JURIST
SEPTEMBER 7, 2024
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Friday partially reinstated 2023 laws in Hawaii and California banning the carry of firearms in certain “sensitive places.” After the laws’ passage, the “sensitive place” designations were subsequently challenged as violating the US Constitution’s Second Amendment , which establishes the right to keep and bear arms.
LLRX
SEPTEMBER 7, 2024
Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 7, 2024
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday vacated the class certification of Black Lives Matter protesters in their 2020 complaint against the city of Los Angeles for alleged use of excessive force. The appeals court sent the case back to the trial court for a fresh look at class certification, offering the Black Lives Matter Los Angeles chapter another shot at suing as a collective group.
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 7, 2024
“Presidential Immunity From Plato to Trump; The framers didn’t want a king, but a republic with a strong executive was an innovation in 1787”: Harvey C. Mansfield has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 7, 2024
Eight international human rights organizations on Friday condemned Kyrgyzstan authorities’ decision to liquidate investigative outlet Kloop Media, one week after the Kyrgyzstan Supreme Court upheld the decision. The organizations, which included Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International and Civil Rights Defenders, denounced the decision in a joint statement, warning that the suppression of independent media in Kyrgyzstan signals an alarming deterioration of civil liberties.
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 7, 2024
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a statement on Friday condemning the treason charges leveled against protestors in Nigeria last month, which can be punishable by death. The organization found that 124 people were arrested in Nigeria during the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria campaign in August, and 10 of those individuals were charged with treason. HRW Nigeria Researcher Anietie Ewang said that “by charging protesters with treason, the Nigerian authorities are sending a troubling message abou
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 7, 2024
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a lawsuit against Snap Inc. (Snap) on Thursday, accusing the company’s social media service Snapchat, of failing to protect minors from sexual exploitation and addictive design features. Torrez claimed in the complaint that Snapchat is “a breeding ground for predators,” stating: Snap and Snapchat … are among the most pernicious purveyors of child sexual abuse material (“CSAM”) and harm-inducing features on children
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 7, 2024
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced Friday that it had arrested a 20-year-old Pakistani man residing in Canada over an alleged plot to carry out a mass shooting at a New York City Jewish center on or around October 7, 2024, one year after the Hamas attack on Israel that killed nearly 800 civilians. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) claimed that the man, Muhammed Shahzeb Khan, intended to commit the shooting in support of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), a militant
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 7, 2024
Amnesty International urged Hong Kong government to show progress in establishing an alternative framework to recognize same-sex partnerships, in its statement issued on Thursday. The statement marked one year since the Court of Final Appeal (CFA)’s landmark ruling in Sham Tsz Kit v. Secretary for Justice. On September 5, 2023, the CFA ruled in the Sham Tsz Kit case that the government has a constitutional duty to provide an alternative legal framework for recognizing same-sex partnersh
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 7, 2024
The US Department of Justice announced on Thursday that charges have been filed against Dimitri Simes, a Russian-born US citizen and former adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Simes is accused of working for a sanctioned Russian state television network and laundering the proceeds from his involvement. The first indictment alleges that Simes and his wife took part in a scheme to help Channel One Russia to bypass sanctions implemented by the U.S.
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