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Minnesota court denies request to require statewide public school mask mandate

JURIST

Parents Advocating for Safe Schools (PASS), an association of Minnesota parents, filed suit against the state of Minnesota and Governor Timothy Walz, asking the court to order Walz to impose a statewide mask requirement for all public schools. Pass also asked the court to issue a temporary restraining order compelling Walz to require masks.

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Defending the Presumption of Innocence

The Crime Report

The Supreme Court has called the right to a jury trial one of the foundations of American law. However, through laws and court decisions it has been recognized as one of the most basic requirements of a fair trial. Supreme Court has held that acquitted conduct may be considered by a judge for sentencing. Constitution.

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America’s Hidden ‘Constitution-Free Zones’

The Crime Report

She contacted the Minneapolis police officer at the scene and shifted blame to Mohamud and her friends, according to court documents. Because of Weyker’s statements, which one court described as “ lies and manipulation ,” Mohamud and her friends were arrested on suspicion of tampering with a federal witness. Supreme Court.

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Win More Clients by Using Document Automation Differently

LawSites

I built a document automation app online to help people fight their tickets for free using a recent court decision that had come down in Manhattan. There were two other court decisions from just outside of the city that were persuasive as well. He’s an attorney licensed to practice in California since 2011.

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Political Broadcasting Refresher Part 5 - Why Don't TV Stations Pull More SuperPAC Ads? Is There Potential Liability for These Ads?

Broadcast Law Blog

Sometimes that request for the removal of the ad comes from an attorney with some vague (or sometimes not so vague) threat of a legal action against the station if it continues to run the ad. The most likely source of liability is for some sort of defamation contained in an ad. Other stations may have more tolerance for risk.

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They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.

The Crime Report

But that hasn’t stopped some from promoting his methods and even deploying 911 call analysis in court to win convictions. She said she disguised 911 call analysis in court by “getting creative … without calling it ‘science.’”. “I Searches for 911 call analysis in national court dockets come up virtually empty too.

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Federal Court in Rhode Island Allowed Failure-to-Adapt Claims to Proceed. The federal district court for the District of Rhode Island for the most part denied a motion to dismiss a citizen suit asserting that Shell Oil Products US and other defendants (Shell) failed to prepare a terminal in Providence for the impacts of climate change.

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