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France parliament unanimously agrees to create committee on sexual violence against minors in entertainment industry

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The French parliament unanimously adopted Thursday a proposition by the Commission of Cultural Affairs and Education to create a new inquiry commission on the sexual violence committed against minors in the film, entertainment and fashion industry.

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US appeals court dismisses suit challenging Tennessee anti-drag law

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The Adult Entertainment Act (AEA) prohibits the performance of “adult cabaret entertainment” in public or in the potential presence of minors.

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Federal judge declares Tennessee’s anti-drag bill unconstitutional

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Judge Thomas Parker, a judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Friday ruled that Tennessee’s Adult Entertainment Act (AEA) is unconstitutional. The statute criminalizes performances on public land or in a location in which the performance “could be viewed by a person who is not an adult.”

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US federal judge sides with Tennessee Pride festival in challenge to drag ban

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Desmond from interfering with the Blount County Pride Festival under Tennessee’s Adult Entertainment Act (AEA). The AEA bans “male or female impersonators who provide entertainment that appeals to a prurient interest” in public. The Blount County Pride Festival was held on Saturday as planned.

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Case preview: Justices to consider procedural issue in major climate-change lawsuit

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One ground was a law known as the “ federal officer removal statute ,” which allows the removal to federal court of lawsuits filed in state court against “any officer (or any person acting under that officer) of the United States or of any agency thereof, in an official or individual capacity, for or relating to any act under color of such office.”

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In back-to-back cases, justices will scrutinize traditional limits on challenges to agency proceedings

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Cochran present a frontal assault on the traditional framework under which federal courts have entertained complaints about federal agencies. The general federal jurisdiction statute ( 28 U.S.C. Share Monday’s arguments in Axon Enterprise v. Federal Trade Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission v.

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New York sues New Jersey over compact governing Port of New York and New Jersey

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To create the compact, each state passed statutes and, as New York’s bill of complaint indicates is a constitutional requirement for interstate compacts, Congress consented as well. However, in 2018, New Jersey passed a statute to withdraw from the compact, and on Dec. Texas Entertainment Association, Inc. However, the U.S.