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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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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

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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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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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

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

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 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

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Rabia Shuja holds an LLM in International Human Rights Law from Griffith College, Dublin and is Chief Correspondent for JURIST in Pakistan. Protestors also challenged the incumbent government’s legitimacy , claiming the general elections that took place earlier this year were rigged, and therefore the coalition government must resign.

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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

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

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

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

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

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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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

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

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The UN expressed concern Monday over the UK government’s action to make the Rwanda deal operational. ” He warned of the negative human rights implications, stating: The combined effects of this bill, attempting to shield Government action from standard legal scrutiny, directly undercut basic human rights principles. .”

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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

OCTOBER 24, 2021

The company was also protected by article 271 of the Swiss Criminal Code , which means that data submission for surveillance purposes is supposed to be approved by the Swiss government. The post Proton successfully appeals government surveillance obligations appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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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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JURIST

JUNE 7, 2023

The case resulted from Bryan Range’s appeal from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Hardiman authored the opinion of the court. The court ruled that under new US Supreme Court precedent from New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. Circuit Judge Thomas M.

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JURIST

APRIL 19, 2022

After the Amendment took effect on January 1, 2018, Circuit City, a US chain of electronics retail stores, refused to pay the increased fees and brought suit in the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, claiming that the 2017 Amendment, which creates nonuniform bankruptcy laws, was unconstitutional. United States v.

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JURIST

MAY 18, 2021

The Attorney General of Zimbabwe filed an appeal Monday with the nation’s Supreme Court after the High Court’s recent ruling against the government. On May 15, the High Court held that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s five-year extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba’s tenure was illegal.

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JURIST

JUNE 21, 2022

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Tuesday in Carson v. ” The Supreme Court recently ruled that states cannot exclude faith-based schools from state-subsidized tuition assistance programs on the basis of their religious status. ” It next forbids them to make any law “prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The Scottish Parliament does not have the unilateral power to call a second independence referendum in the country, the UK Supreme Court said in a judgement published here Wednesday morning. Today’s ruling blocks one route to Scotland’s voice being heard on independence – but in a democracy our voice cannot and will not be silenced.”

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JURIST

JUNE 22, 2022

The US Supreme court ruled in a 7-2 decision Tuesday that attempted robbery under the Hobbs Act does not meet the definition of a “crime of violence” under 18 U.S.C. § ” He joined Thomas in commenting that the court “veered off into fantasy land.” In United States v.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Michigan college student is unable to proceed with a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) lawsuit against two federal officers who tackled him after mistaking him for a fugitive in 2014. ” The case now returns to the Sixth Circuit for further consideration on this issue.

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JURIST

JUNE 20, 2021

Belgium’s Federal Climate Minister Zakia Khattabi acknowledged the decision, but she stated that the decision does not amount to any legal or financial reprimands for the government.

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JURIST

JANUARY 18, 2023

The dissent, written solely by Judge Yosef Elron, claims that the court cannot make the decision of the legality of Deri’s appointment, and that Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu must bring the matter to the Chairperson of the Election Committee (CEC) for determination.

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JURIST

AUGUST 1, 2022

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Monday that two vessels owned by non-profit Sea Watch may have been wrongly detained by the Italian government. Sea Watch then appealed the detention in Italian court. Sea Watch rescues migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea in vessels that are not seaworthy.

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