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JANUARY 23, 2025

The Supreme Court of Canada announced on Thursday that it will hear a landmark challenge to Quebec’s secularism law, Bill 21. This latest legal challenge comes after lower courts, including the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld the law due to the government’s use of the notwithstanding clause.

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MARCH 19, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday blocked enforcement of Texas’s law criminalizing illegal entry into the state from other countries, hours after a divided US Supreme Court allowed the law to go into effect. The court initially imposed the stay on March 2nd.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The US Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case involving Louisiana’s congressional district map with two Black-majority districts in the six-district state, according to an order issued Monday. The court will hear arguments from two cases consolidated into one. Parties still await a date for oral arguments.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The High Court of Australia dismissed the Catholic Church’s bid to avoid paying damages to the father of a choirboy allegedly sexually abused by Cardinal Goerge Pell. ” The Archdiocese then appealed the court’s decision to the Victorian Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, which was rejected. .”

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday considered whether the murder conviction of Richard Glossip, a death row inmate in Oklahoma, should be set aside due to a witness having given false testimony in court and state prosecutors having failed to disclose key information about the witness. Marcellus Williams was executed on Sep.

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JUNE 29, 2024

The UK Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that the UK National Crime Agency’s (NCA) refusal to investigate the importation of Uyghur forced labour cotton from China was unlawful. ” Mahmut also called for implementing tougher legislation following the appellate court’s ruling.

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JUNE 21, 2024

The US Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a unanimous jury is required to apply a recidivism punishment under the federal Armed Career Criminal Act. The court held that a jury must unanimously find that the qualifying convictions were from separate occurrences for the mandatory minimum to apply.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The Supreme Court of Mexico narrowly denied a challenge to controversial judicial reforms on Tuesday that were enacted by the government in September of this year. The reforms will make all judges in Mexico elected by a popular vote and establish an elected judicial disciplinary court to oversee judges.

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JULY 21, 2024

The Superior Court of Los Angeles County experienced a ransomware attack on Friday, leading to the shutdown of the court’s internal computer systems. Upon detecting the ransomware attack, the Superior Court disabled its network systems to prevent further damage.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

The bill aims to safeguard the process of administering justice and prevent the misuse of court procedures. Introduced by the Minister of Law, Murali Pillai, the amendment updates the Administration of Justice (Protection) Act, 2016 , which consolidated laws related to contempt of court.

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JURIST

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Paris Court of Appeals rejected Thursday an appeal to hold Monsanto and fourteen other agrochemical firms for their role in producing Agent Orange for the US armed forces, citing legal immunity from prosecution as they worked at the order of a sovereign government, according to local media.

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JULY 19, 2024

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that the Canadian government can be held liable for enacting laws that are “clearly unconstitutional,” done in bad faith, or stem from abuse of power. The court reiterated the importance of damages as a remedy for state violations of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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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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JANUARY 26, 2025

On Friday, the US Supreme Court announced that it would take up a groundbreaking case to determine whether Oklahoma could fund a proposed Catholic charter school. If the court sides with Oklahoma, it would mark the first time the government can establish and directly fund religious schools. Drummond and St.

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JANUARY 19, 2025

Mozambiques former finance minister, Manuel Chang, has been sentenced to serve eight-and-a-half years in prison this Friday for his role in the “tuna bond” scandal by a Brooklyn court. The post US court sentences former Mozambique finance minister to extended prison term appeared first on JURIST - News.

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DECEMBER 22, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday partially revived a suit alleging improper FBI surveillance of Muslim residents of Southern California. The case was heard on remand from the United States Supreme Court and decided on the findings of the District Court. In the present case, Fazaga v.

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JUNE 21, 2024

The US Supreme Court ruled on Friday that citizens do not have a right to have their non-citizen spouses allowed into the country. However, Muñoz found success in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by arguing that she had a constitutionally protected interest in her husband’s visa application.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A New York appeals court ruled that a New York City law granting non-citizens the power to vote was unconstitutional. It was estimated that the law would allow more than 800,000 non-citizens the ability to vote in New York City local elections, prior to the court’s Wednesday ruling. The municipal legislation, Int.

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JANUARY 26, 2025

In his petition, Rana argued that he had already been tried and acquitted in a federal court in Illinois on charges related to the Mumbai attacks, further contending that extraditing him to India would subject him to a second trial on the same charges, which could potentially lead to a conviction and a death sentence.

