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Supreme Court declines South Carolina agency appeal in Google antitrust case

JURIST

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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Justice Mahmud Jamal becomes first person of color to sit on Canada Supreme Court

JURIST

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named the Honorable Mahmud Jamal to the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) on Thursday. Jamal will replace the retiring Justice Rosalie Abella, and becomes the first person of color to sit on Canada’s highest court. The selection process follows the guidelines of the Supreme Court Act of 1985.

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Canada Supreme Court rules life without chance of parole is unconstitutional

JURIST

The Supreme Court of Canada Friday unanimously ruled that a life sentence without any chance of parole is unconstitutional under Section 12 of the nation’s charter. The court determined that such a period is unconstitutional. .

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Will You Survive? How Trump’s Upheaval is Reshaping Your Legal Career”

The Estrin Report

Judicial Appointments A significant reshaping of the judiciary, particularly to the Supreme Court and federal appellate courts, has reshaped the judiciary. These appointments are already influencing rulings on key areas, including administrative law, corporate litigation, and constitutional law.

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SCOTUS Adds LGBTQ Book Case to Docket

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court has added another closely watched First Amendment case to its docket. As detailed in court documents, the books as a whole express their authors’ views on sexual orientation and gender identity by portraying homosexual, transgender, and non-binary characters in various situations. Yoder, 406 U.S. Yoder, 406 U.S.

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‘Free-World’ Regulations Could Prevent Prison Abuses: Study

The Crime Report

Applying the regulatory approach used in the “free-world” has significant advantages over constitutional law in mitigating abusive conditions in prisons and jails, according to a paper published in the Yale Law Journal. Constitutional law does not fill the gap,” Littman writes. “[It

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Justices will clarify how death-row prisoners can contest a state’s method of execution

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court doesn’t care all that much for method-of-execution challenges. It particularly disfavors Eighth Amendment litigation attacking familiar lethal injection protocols as “cruel and unusual” punishment. Nance committed a murder after a botched bank robbery, and he was sentenced to death in 1997.