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APRIL 17, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled on Tuesday that West Virginia’s ban on transgender girls competing on girls’ sports teams violates a transgender student’s rights under Title IX.

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MARCH 19, 2024

The US Supreme Court has lifted a stay that prohibited the enforcement of a Texas law that criminalizes illegal entry into the state from other countries, allowing the law to go into effect. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit later blocked that injunction, allowing the law to go into effect.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The Malaysian federal court declared several Kelantan state Sharia laws to be unconstitutional in a judgement on Friday. ” The court found in its ruling that the state has no power to enact Islamic laws regarding such offences as they are under federal law. The court’s judgement is yet to be published.

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JULY 10, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday upheld a law that combats online child sex trafficking called the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 (FOSTA). The case is an appeal from the US District Court for the District of Columbia. Circuit Judge Patricia A.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The US Supreme Court, in a split decision, issued a brief statement on Thursday refusing to reinstate a Florida law that targets drag shows. A lower court order previously prohibited the law from coming into effect. ” Anyone found to be in violation fo the law would be charged with a misdemeanor.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday on whether social media platforms may ban certain content on their platforms without violating the Constitution’s First Amendment. The court seemed to be leaning towards not upholding both states’ laws, focusing on what it may mean for regulating other e-commerce sites.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A three-judge panel from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday overruled a lower court decision that blocked a California law requiring individuals seeking to buy ammunition to undergo a background check, allowing the state to mandate background checks for ammunition buyers. ” Rhode v. .”

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MARCH 21, 2024

Mexico filed an amicus brief Thursday with the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, voicing opposition to Texas Immigration Law SB 4 , which authorizes Texas authorities to arrest and prosecute individuals suspected of illegal entry across the US-Mexico border. United States.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The US District Court for the Northern District of California blocked the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA) on Monday. Due to this reasoning, the court found that the preliminary junction was appropriate.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruled Friday against the province of Quebec’s challenge to the constitutionality of the child welfare provisions in the Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families in a decision.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

Nicholas Opiyo, the lawyer representing the applicants, expressed hope the court would rule fairly. He also stated , “ The court has an opportunity to decide whether the constitution of Uganda affords all Ugandans, including LGBTQI+ individuals, equal protection under the law.”

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JUNE 1, 2023

The US Supreme Court held Thursday that a local union must litigate a property damage dispute in state court, as opposed to appearing before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The court held that the NLRA’s protection of the right to strike is not absolute. In Glacier Northwest v.

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OCTOBER 22, 2023

The US Supreme Court declined on Friday to block a district court ruling that a Missouri law that attempts to invalidate federal firearm law within the state is unconstitutional. Missouri applied to Justice Brett Kavanaugh to stay the lower court ruling. At the district court level, US District Judge Brian C.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed in part a dismissal of a challenge to Public Act 21-6 , Connecticut’s repeal of religious exemptions from state immunization requirements for “schoolchildren, college and university students, and childcare participants.” Circuit Judge Joseph F.

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DECEMBER 31, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit temporarily stayed a district court’s preliminary injunction on Saturday that blocked a California law that prohibits concealed carry permit holders from carrying firearms in most public places. With this stay, the California law will take effect in January 2024.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on Wednesday that Texas legislation aimed at restricting or banning “sexually explicit” books in public school libraries likely violates the Constitution, affirming a lower court’s injunction against it. However, immediate legal pushback ensued.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit temporarily blocked a California law on Wednesday that bans firearm advertising that is “attractive to minors.” ” The case is an appeal from the US District Court for the Central District of California, which denied Junior Sports Magazines, Inc.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Monday affirmed two consolidated cases upholding New York rent stabilization laws. City of New York , landlords of various properties in New York sued, alleging that the state’s rent stabilization law violates the Takings Clause and the Due Process Clause of the US Constitution.

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JULY 28, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Wednesday reinstated a New York law that limits protest near courthouses. The reinstated law, New York Penal Law § 215.50 (7) , prohibits people from engaging in conduct “concerning the conduct of a trial being held” within 200 feet of a courthouse. Newman said:

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JANUARY 28, 2024

An appellate court in Bangladesh granted bail to Nobel laureate Muhammed Yunus on Sunday, as reported by a local media. Yunus was previously sentenced to six month imprisonment for labour law violations in his company Garameen Telecom. Following this bail order, an appeal will now be heard against his case.

