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AUGUST 25, 2024

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld Maryland’s handgun licensing law requiring that gun owners first go through firearms training and pass a background check. There was disagreement on the reasoning, but only two members of the 16-judge en banc panel dissented that the state’s permit process is constitutional, despite the Supreme Court’s significant expansion of gun rights in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v.

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AUGUST 25, 2024

“Judicial Notice (08.25.24): Irreconcilable Differences; An injudicious judge, gun laws post-Brahimi, the breakup of Bennifer, and WilmerHale partnership news.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

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JURIST

AUGUST 25, 2024

Former Memphis police officer Emmitt Martin III pleaded guilty on Friday to three counts of federal civil rights and conspiracy charges. An indictment issued in September of last year accused Martin of using excessive force against Tyre Nichols, an unarmed 29-year-old black man. On January 7, 2023, police stopped Nichols while in his vehicle for reckless driving.

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AUGUST 25, 2024

“Nvidia has more friends than Facebook in cases at US Supreme Court”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

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JURIST

AUGUST 25, 2024

A Turkish airstrike in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region killed two female journalists, Hero Baha’uddin and Golestan Tara, on Friday. Both journalists worked for a local Kurdish media company and were traveling near the village of Teperash in Sulaimaniyah province when the strike hit, according to reports from local media. The Kurdish Regional Government’s (KRG) counter-terrorism service, headquartered in Irbil, reported that they targeted a vehicle believed to be carrying members of th

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JURIST

AUGUST 25, 2024

The Canada Industrial Labour Relations Board (CIRB) Saturday ended unprecedented nationwide rail shutdowns by ordering a return to normal operations as of August 26. Both employers and union have stated they will comply with the unanimous decision, however, the union will seek an appeal to the Federal Court of Canada. The board heard arguments Friday from both sides.

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AUGUST 25, 2024

“They didn’t submit a photocopy that wasn’t required; Why abortion won’t be on the Arkansas ballot in November”: Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.

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JURIST

AUGUST 25, 2024

Russia and Ukraine exchanged a total of 230 prisoners of war on Saturday, following an intermediation by the United Arab Emirates. The exchange happened on the 33rd commemoration of Ukraine’s Independence Day of Ukraine from the Soviet Union. The UAE Foreign Ministry noted that the recent exchange brings the total number of prisoners released through its mediation to 1,788.

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AUGUST 25, 2024

“Trump’s Latest Abortion Comments Expose the Bind He’s In”: Law professor Mary Ziegler has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

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JURIST

AUGUST 25, 2024

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Roza Otunbayeva, warned Sunday that the Taliban’s “Law on Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice” imposes severe restrictions on the rights of Afghans. Otunbayeva noted that the 35-article law, which includes harsh measures such as a ban on women’s voices and uncovered faces in public, presents a “distressing vision for Afghanistan’s futu

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AUGUST 25, 2024

“Federal judge tosses Kansas machine gun possession case on Second Amendment grounds”: Jonathan Shorman of The Kansas City Star has this report. Jason Alatidd of The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that “ Kansas judge dismisses machine gun and Glock switch charges, citing 2nd Amendment.” Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “ US judge tosses machine gun possession case, calls ban unconstitutional.” And in commentary, online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay ti

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JURIST

AUGUST 25, 2024

French police arrested a man suspected of attempting to set fire to a synagogue in the southern city of La Grande-Motte on Saturday, according to Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin. The suspect, whose identity has not been officially disclosed, was apprehended in Nîmes after a dramatic confrontation with law enforcement. Reports indicate that the individual, believed to be a 33-year-old of Algerian origin, opened fire on police officers during the arrest, resulting in his injury.

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AUGUST 25, 2024

“Why Is Donald Trump Stalling With His Supreme Court Shortlist? When people despise the Supreme Court you built, it’s sort of tricky to talk about what you’d do next with the Supreme Court.” Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

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JURIST

AUGUST 25, 2024

Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) approved a controversial allocation of seats in the Chamber of Deputies on Friday, granting President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party and allies a supermajority to pass constitutional reforms without opposition backing. In its decision, the INE’s governing council voted to allocate 364 of the 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies to the ruling coalition, despite the coalition securing less than 60 percent of the votes in the

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AUGUST 25, 2024

“The federal courts are full of judges who could retire but won’t. There is little to be done about it. Democrats were able to get President Joe Biden to step aside after a pressure campaign. But it’s much more difficult to force out a federal judge.” Lawrence Hurley and Elleiana Green of NBC News have this report.

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JURIST

AUGUST 25, 2024

US Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Kevin G. Ritz announced on Friday that a man was charged with making threats against President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama on social media. Ritz’s office said that Kyl Alton Hall made various threats on X, formerly known as Twitter, on July 27. The office stated that Hall specifically “threatened to kill, assassinate, shoot, and crash the plane of President Biden” as well as assassin

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AUGUST 25, 2024

YouTube Below is my column in the New York Post on the withdrawal of Robert Kennedy, Jr. from the presidential race and his endorsement of former President Donald Trump. Kennedy’s speech resonated with many long-time Democrats who have found themselves estranged from the party. While Kennedy remains an independent, it is a cautionary tale that is being missed in the “joy” theme of the Democratic National Convention.

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