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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Yemen Houthi authorities have transferred 12 detained individuals to criminal prosecution while denying them due process rights, with some facing death penalty charges, according to a Human Rights Watch report published on Thursday. Among these detainees are UN and former US embassy staff. According to the group’s documentation, these individuals, detained between 2021 and 2023, have been held incommunicado throughout their detention with no access to legal representation during interrogat

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

“Judge James Ho Kicks Off The Auditions For Trump’s Next Supreme Court Pick; The conservative Texas appeals court judge is changing his stance on birthright citizenship to appeal to the president-elect”: Paul Blumenthal of HuffPost has this report.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

The South African government has refused to help an estimated 4,000 miners illegally occupying an underground mine in Stilfontein, attempting to “smoke them out” and crack down on illegal mining. When asked whether the government would be sending any help to the miners still remaining underground, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said , “W e are not going to send help to criminals, we are going to smoke them out.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

“Trump’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs to be put to the test; Businesses have been lobbying Congress and preparing legal challenges to push back on Trump’s proposal to enact tariffs on all imports”: Shannon Pettypiece and Lawrence Hurley of NBC News have this report.

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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 US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit limited the trial court’s earlier ruling, ensuring that the order applies to only the schools of the school board defendants.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Amnesty International revealed on Thursday that the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are using United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) armoured carriers, incorporated with French military technology on the battlefield. The group highlighted the potential breach of the UN arms embargo on Darfur and calls on all countries to cease supplying weapons to the conflicting parties in Sudan.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

“Why the Federalist Society Has Been a Great Success; Spilling the secrets”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Protesters stormed the Parliament of the Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia on Friday to challenge a bill that would allow Russians to buy property in the region. Abkhazia President Aslan Bzhania accused protestors of attempting a coup, noting that the government remains in control despite protesters’ seizure of some government buildings. The region’s parliament was scheduled to discuss the ratification of the measure on Friday but was postponed due to large protests outside Abkha

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

“Applying the Text & History Methodology to Looming Second Amendment Battles After Rahimi”: The Federalist Society has posted this video on YouTube.

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NOVEMBER 16, 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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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

“Hon. Robert H. Bork Memorial Lecture” featuring law professor Stephen Sachs : The Federalist Society has posted this video on YouTube.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The USPTO has two traditional functions: (1) quality examination to ensure applications satisfy the demanding statutory requirements of patentability; and (2) timely and efficient processing of those applications. Recent data suggests the Office is struggling with the second of these mandates, as reflected in a sharp uptick in Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) awards.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Multiple sources report that in-housers are increasingly looking to exit their roles and move on. The risks are real.

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Four Californians this week have learned a critical lesson in the bear necessities of life and larceny. Ruben Tamrazian, 26, of Glendale, Ararat Chirkinian, 39, of Glendale, Vahe Muradkhanyan, 32, of Glendale, and Alfiya Zuckerman, 39, of Valley Village are accused of a novel fraudulent scheme in which a compatriot donned a bear outfit and pretended to be a wild animal trashing their luxury cars, including a 2010 Rolls Royce Ghost, a 2015 Mercedes G63 AMG and a 2022 Mercedes E350.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

The Seoul Central District Court on Friday sentenced opposition figure Lee Jae-myung to a suspended one year in prison for making false statements before the 2022 presidential elections, according to a statement published by South Korean member of Parliament Lee So-young. The Seoul Central District Court found that Lee Jae-myung violated the Public Official Election Act (POEA) by making false statements during the election period that misled voters.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

“Trump’s Recess Appointments Scheme Is a Show of Power Over the Supreme Court, Too; A decade ago, three conservative justices expressed their belief that what Trump wants to do with his Cabinet is unconstitutional”: Madiba K. Dennie has this post at Balls and Strikes.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sent a letter to the US Senate on Thursday, warning the legislative body that the passage of the Antisemitism Awareness Act may infringe on the right to free speech. In its letter, the ACLU said the definition of antisemitism in the proposed Antisemitism Awareness Act is overly broad and could thus lead to free speech violations under the First Amendment to the US Constitution.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

“Grassley Aims to Keep Blue Slip Custom for District Court Picks; Iowa Republican’s office says he takes ‘traditional approach’; Grassley to chair Judiciary Committee he led in Trump term”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

“Mike Johnson must block Trump’s scheme on recess appointments; Trump is threatening to bypass Senate approval of his Cabinet picks; The House speaker should stop him”: Edward Whelan has this essay online at The Washington Post.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

“Democrat Allison Riggs takes lead in NC Supreme Court race, but it’s not the final count”: Caitlyn Yaede and Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina have this report.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

“End the Criminal Cases Against Trump”: Thomas Goldstein has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

“Trump is determined to see Gaetz confirmed as AG despite controversies”: Kristen Holmes, Lauren Fox, Pamela Brown, Jamie Gangel, and Steve Contorno of CNN have this report. Maya C. Miller of The New York Times reports that “ Matt Gaetz, Master of Insults, Now Needs Support From Senators He Bashed; The right-wing mudslinger built his brand on mercilessly trolling his adversaries, including some Republican senators, on TV and social media; Now he needs their votes to be confirme

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