JURIST

JULY 19, 2024

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that the Canadian government can be held liable for enacting laws that are “clearly unconstitutional,” done in bad faith, or stem from abuse of power. The court reiterated the importance of damages as a remedy for state violations of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 22, 2022

“How Professors Can Teach Constitutional Law While the Supreme Court Is Wrecking It; The law school version of constitutional law taught students that lawyers and judges are at the vanguard of protecting people who lack political power; As the Court’s most recent term has demonstrated, they are not”: G.S.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2021

“California’s Shifting Relationship With the Supreme Court: A conversation with the constitutional law expert Erwin Chemerinsky about what Californians can expect from a conservative court.” ” Jill Cowan has this discussion online at The New York Times.

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ABA Journal

JULY 29, 2022

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas won’t be teaching a constitutional law seminar at the George Washington University Law School after thousands of students asked…

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JURIST

JUNE 27, 2022

The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear a case where a Christian ministry sued the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) over being labeled a hate group. SPLC asked the court to review its 1964 decision in New York Times Co. ” Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from the court’s denial of certiorari.

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JURIST

MAY 16, 2022

The US Supreme Court Monday granted both Jones v. The Supreme Court previously denied Jones certiorari but granted it after the Eighth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of his habeas petition in August 2021. The court is anticipated to hear arguments in these two cases in the fall. ” Jones v.

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JURIST

JULY 16, 2021

Temporary injunction measures imposed by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) against the country’s controversial judicial reforms are unconstitutional, Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal ruled on Wednesday. In 2017, a new regime was adopted establishing a disciplinary chamber to oversee the Supreme Court judges.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Beware my friends, you can make the system worse rather than better,' he warned.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 7, 2021

“Canadian Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella appointed Pisar Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School; Justice Abella is world-renowned for her decisions and theories on equality, human rights, and constitutional law”: Rachel Reed of Harvard Law Today has this report.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in a case challenging a federal law that prohibits individuals subject to a domestic violence court order from owning a gun. The new framework was established by the court in its 2022 decision from New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. The case, US v.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The German Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled a law allowing double jeopardy in criminal cases where new evidence was available was unconstitutional. However, the court found the 2021 reform conflicted with Article 103 of the Basic Law. ” The decision centered on Section 362 of the German Criminal Code.

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JURIST

APRIL 19, 2022

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in Siegle v. The District Court ruled in the Circuit City trustee’s favor, and the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed and remanded the case. Fitzgerald and United States v. Washington.

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JURIST

AUGUST 19, 2021

The Indian Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that women can sit for the NDA (National Defence Academy) admission exam in a landmark interim order which will allow more women to serve in India’s armed forces.

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Above The Law

JUNE 29, 2022

Constitutional law is more of a vibe now. The post Supreme Court Isn’t Even Trying Anymore appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

APRIL 10, 2022

The Supreme Court of India Friday upheld a series of amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010 (FCRA) to strictly regulate the flow and utilisation of foreign contributions by organisations into the country. The post India Supreme Court upholds law restricting foreign donations to NGOs appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

MARCH 15, 2022

The Karnataka High Court dismissed a batch of petitions Tuesday challenging the proscription of hijabs (Islamic headscarves) in the uniform for pre-university colleges in the Udupi district of Karnataka. The court referred to various s?ras

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Share Tired of reading jargon-filled law review articles with hundreds of footnotes? The perfect antidote is Painting Constitutional Law: Xavier Cortada’s Images of Constitutional Rights , edited by Professors M.C. It was both an “act of desperation” and an “act of faith in the United States constitution.”

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JANUARY 1, 2024

Constitutional law took center stage in many U.S. Supreme Court and the New Jersey Supreme Court cases decided in 2023. At the nation’s highest Court, the six-member conservative majority continued its trend of issuing transformative decisions, most notably in its landmark decision effectively ending affirmative action.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

.” The select committee explained that even when there is clear evidence that refugees sent to Rwanda are at risk of refoulement, decision-makers and courts must still regard it as a safe country when determining whether to send refugees there. The committee concluded that this may be a breach of the separation of powers.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 21, 2022