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MARCH 19, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Texas to enforce a controversial law that would allow state law enforcement officials to arrest individuals suspected of entered the United States illegally. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit temporarily put Ezra’s order on hold. But the U.S. It called S.B

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JANUARY 7, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dissolved a previous stay on Saturday that allowed a California law to go into effect prohibiting concealed carry permit holders from carrying firearms in most public places, blocking the law. With this order, the California law will no longer take effect in January 2024.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

The Ugandan Constitutional Court Tuesday declared a section of the Computer Misuse Act , No. The court agreed with the petitioner’s arguments. Article 28 requires all laws to define the behavior which would constitute an offense. The court rejected this idea. 2 of 2011 void with enforcement banned.

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JULY 18, 2023

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a section of the newly enacted SAFE-T Act that eliminated cash bail in the state was legal under the state’s constitution. The Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives Emanuel Welch celebrated the ruling, saying , “Today, the Supreme Court upheld our smart on crime approach.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

The Pakistan Supreme Court held Wednesday that implementing the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act , 2023, which amends and curtails the court’s powers, did not violate any fundamental rights, instead, enhancing their protection and implementation.

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JUNE 1, 2023

Supreme Court unanimously found Thursday in Slack Technologies v. Pirani that federal securities law requires plaintiffs to prove their shares are directly traceable to misleading information in a registration statement in order to sue. The Supreme Court only heard claims regarding §11 in this matter. §11

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JUNE 29, 2023

A Pennsylvania state court rejected Tuesday a challenge to Act 77 , a law that amended the state’s Election Code to expand mail-in voting options. However, the Commonwealth Court was unconvinced by the challenge. In 2022, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania rejected an argument attacking the constitutionality of the law.

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APRIL 19, 2024

The Nevada Supreme Court upheld a 2021 state ban on ghost guns Thursday, overturning a lower-court decision that declared the law unconstitutional for being vague. Stiglich authored the opinion of the court. Because the law requires a general intent, Stiglich found no risk of arbitrary enforcement. Justice Lidia S.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The Minnesota Supreme Court Wednesday upheld a state law prohibiting convicted felons from voting while on probation or parole in a 3-1 ruling. The law at issue, Minn. The appellants, two convicted felons, argued that the law violates Article VII , Section 1, of the Minnesota Constitution.

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JANUARY 29, 2022

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Friday declared unconstitutional Pennsylvania’s “no-excuse mail-in voting law,” which permits voters to cast their ballots by mail without providing an excuse for their absence. ” In its decision, the court stated: Approximately 1.38

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JUNE 18, 2023

In a slip opinion on Friday, the US Supreme Court declared that a federal sentencing law gives district courts discretion to impose either concurrent or consecutive sentences for certain drug-related crimes. The case is an appeal from the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The Court ruled that 18 U.S.C. §

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AUGUST 10, 2022

The Montana Supreme Court Tuesday upheld a preliminary injunction against three state laws regulating abortion, temporarily blocking an attempt to enforce abortion prohibitions while the laws are challenged in the courts. All three laws were passed in 2021. Jackson decision. State to be overturned.

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JUNE 24, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in US v. 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv) , a federal law that criminalizes the encouragement of illegal immigration, does not violate the First Amendment of the US Constitution. ” The US government filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court in 2022. Hansen that 8 U.S.C.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied an injunction Thursday against a Mississippi law that created a state-run court district in the state’s capital of Jackson. The court held that the plaintiffs in the case had failed to show standing to maintain a case for a preliminary injunction.

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MARCH 1, 2024

The Quebec Court of Appeal upheld Bill 21 on Thursday, the province’s secularism law, which restricts certain public officials from wearing religious symbols while performing their duties. This decision is the latest in a series of legal challenges and discussions surrounding the law since its introduction in June 2019.

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

A family court in Japan declared it unconstitutional to require an individual to undergo gender-affirming surgery to obtain identification in line with their gender. The Shizuoka Family Court in Central Japan struck down the law, previously upheld as constitutional by Japan’s Supreme Court in 2019, last week.

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