential elections are scheduled to be held on October 6. Decisions of the Administrative court are final and cannot be appealed, making the ISIE’s refusal to include the three candidates a significant departure from constitutional practice.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, following years of temporary rule under the UN administration, which followed the Kosovo war in 1998-1999. In June 2024, the attempts by the government of Kosovo to open the Ibar Bridge in Mitrovica reignited tensions, leading to protests from ethnic Serbs within Kosovo.
The US Wisconsin Supreme Courtruled on Friday to reinstate the use of secure ballot drop boxes for the 2024 elections, reversing a prior ruling from 2022 by the court’s then-conservative majority that had banned this method for returning absentee ballots.
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” Section (b) “assigns liability to co-conspirators”, leading the court to reject NSO’s argument that they bear no responsibility for the actions of their clients.
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Several of the courts conservative justices expressed skepticism about the map and about whether the 2022 ruling on which Louisiana relied to justify the creation of a second majority-Black district in the state was actually correct, but it was unclear whether those concerns would be enough to uphold the lower courtsruling.
The Swedish Supreme Courtruled on Wednesday that climate activist Greta Thunberg’s legal challenge against the state for insufficient climate action is inadmissible. According to the Supreme Court press release, the case was assessed in stages.
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Share The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon added three more cases two of which will be argued together to its docket for the 2024-25 term. The school and the charter school board came to the Supreme Court in October, asking the justices to weigh in.
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Following investigations and legal battles, the courtruled the claim admissible in 2013. Sarkozy has already been involved in several other legal cases.
A Nigerian government official on Sunday addressed the Supreme Court’s annulment of local elections, after months of silence, with the view that while he disagreed with the decision, he would respect the court’s ruling.The Supreme Court of Nigeria nullified the local government elections in the Rivers State on October 5, 2024.
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“North Carolina justices cast state Supreme Court election result into doubt; Democratic Justice Allison Riggs won her November election by 734 votes, but the court put into play enough votes to possibly hand the seat to her Republican challenger”: Patrick Marley of The Washington Post has this report.
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.” However, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal said on Saturday that it would follow the court’s order. Thus, incumbent Nayib Bukele can stand for reelection in 2024. The post El Salvador top courtrules president can serve two consecutive terms appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.
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.” Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “ Federal Court Throws Out Alabama’s Revised Congressional District Map; Legislature’s redrawn map flouts Supreme Courtruling, judges say.” ” The post “Alabama will appeal rejection of congressional map to U.S. .”
I had one of these in 2024, and it was such a hit! Double-check courtrules, confirm filing requirements, and when in doubt, ask someone with authority and expertise. So go read the rules, and then let’s talk.” Or you can listen to the audio version in the player right here.
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