JURIST

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

The US Supreme Court rejected Friday an RNC application to stay a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that grants voters who cast defective mail-in ballots an option to alternatively cast in-person provisional ballots.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday declared the Supreme Court decision in the matter of trying armed civilians in a military court martial as ‘wrong’, stating that the method reinforces the civilian judicial system in defending the lives of people against criminals armed with guns.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Australian Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil stated in a Thursday interview that the federal government will introduce new legislation to monitor migrants who have recently been released from indefinite detention. Currently, over 80 people have been released in the wake of the High Court’s decision.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Everyone, regardless of their name or position, has the right to a fair trial but also the obligation to comply with court decisions. He continued, “All in Bosnia and Herzegovina must understand that no individual stands above the law. This is the essence of the rule of law.”

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Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 13, 2021

Last week, we wrote about two dissenting opinions in a Supreme Court decision that highlight the debate that is underway on the principles that govern defamation liability in the United States. But would today’s Court see things the same way?

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 31, 2021

“A weakness in the argument for vaccine mandates; The Supreme Court decision allowing the government to require vaccines came before dozens of other cases allowing people autonomy over their bodies”: Nicholas Tampio recently had this essay online at The Boston Globe.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The case stems from a broader federal antitrust action against Google, which South Carolina had sought to join under the doctrine of parens patriae , wherein a government can intervene to protect the interests of its population. In that case, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Google.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 20, 2020

“The Supreme Court might be finding its way to overturning ‘qualified immunity’; The unanimous Supreme Court decision in Tanzin v. Tanvir says people can sue government agents for damages when their rights are violated”: Anya Bidwell and Patrick Jaicomo have this essay online at USA Today.

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JURIST

APRIL 28, 2022

A Turkish court Monday sentenced activist Osman Kavala to a life sentence. The protest was a small demonstration in Istanbul park which later led to a nationwide anti-government protest. However, the philanthropist was then arrested in 2016 for an alleged attempted coup and contempt of court.

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JURIST

JUNE 9, 2022

The APPGDC reviewed UK Supreme Court decisions, heard testimony from lawyers and judges, and reviewed public statements from Johnson and other member of his government. The report also cited alleged statements through a government source saying Johnson “ wants to get the judges sorted.”

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JURIST

JUNE 30, 2022

The German government Thursday presented plans to make it easier for transgender people to legally change their first name and gender, ending the current rules which require an expert assessment and court authorization.

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JURIST

JULY 5, 2025

The growing movement to recognize nature as a subject of rights aligns with developments in countries such as Ecuador , Bolivia , and Panama , where rights of nature have been enshrined in law or court decisions.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Human rights groups the Public Law Project, Bail for Immigration Detainees and Medical Justice Monday released a joint report calling upon the UK government to immediately end GPS electronic monitoring of immigration bailees. The tracking devices do not have an expiry date and can only be removed by court decision.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The Federal Court of Canada delivered a decision on Thursday overturning the federal government’s order to list plastic-manufactured items (PMIs) under Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999 (CEPA). It will consider further arguments before deciding.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Last Wednesday, 21st December, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu officially informed Israel’s President that he had successfully formed a new government. Following said instabilities, the new government comes into power promising many reforms, touching on delicate and crucial democratic questions.

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JURIST

MARCH 31, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Monday denied the federal government’s motion to stay a district court decision striking down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) eviction moratorium. In response to COVID-19, the CDC ordered a nationwide moratorium on residential evictions last fall.

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JURIST

MARCH 13, 2023

Under the government of Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, politically motivated migration has increased, and between 9 million and 14 million Egyptian people now live abroad. In 2018, hundreds of Egyptian people were added to this “terrorism” list by court decisions that did not allow hearings or challenges from the alleged terrorists.

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JURIST

APRIL 7, 2024

The Brazilian Supreme Court ordered X Corp. X’s Global Government Affairs account said that the company was “forced by court decisions to block certain popular accounts in Brazil,” adding that no reason was provided as to why or any details given regarding the posts that allegedly violate the law.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

” This is consistent with past Albertan administrations, which have challenged the constitutionality of federal firearms legislation and the federal government’s carbon tax scheme. .” The current Albertan government has been a regular and vocal critic of the federal government’s emission reduction targets.

