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MARCH 23, 2024

The Irish High Court ruled Friday that a decision made by the country’s Minister for Justice in 2020 to declare the UK a “safe country” to send asylum seekers back to during processing was “unlawful as a matter of EU law.” The decision came after two individuals’ applications for international protection in Ireland were rejected because of their connections with the UK, which is attempting to adopt a plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda while their applicatio

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MARCH 23, 2024

“McConnell Stole a Supreme Court Seat. Is That the Norm Now?” Ed Kilgore has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine. The post “McConnell Stole a Supreme Court Seat. Is That the Norm Now?” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

MARCH 23, 2024

In a statement issued Thursday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Seychelles to hold fair and open legal processes against former presidential advisor Mukesh Valabhji and other defendants accused of embezzlement and money laundering in addition to unlawful firearm possession and conspiracy to commit terrorism in November 2021. Valabhji and his wife were both implicated in the 2002 misappropriation and money laundering of donations of foreign aid from the UAE.

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MARCH 23, 2024

“What happens when an AG dares to investigate Leonard Leo’s network; Brian Schwalb’s probe followed a complaint that nonprofit groups associated with the judicial activist violated their tax status”: Heidi Przybyla of Politico has this report. The post “What happens when an AG dares to investigate Leonard Leo’s network; Brian Schwalb’s probe followed a complaint that nonprofit groups associated with the judicial activist violated their tax status” appeared first on How Ap

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MARCH 23, 2024

The European Council on Friday imposed sanctions on Russian officials and entities linked to the death of Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny. The sanctions were introduced under the EU’s current Global Human Rights Sanction Regime , including an asset freeze, prohibitions on the provision of funds or economic resources, and a travel ban to the EU.

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JURIST

MARCH 23, 2024

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) reported on Saturday that security services detained 11 people in connection with the ISIS-claimed attack on the Crocus City Hall music venue on the outskirts of Moscow that killed at least 133. The FSB added that four who directly participated in the attack were among the detained. The security service also alleged that the attackers attempted to flee towards Ukraine but were apprehended in the Bryansk region.

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MARCH 23, 2024

by Salih Okur (University of Augsburg) On 8 and 9 March, scholars from more than a dozen different jurisdictions followed the invitation of Tobias Lutzi to discuss recent trends in punitive damages at the University of Augsburg, Germany. Despite an unfortunate combination of rail and flight strikes, only a small number of participants were ultimately unable to make it to Augsburg.

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JURIST

MARCH 23, 2024

The Lucknow Bench of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) Allahabad High Court (AHC) held Friday that a Uttar Pradesh state legislation for the establishment and regulation of Islamic education schools called Madarsas is constitutional. The court deemed the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004 (Madarsa Act) unconstitutional due to its violation of the principles of secularism and various articles of the Constitution of India , including the “Right to Equality”

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MARCH 23, 2024

On Monday morning, the Supreme Court will file its opinion in Huerta v. HSA Electrical Contractors, Inc. (Briefs here ; oral argument video here.) In August 2022 , the court agreed to answer these questions for the Ninth Circuit: Is time spent on an employer’s premises in a personal vehicle and waiting to scan an identification badge, have security guards peer into the vehicle, and then exit a Security Gate compensable as “hours worked” within the meaning of California Industrial Welfare Commi

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JURIST

MARCH 23, 2024

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) conducted the notification of the judgment in the case of Residents of La Oroya v. Peru this Friday, addressing the Peruvian State’s responsibility for the damage suffered by 80 residents of La Oroya and ordered the payment of compensation to the victims for the damage incurred. In December 2022, a group of residents of La Oroya, located in the Peruvian highlands, filed a compliance lawsuit against the Ministry of Health and the General Dire

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At the Lectern

MARCH 23, 2024

The Supreme Court has posted videos of the six arguments heard on the March calendar. Opinions in the cases are expected by June 3.

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JURIST

MARCH 23, 2024

Kenya’s Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki told the Public Petitions Committee of the National Assembly that the National Security Council (NSC) is coping with the threats posed by social media platforms particularly the app TikTok. TikTok is a short-form online video platform owned by Chinese Internet company ByteDance, rapidly gaining worldwide popularity in recent years.

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MARCH 23, 2024

“Rare All-Female Lineup to Argue Supreme Court Abortion Pill Case; Men vastly outnumber women at high court lectern; Number of female advocates unusually high this term”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report. The post “Rare All-Female Lineup to Argue Supreme Court Abortion Pill Case; Men vastly outnumber women at high court lectern; Number of female advocates unusually high this term” appeared first on How Appealing.

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Jerry Lawson rhetorically asks Is anyone in the country better qualified than Renee Knake Jefferson to write about access to justice? Professor of Law at the University of Houston, co-reporter for the ABA Commission on the Future of Legal Services, and designated by the American Bar Association as a “Legal Rebel,” she has long been a thought leader in the quest to make legal help available to all, regardless of resources.

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MARCH 23, 2024

“Supreme Court to rule on FDA approval of abortion drug mifepristone; Oral arguments are scheduled for Tuesday”: Shannon Bream and Bill Mears of Fox News has this report. Sandhya Raman and Michael Macagnone of Roll Call report that “ Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on medication abortion drug; Justices on Tuesday consider challenge that could limit access to mifepristone.” And The Washington Post has published an editorial titled “ The Supreme Court’s latest ab

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MARCH 23, 2024

This week, parents of students at the University of California at Berkeley took the extreme step of hiring private security to protect their children at the school after years of complaints over rising crime and anti-police policies. The university, however, is focused this week on another threat that has led students to object that they no longer feel safe on campus: the dating advice offered by Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Professor Jonathan Shewchuk in response to a query from

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MARCH 23, 2024

“Former Justice Stephen Breyer reflects on ‘unfortunate’ Supreme Court leak before Dobbs abortion ruling; In an interview with NBC’s ‘Meet the Press,’ Breyer was asked whether the justices had discussed a compromise 15-week abortion ban”: Alexandra Marquez of NBC News has this report. The post “Former Justice Stephen Breyer reflects on ‘unfortunate’ Supreme Court leak before Dobbs abortion ruling; In an interview with NBC’s ‘

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MARCH 23, 2024

“How rightwing groups used junk science to get an abortion case before the US supreme court; Anti-abortion researchers ‘exaggerate’ and ‘obfuscate’ in their scientific papers — but by the time they’re published, it’s too late”: Jessica Glenza of The Guardian has this report. The post “How rightwing groups used junk science to get an abortion case before the US supreme court; Anti-abortion researchers ‘exaggerate’ and ‘obfuscate’ in their scientific papers — but by t

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