JURIST

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Internet monitoring organization NetBlocks reported Thursday that Mozambique has implemented restrictions on social media and messaging platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, amid escalating tensions following disputed presidential election results. The restrictions follow earlier mobile data disruptions that occurred on October 25, after election results were announced.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2024

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Thursday that the Armenian government’s proposed surveillance bill raises significant concerns regarding privacy rights and civil liberties. HRW cautioned that the mere presence of surveillance systems in public areas can create a chilling effect on fundamental rights, including freedoms of assembly, association, and expression.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2024

“The Fifth Circuit Was Wrong — Counting Timely-Cast Remote Votes That Are Received After Election Day is as Old as the Founding.” Rich Bernstein has this post online at the Society for the Rule of Law.

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LLRX

NOVEMBER 2, 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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Day on Torts

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Where plaintiff was injured by a dangerous condition on state property created by the gross negligence of a state employee, the Claims Commission Act did not provide a cause of action. In Gordon v. State of Tennessee , No. W2023-01012-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Oct. 10, 2024), plaintiff child was injured when she cut her foot on a broken metal pipe under the surface of a state-owned lake.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2024

“Ed Sheeran Prevails in Copyright Appeal Over ‘Let’s Get It On’; A three-judge panel affirmed that Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ did not illegally borrow from Marvin Gaye’s song”: Ben Sisario of The New York Times has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued yesterday.

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At the Lectern

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Tuesday is a big day! The Supreme Court will hear the three oral arguments on its November calendar. Oh, it’s also Election Day. The arguments will be live streamed. Opinions in the cases should file by February 3, 2025. Because of the oral arguments, the court will not be conferencing (also here ) this week and there will be a double conference next week.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

“Contested state supreme court seats are site of hidden battle for abortion access; Judges are on ballot in election swing states such as Arizona and Florida whose courts recently upheld abortion bans”: Carter Sherman of The Guardian has this report.

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At the Lectern

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

The primary writer for At The Lectern will be away for most of this coming week and will likely not be publishing more than one post until the following week. If the court files an opinion on Thursday or makes any other blogworthy news, reports of it here will be delayed.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

The US Supreme Court rejected Friday an RNC application to stay a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that grants voters who cast defective mail-in ballots an option to alternatively cast in-person provisional ballots. The RNC claimed the state supreme court ruling violated the Pennsylvania Election Code, the Pennsylvania Constitution, and the US Constitution.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

“How the Antiabortion Movement Became a Cause Without a Candidate; The groups rode high when Roe was overturned; Now, they’re splintered on strategy and facing state-level defeats after Trump and the GOP pulled back support, wary of election liability”: Laura Kusisto of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Mauritius’ Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Authority published a statement Friday implementing a comprehensive suspension of social media access across the island nation. The statement directed all internet service providers to “suspend access to all social media platforms,” citing “illegal postings” that could affect national security and public safety.

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Yesterday, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes became the latest Democratic prosecutor to suggest a possible criminal charge against former President Donald Trump. Mayes suggested that Trump’s controversial statement on Lynne Cheney going to war could constitute a criminal threat. It is absurd and Mayes knows that any such charge would collapse before any remotely objective trial judge.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

The Alberta government introduced three new bills on Thursday aimed at controlling minors’ ability to undergo certain gender-affirming healthcare procedures , choose their name and pronouns at school , and participate in sports. The first bill, Bill 26, aims to amend multiple pieces of health legislation, including the Alberta Health Act. The bill would prohibit sex reassignment surgery on minors completely.

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Patently O

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Our guest author today is a very bright high school student, Kavya Gundlapalli, who is considering a career in law. – DC Guest Post by Kavya Gundlapalli* As America heads toward the 2024 presidential election, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a surprising campaign flashpoint. From voter targeting to political advertising, AI is reshaping how candidates connect with voters – and exposing a divide over how this powerful technology should be governed.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

US think tank Cato Institute asserted that the policy focus of mass deportation of asylum seekers during Donald Trump’s 2017-2020 presidency caused an increase in the number of criminals released by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in a report released on Wednesday. The report posits that the former president’s immigration policies created a surge in the number of noncitizens convicted of crimes released by ICE, by citing executive orders, Department of Homeland Security

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Pennsylvania District Judge David Ridge issued an order Friday for 17,000 voters, who did not receive mail-in ballots, granting them early in-person voting and new absentee ballots to replace the missing ones. Erie County Clerk Karen Chilcott laid the blame on a ballot vendor Election IQ who was hired to send out the mail-in ballots to voters who had applied for them.

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