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US Supreme Court declines to review Minnesota handgun possession age restrictions unconstitutional ruling

JURIST

The US Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge Monday to the appellate court decision that struck down Minnesota law prohibiting adults aged 18-20 from obtaining a permit to own guns and carry them in public. ” said Second Amendment Foundation founder and Executive Vice President Alan M.

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A bungled house sale, a bankrupt couple, and a statutory puzzle involving debts incurred through fraud

SCOTUSBlog

Bartenwerfer points first to the court’s articulation of a clear-statement rule, under which the exceptions to discharge are narrowly limited to those that are “plainly expressed” in the statute. Turning from the literal text to the broader statutory context, Bartenwerfer emphasizes the next subparagraph of the statute.

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Virtual Workshop (In English) on July 2: Maggie Gardner on Beyond the Presumption Against Extraterritoriality

Conflict of Laws

On Tuesday, July 2, 2024, the Hamburg Max Planck Institute will host its 46th monthly virtual workshop Current Research in Private International Law at 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (CEST). statutes that do rebut the presumption at step one? This survey of lower federal court decisions shows that U.S.

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Renaming Hastings College of Law? A proposal

At the Lectern

Malcolm Maclachlan reports in today’s Daily Journal about impending state legislation to change the name of the UC Hastings law school because of recent focus on the institution’s founder, Serranus Hastings. In 1878, he donated $100,000 of his considerable wealth to found Hastings College of Law. 276-280, 348-350.).

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Liability for undelivered mail and the chilling effect of subpoenas

SCOTUSBlog

The district court dismissed Konans claims, finding them barred by the postal exception. It reasoned that loss and miscarriage cover intentional acts, as the statute only qualifies transmission with negligent. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit reversed , holding that the exception doesnt apply to intentional nondelivery.

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Arthrex on Remand: Commissioner of Patents Drew Hirshfeld and the Problem of Shadow Acting Officials

Patently O

Editors note – I invited Professor Nina Mendelson (University of Michigan Law School) to author a guest post after reading her 2020 Admin. Law Review article titled “ The Permissibility of Acting Officials: May the President Work Around Senate Confirmation? — Dennis Crouch.

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Private International Law and the Voices of Children

Conflict of Laws

Written by Christina Shin, University of Sydney Law School On 1 June 2023, International Children’s Day, the University of Sydney’s Centre for Asian and Pacific Law (CAPLUS) hosted an online webinar discussing the issue of children’s welfare and voices in private international law (PIL).

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