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US Supreme Court allows Idaho gender-affirming care ban for minors to go into effect

JURIST

The US Supreme Court granted an emergency request for stay led by Idaho officials, allowing the state to temporarily enforce a statewide ban on gender-affirming care for certain minors. ” In other words, the Ninth Circuit granted relief to the plaintiffs and additionally decided the Idaho law’s enactment was to be halted.

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Google reaches $391.5M multi-state settlement over user location tracking

JURIST

.” Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said Google has “prioritized profit over their users’ privacy” for years and warned that “companies will continue to compile large amounts of our personal data for marketing purposes with few controls” until government bodies introduce comprehensive privacy laws.

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US book publishers sue Florida Department of Education over library restrictions

JURIST

The plaintiffs stated that this freedom includes the right for authors and publishers to communicate ideas to students and students’ rights to receive those ideas without undue government interference. This Florida lawsuit is not the first constitutional challenge raised against state education departments for censorship.

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Alabama legislature advances bill that restricts books ‘harmful to minors’ in public libraries

JURIST

This means that state governments are free to pass laws that limit obscene speech. Earlier this month, t he Idaho Senate approved House Bill No. If HB 285 is passed into law, public librarians could be guilty of misdemeanors for violating the state’s criminal obscenity provisions. In the US Supreme Court case Miller v.

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Government power, from federal agencies to counties, highlights January session

SCOTUSBlog

Singh , in which the court will consider what kind of notice the government must provide before a noncitizen can be deported for not appearing in court. 1229(a) , the government must provide a “notice to appear” in all removal proceedings. Under 8 U.S.C. Tori Madden) The question before the justices on Jan. Yonas Fikre, a U.S.

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Can an Algorithm Predict Unfair Sentences in the Courts?

The Crime Report

A new set of algorithms, created by members of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Idaho Justice Project and the University of Pennsylvania, aims to assess the likelihood of defendants being mistreated in court, reports Government Technology.

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Morning Docket: 12.21.22

Above The Law

The UK government suggests that sharing Netflix passwords may be a criminal copyright violation. Eastern Oregon is trying to join Idaho again. And it's already starting. [ New Jersey Law Journal ]. * So while you might think intellectual property law is broken in the United States, trust that it's worse over there.