JURIST

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The ruling stated, “This situation brought in a total breakdown of economic and social life of the entire society. Such breakdown ultimately led to the collapse of the public order and the complete undermining of the rule of law.”

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

US District Judge Stephen McGlynn ruled that PICA infringes on an individual’s Second Amendment rights, citing recent US Supreme Court interpretations of the Second Amendment. He stated: “The Government may not deprive law-abiding citizens of their guaranteed right to self-defense as a means of offense.”

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JURIST

APRIL 30, 2021

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court held Thursday that several provisions in the country’s Federal Climate Change Act of 2019 were insufficient and violate freedoms in the Basic Law. The court described the idea of climate change having severe impacts that affect virtually all aspects of human life.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The Court ruled that all of his actions, including filing a complaint of alleged corruption, questioning the legitimacy of the Presidium of Azerbaijani Bar Association (ABA) , and his refusal to participate in-person in disciplinary proceedings due to his belief in their bias, constituted the exercise of his freedom of expression.

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APRIL 17, 2024

The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that part of the UK’s trade union laws are incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The unanimous decision of the five justices allowed the appeal of support worker Fiona Mercer, who was seeking a declaration of incompatibility of trade union law.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

“The Wealth Tax You May Already Owe; If the Supreme Court rules for the government in Moore v. all unrealized gains will be taxable under existing law”: Ilya Shapiro will have this op-ed in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Amnesty International Australia issued a statement on Tuesday denouncing the Australian federal government’s newly proposed bill reintroducing punitive measures targeting a group of people released from immigration detention emphasizing that it undermines the recent High Court decision and breaches Australia’s international obligations.

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JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2024

The UK’s House of Commons passed a bill to declare Rwanda a safe country by 320 votes to 276, seeking to bypass the courts to implement the government’s plan to send some asylum seekers to pursue their claims in Rwanda.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday that multiple provisions of the country’s Federal Criminal Police Office Act (BKA Act) are unconstitutional because they infringe upon citizens’ privacy rights. It is responsible for the coordination of police investigations between federal and state governments.

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JURIST

APRIL 2, 2025

The Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea ordered a recall of parliament on April 8, 2025, to debate a motion of no confidence on Monday. The court decided that parliament’s rejection of an earlier motion of no-confidence against the prime minister was unconstitutional.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In determining whether the French state had failed in its obligations, the court ruled that the state could only be held responsible for part of the damages if it had not respected its commitments to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in US v. 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv) , a federal law that criminalizes the encouragement of illegal immigration, does not violate the First Amendment of the US Constitution. ” The US government filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court in 2022. Hansen that 8 U.S.C.

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JURIST

JANUARY 18, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on Wednesday that Texas legislation aimed at restricting or banning “sexually explicit” books in public school libraries likely violates the Constitution, affirming a lower court’s injunction against it. However, immediate legal pushback ensued.

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JURIST

APRIL 22, 2022

In an 8-1 decision, the US Supreme Court Thursday ruled that Congress does not have to provide Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits to residents of Puerto Rico. The decision impacts the residents of Puerto Rico and other US territories who are applying for government benefits. ” The appeals court affirmed.

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APRIL 29, 2021

Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion, adopting a rigid interpretation of a federal statute that requires the government to serve a “notice to appear” in order to trigger the “stop-time” rule. That rule can foreclose access to immigration relief by preventing noncitizens from accruing the time required for eligibility.

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JURIST

APRIL 16, 2021

The Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, Germany, ruled Thursday that Berlin’s Rent Cap Act is unconstitutional as it has undermined Germany’s Basic Law. The rent cap was enacted in February 2020 as an attempt by the local government to stifle rent hikes and gentrification. It froze rental rates for 1.5

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JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2024

It also ruled that the FBI did not follow its own written policies, which require that the agency inventory the items seized and then contact the owners of the items. The process of civil asset forfeiture has come under scrutiny recently for its use by law enforcement across both the state and federal level.

