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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

An interim report from a commissio n led by retired Karnataka High Court judge Michael D’Cunha on Sunday recommended the prosecution of former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and former Health Minister B. Sriramulu for alleged corruption during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report, submitted to the Karnataka government on August 31, details extensive financial irregularities in procurement processes under the previous Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) administration.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

“Military Judge Postpones Guilty Plea Proceedings in Sept. 11 Case; The judge asked defense and prosecution lawyers to settle on a date for the accused mastermind of the terrorist attacks to plead guilty”: Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

By Sarah Wicks & James E. Valentine — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a pivotal role in fostering the development of treatments for rare diseases through its Orphan Products Grants Program. Each year, FDA selects a limited number of clinical trials to fund to help sponsors pursue development of medical products for rare diseases and advance their field.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

“For legal disputes, Elon Musk’s X picked a venue far from Texas HQ; By changing his company’s terms of service, Elon Musk has ensured that lawsuits against X will be heard in courthouses that are a hub for conservative judges”: Tobi Raji of The Washington Post has this report.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Dutch police detained more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters on Sunday after they defied a demonstration ban in Amsterdam, following clashes between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax Amsterdam soccer fans last week. The Amsterdam District Court upheld the mayor’s decision to ban protests in the city after the altercation between the fans. Despite the ban, hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Amsterdam’s Dam Square, chanting for an end to Israel’s war on Gaza.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

The US Defense Department (DoD) announced on Saturday that it will appeal a recent military judge’s decision affirming the validity of plea deals for Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, the alleged mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, and two of his co-defendants. This ruling , issued on Wednesday, effectively overturns Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s prior directive to discard the plea deals between government prosecutors and the defense.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

“Justice Sonia Sotomayor Is Expected to Remain on Supreme Court; Some liberal activists have called for the 70-year-old Obama appointee to retire before Trump can fill her seat”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Several restrictive measures were taken this Friday in the Netherlands’ capital Amsterdam by the Mayor, chief public prosecutor, and police chief, following a series of allegedly antisemitic hit-and-run episodes aimed at supporters of the Maccabi Tel Aviv club, following their game Amsterdam has been designated a high-risk area and a ban on demonstrations has been put in place for this weekend, until further notice.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

“How the Supreme Court Helped Democrats: Their losses would have been greater without rulings that protected campaign spending as political free speech.” This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

The United Nations (UN) released a six-month update on the situation in Gaza on Friday, which detailed and analyzed vast breaches human rights violations, contrary to international law, between November 2023 to April 2024. The report underscored that the majority of verified fatalities have been Palestinian children and women. The report says that the violence against citizens by armed groups may constitute crimes against humanity and genocide.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

The Supreme Court and all other California state courts will close tomorrow for Veterans Day, a state and judicial holiday. Since Justice Ming Chin’s 2020 retirement , there are no veterans on the Supreme Court.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Iranian Foreign Minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, on Saturday denied US charges alleging Iran’s involvement in a plot to assassinate president-elect Donald Trump before the US presidential election. According to the charges announced by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday, Iranian national Farhad Shakeri, 51, was tasked by the Iranian government with surveilling and plotting to assassinate a US citizen.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

“Trump Demands Republicans Allow Some Nominees to Bypass Senate; Incoming president says next GOP leader must agree to permit recess appointments to speed up filling posts”: Siobhan Hughes and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

A military court in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Friday charged Anton Sopov, 21, and Stanslav Rau, 28, with murder and sentenced them to life in prison for their killing of a sleeping family in Ukraine, according to the local newspaper Kommersant. The men entered the home of the Kapkanets family in Volnovakha, a city in eastern Ukraine’s partially occupied Donetsk region.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Below is my column in Fox.com on the response of media figures to the Trump victory on election night. The meltdown was a moment of honesty for some in revealing the bias harbored by many in the industry. That curtain pull offered a glimpse of the Great Oz that some will be difficult to unsee. Here is the column: The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.” Those words came to min

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Ecuador’s Vice President Veronica Abad has been suspended for 150 days following accusations of “unjustified abandonment” of her duties. This action, effective from midnight on Saturday, represents a significant development in the escalating tensions within Ecuador’s government leadership. The suspension comes amidst the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’s allegations that Abad defied an order to temporarily relocate from Israel to Turkey in response to the ongoing regional conflict.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

With women pledging to break up with their boyfriends and divorce their husbands over the Trump victory, Yale University chief psychiatry resident Dr. Amanda Calhoun is advising that it may also be necessary for your mental health to cut off your family and friends who supported Trump. In that way, you can avoid being “triggered” by opposing political views — much like Yale itself.

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