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AUGUST 30, 2024

In a ruling that is 187 pages and has 2 dissents, the Supreme Court of Maryland remanded the Adnan Syed Case to Circuit court for a re-do of the Motion to Vacate his convictions. This is the second 4-3 ruling.

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JUNE 29, 2024

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in a 6-3 decision to allow cities to enforce bans on homeless encampments even when shelter space is unavailable. The US Supreme Court overruled this injunction holding that enforcement of the city’s laws did not constitute “cruel and unusual” punishment prohibited by the Eight Amendment.

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APRIL 12, 2024

The Supreme Court of Canada found Friday that the government acted dishonestly when it reneged on an 1877 treaty to an Alberta indigenous community and allowed for declaratory relief. Because of this, the Court reasoned that the Blood Tribe could be entitled to declaratory relief.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

A US federal appeals court on Friday temporarily lifted a trial court’s blocking of a Louisiana law mandating public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. The appellate court’s lifting of the order will last until the court finishes reviewing the defendants’ appeal of the trial court’s order.

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DECEMBER 16, 2024

The Constitutional Court of South Korea commenced its review on Monday of the parliamentary impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol. The court announced it will hold its first preparatory hearing on December 27, prioritizing Yoon’s impeachment trial.

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OCTOBER 30, 2024

The Supreme Court of Kenya reversed the Court of Appeal ruling on Tuesday that declared the Finance Act 2023 unconstitutional. President Ruto signed the Finance Act 2023 into law on June 26, 2023, but it was later contested for unconstitutionality in the High Court.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dismissed a civil suit on Monday challenging New York City’s rifle permit law. In late 2022, the trial court granted summary judgment to Srour and prohibited the enforcement of the challenged subsections. The court further highlighted that according to N.Y.C. .”

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OCTOBER 30, 2024

The US Supreme Court issued an order on Wednesday permitting the state of Virginia to continue to remove voters from its election rolls with just five days until the federal election. A federal district court granted a preliminary injunction on behalf of the DOJ to enjoin the program before the federal election.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in a case where the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) refused to approve flavored e-cigarettes, citing public health concerns. The harmless error doctrine allows courts to avoid overturning agency decisions based on procedural errors if the error did not significantly affect the outcome.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The High Court of Sindh rejected on Monday a petition to prevent the Federal Cabinet from approving the proposed 26th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan. The petitioners requested the court to halt the Federal Cabinet of Pakistan from approving the amendment.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Amnesty International condemned Lebanon’s military court on Tuesday for its failure to hold security forces officers responsible for Syrian refugee Bashar Abd Saud’s death in custody accountable. According to Lebanon’s 2017 Anti-Torture Law, torture cases should be tried in civilian courts.

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OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily halted the execution of Robert Roberson, who was scheduled to be put to death that evening for the 2002 death of his two-year-old daughter. The post Texas Supreme Court halts execution in controversial ‘shaken baby syndrome’ case appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JULY 31, 2024

A UK High Court ruled Monday that a ban on puberty blockers issued in May 2024 in the UK was lawful. The claim failed on all three of its grounds, with the court concluding that the secondary legislation banning puberty blockers for under eighteens was in fact, lawful.

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DECEMBER 29, 2024

The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday temporarily blocked the enforcement of an anti-money laundering law that mandates corporate entities to disclose to the US Treasury Department the identities of their true beneficial owners. Garland, where the plaintiff argued that the law was unconstitutional or otherwise unlawful.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reinstated a claim brought by landlords on Wednesday who argued that the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) nationwide eviction moratorium during the COVID-19 pandemic constituted a “taking” under the Fifth Amendment , entitling them to compensation.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

Abu Bakar Khan is a recent law graduate of the University Law College, University of the Punjab, and is currently practicing in the courts of Pakistan. Under the amended clause 3 of the Constitution’s Article 175A, the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) will no longer be the “most senior judge of the Supreme Court”.

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DECEMBER 6, 2024

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the odor of raw cannabis is sufficient to justify a warrantless vehicle search. ” Molina asked the trial court to suppress the raw cannabis as evidence in trial. ” Molina asked the trial court to suppress the raw cannabis as evidence in trial.

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