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JURIST

MAY 21, 2024

The UK’s High Cout of Justice on Tuesday ruled that recent amendments to protest laws enacted by the Secretary of State were unlawful. The court’s judgment comes as a result of a legal challenge to the amendments brought by the National Council of Civil Liberties.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

New York Supreme Court Justice Thomas Marcelle ruled Monday in the case Cuomo v. New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (NYSCOELIG) that NYSCOELIG violates the New York State Constitution due to its statutorily prescribed independence. But it is for the people to decide and only the people.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The US Department of Justice filed an appeal on Friday with the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit challenging a lower court ruling in July blocking new applications to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The Hong Kong High Court ruled against Jimmy Lai in his challenge against the court’s jurisdiction to hear the charge of conspiracy to sedition on Friday. The post Hong Kong court rules activist Jimmy Lai’s conspiracy charge within time limit appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

MARCH 23, 2025

Various rule of law and human rights concerns have emerged during Noboa’s presidency. In May 2024, President Noboa issued a new, localized, 60-day state of emergency even though the Constitutional Court ruled that the previous one was unconstitutional.

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JURIST

APRIL 28, 2022

But in Wednesday’s decision, the court described the practice as “discriminatory and harmful to the identity” of the child. Specifically the court said the tradition violated both the Italian Constitution as well as the European Convention on Human Rights.

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JURIST

JUNE 1, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that tribal police officers have the authority to detain and search non-Indigenous persons on federal highways within their territories. The decision quiets what some feared would be a further infringement on the inherent sovereignty tribes possess to govern themselves.

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JURIST

MAY 1, 2023

The Israel Supreme Court Sunday held that non-Jewish children adopted by Jewish parents will no longer have to go through Orthodox conversions. This practice was based on Section 5 of Israel’s Child Adoption Law, 5571-1981, which required the religion of the adoptive parents and the child to be the same.

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2023

The court agreed with the petitioner’s arguments. Article 28 requires all laws to define the behavior which would constitute an offense. The court rejected this idea. In their decision, the court ruled the wording violated article 28 in its failure to provide notice.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 16, 2022

The High Court argued that procedural safeguards are not “subservient to the overwhelming need to ensure that the accused is prosecuted and punished.” ” According to the court, such beliefs “must be muzzled by the voice of Rule of Law.”

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JURIST

DECEMBER 29, 2020

As a member of the Apostolic Faith Mission church, Sogolani found the inclusion of religious language in government “ offensive to his faith.” ” Hofisi argued that the pledge violated Sogolani’s constitutional rights to dignity, freedom of conscience, freedom of expression and equal protection of the law.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday ruled an Ohio state law mandating the political affiliation of members of the Ohio Elections Commission (OEC) is not unconstitutional. The District Court for the Southern District of Ohio granted summary judgment for the defendants, and the LPO appealed to the circuit court.

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JURIST

JANUARY 22, 2023

Sharon Basch is an Israeli American who spent the last two years living in Israel before starting her JD at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Aryeh Deri from his cabinet Sunday morning, complying with a recent Supreme Court decision demanding he do so.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

While Judge Alison Nathan agreed with experts that the idol was originally manufactured in the region of Anatolia between 4800 and 4100 BC in what is now modern-day Turkey’s Manisa Province, she rejected the Turkish government’s view that the idol could not have been traded to a region outside of present-day Turkey.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The Australian Government passed new legislation on Wednesday relating to the detainment of migrants on public safety grounds. This comes mainly as a response to the recent High Court rulings in Australia that made it illegal for the government to detain migrants indefinitely if they cannot be extradited to their home nation.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

“Gambling With the Law: How SCOTUSblogs Goldstein Risked It All; Goldstein reports negative net worth of $3.3 million; Investigation started in 2020, court filings say.” ” Alexia Fernndez Campbell and Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law have this report.

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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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JURIST

JUNE 5, 2023

The Court of Justice of the European Union (EU) ruled Monday that Poland’s 2019 court reforms violated EU laws on effective judicial protection, judicial independence and the rule of law. This is not the first time Poland and the EU Commission have tussled over rule of law issues.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 2, 2023

The Berlin-Brandenburg Higher Administrative Court held Thursday that the German Government violated federal climate change law by failing to reach annual targets. The ruling now means the government must implement changes to achieve these unmet goals.

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JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2022

District courts ruled in favor of the two counties, Los Angeles and Ventura, and held that gun stores were not immune from shutdown orders for nonessential businesses. A three-judge panel rejected the district courts’ rulings. But that’s what happened in this case.”

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