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2024

The 2016 decision found contravention of Article 70(3) of the Albania Constitution that MPs “may not carry out any profit-making activity that stems from the property of the state or of local government, nor may they profit from this property.”

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JURIST

MAY 11, 2023

Centro de Periodismo Investigativo , asked the court to determine whether the board is protected by the Puerto Rican government’s sovereign immunity. Writing for the majority, Justice Elena Kagan said that the board is part of the government of Puerto Rico.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2025

In the Supreme Court, Thompson argues that the federal law at the center of the case only bars false statements; it does not apply to statements that, even if misleading, are true. Thompson cautions that the governments interpretation of the law would criminalize a vast range of everyday statements by both would-be borrowers and debtors.

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JURIST

APRIL 24, 2021

United States the Court held that in order to convict someone under the statute, the government must prove both that a defendant knew he possessed a firearm and that he knew he belonged to a category of persons prohibited from possessing firearms. Decisions in both cases should come this summer. Two years ago in Rehaif v.

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JURIST

JULY 4, 2024

The court was considering an appeal filed by the defendant challenging a Bombay High Court decision in February 2024 that denied their request for bail. Additionally, the court noted that two co-accused had already been arrested and had been granted bail, with one bail order currently being challenged before the Supreme Court.

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JURIST

JANUARY 22, 2023

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Aryeh Deri from his cabinet Sunday morning, complying with a recent Supreme Court decision demanding he do so. Anti-Government protests have been taking place since the new Netanyahu government was announced, especially in response to the judicial reforms this government is pursuing.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 27, 2025

The government appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, which reversed the district courts decision. The court of appeals interpreted Fernandezs argument that he is potentially innocent as a challenge to the validity of his conviction. The federal government urged the justices to deny review.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Pakistan’s Islamabad High Court granted on Thursday former three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif protective bail, according to local media Pakistan Today. The protective bail restrains authorities from arresting Sharif until he appears before court on October 24. The PMLN was founded by Sharif in 1993.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The petition for reconsideration was brought by Delilah Diaz, a California woman who was convicted of transporting drugs into the US after the government presented expert testimony to disprove Diaz’s claim that she did not know she was carrying drugs.

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JURIST

JUNE 25, 2024

The court said the St. Isidore contract violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the US Constitution, which says the government “shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” The court found that St. ” This is binding on state through the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

With so much focus on the upcoming regulatory fee deadline, broadcasters may well overlook another more imminent deadline – Thursday, September 15 is the deadline for broadcasters to have assured themselves that no buyer of program time on their stations is a foreign government or an agent of a foreign government.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The nation asserts that the city lacks criminal jurisdiction over Native Americans on the tribe’s lands without express congressional authorization, as per the 2020 US Supreme Court case McGirt v. We continue to welcome government-to-government cooperation with the City of Tulsa.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Supreme Court decisions on Oct. 18 show the justices are continuing to broadly interpret qualified immunity to limit suits against government officials,… Two unanimous U.S.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The case is in the US District Court for the Central District of California. The judge based his ruling on the two-part test from the US Supreme Court decision last year in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Carney found that the California law violates the Second Amendment of the US Constitution.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 27, 2025

The state trial court rejected that motion, and he was convicted. In his dissent from the denial of review, Thomas castigated the 6th Circuit for failing to give the state appeals courts decision the kind of substantial deference it deserved under the federal law governing state prisoners requests for post-conviction relief.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

This would be contrary to decisions by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the Return directive and subsequent cassation court decisions. However, the fact that the agreement is governed by international law, not French law, might make it more difficult to make it void.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

After years of government instability, Israeli voters gave Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu an incredible comeback after being ousted last year. In an effort by Israeli citizens to secure a stable government, Netanyahu’s Likud party won 32 seats in the 120-member Parliament.

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The Volokh Conspiracy

JUNE 26, 2025

The Supreme Court's decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. As such, it was a rebuke to the expansive lower court interpretations of the statute that had accumulated over the past several decades. I discuss this development, and the significance of the decision, in my latest Civitas Outlook column.

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