A serious threat for any organ in Iran (media, bar associations, medical examiners, even courts, etc) is that they cannot be or are not totally independent. A few years ago Iran’s judiciary published a list of only 20 lawyers approved by them that persons accused of political crimes could choose to defend them in court.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Pakistan’s Supreme Court heard arguments Friday on a petition to halt the country’s removal of Afghan refugees. The deportations prompted the signatories of the petition to deposit their request to the Supreme Court, urging the court to revoke the government’s decision as a breach of “the fundamental rights of approximately 4.4

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JURIST

AUGUST 22, 2021

In a 5-2 decision, the Kenya Court of Appeal on Friday upheld a Kenya High Court decision declaring the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), a constitutional amendment bill, unconstitutional. The court expressed that the said doctrine limits the amendment power set out in Articles 255-257 of the Constitution.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 3, 2021

“Chances grow that Supreme Court will take up Maine’s ban on religious school funding”: Matthew Stone of The Bangor Daily News has an article that begins, “A new federal court opinion in Vermont improves the chances that a Maine case challenging the state’s ban on public funding for religious schools could end up before (..)

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Tunisia’s Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) recently rejected the Administrative Court’s ruling reinstating three disqualified candidates for the upcoming October 6 presidential election. Tunisia’s upcoming presidential election has been mired in controversies.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism (SCDPR) challenging a lower court ruling that found the state had waived sovereign immunity by participating in a federal antitrust lawsuit against Google.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JUNE 28, 2021

HEBERT LAW CENTER seeks to hire pre-tenure or tenured lateral faculty members in constitutional law, criminal law and procedure, federal courts and procedure, evidence, and professional responsibility. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, PAUL M. Applicants should have a J.D. from an ABA-accredited.

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JURIST

MARCH 2, 2022

The Administrative Court in Cologne Tuesday ruled that key provisions of the amended Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG), aimed at curbing online hate speech, violate European Union law on civil liberties. The ruling delivered a partial victory to Google and Meta that had challenged the new law in February last year.

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JURIST

JANUARY 4, 2023

A Constitution Bench of the India Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that fundamental rights under Articles 19 and 21 of the India Constitution are enforceable against even private individuals and entities. Article 19 pertains to freedom of speech rights while Article 21 has to do with life and liberty under the process of law.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit accepted all three arguments and invalidated three aspects of the SEC’s operations. Jarkesy does contend in passing that the particular features of the government’s claims against him are much more similar to common-law fraud claims than those in the early public-rights cases.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 23, 2023

Share On Thursday, the Supreme Court held that a federal prisoner cannot raise a claim of legal innocence if he has already challenged his conviction – even if that claim was unavailable at the time he filed his challenge. The court’s decision in Jones v. Nearly two decades later, the Supreme Court decided in Rehaif v.

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JURIST

APRIL 25, 2021

The US Supreme Court Thursday held that Social Security disability claimants are not bound by the issue-exhaustion requirement in administrative law judge (ALJ) hearings. Writing for a 9-0 court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor concluded that although the Social Security claimants in Carr v.

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Above The Law

JULY 15, 2022

A faculty of nationally recognized Supreme Court, constitutional law, and civil rights experts will analyze, discuss, and debate the major developments. The post PLI’s Review Of The Supreme Court’s October 2021 Term appeared first on Above the Law.

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Law 360

JULY 1, 2022

The October 2021 Supreme Court term will be remembered as the most consequential one in generations, experts said, pointing to sweeping rulings affecting the rights of millions of Americans and establishing a new conservative vision of constitutional law.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Supreme Court struck down the federal government’s ban on evictions, which was scheduled to last until October 3, 2021. In an unsigned opinion, the divided Court held that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) exceeded its existing statutory authority by issuing a nationwide eviction moratorium. Facts of the Case.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The post State Supreme Court Sends Reminder That Silence Is An Option appeared first on Above the Law. For the love of God, please don't talk to cops.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The US Supreme Court Monday heard oral arguments in Axon Enterprise, Inc. Axon filed proceedings in federal district court claiming that agency proceedings violate its due process rights. ” Moreover, Axon argues that the FTC lacks expertise in constitutional issues and acts outside of its scope of authority.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JUNE 22, 2021

Supreme Court unanimously held that a tribal police officer has the authority to detain temporarily and to search non-Indian persons traveling on public rights-of-way running through a reservation for potential violations of state or federal law. The District Court granted Cooley’s motion to suppress the drug evidence.

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