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Canada government announces appeal of court decision on Freedom Convoy and Emergencies Act authority

JURIST

The Canadian government announced Friday it would file an appeal of a Federal Court judgement that found it acted illegally when responding to Freedom Convoy protests in 2022. ” If the appeal is accepted, the case will be heard again in the Federal Court of Appeal. .”

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Court Decisions Further Complicates Crypto Regulation

Intelligize Blog

The Securities and Exchange Commission has suffered yet another loss on a cryptocurrency issue in court, adding more upheaval to the messy process of building a new regulatory regime from scratch. The latest legal setback came in the form of a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.

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Chemerinsky: These recent Supreme Court decisions have sparked a wave of litigation

ABA Journal

Supreme Court’s October 2022 term ended just a couple of months ago, but it’s already apparent that the decisions are leading to a great deal of litigation. What are the major issues left open by the cases that are likely to be litigated in state and federal courts?

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Pakistan court grants former PM Nawaz Sharif protective bail

JURIST

Pakistan’s Islamabad High Court granted on Thursday former three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif protective bail, according to local media Pakistan Today. The protective bail restrains authorities from arresting Sharif until he appears before court on October 24. He is expected to return to Pakistan on Saturday.

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Ninth Circuit says a Supreme Court decision rejecting a Batson/Wheeler claim in the affirmance of a death sentence was unreasonable

At the Lectern

A Ninth Circuit panel last week issued a five-page memorandum decision in Jackson v. Broomfield affirming a district court grant of habeas corpus relief to a prisoner whose death sentence for a 1984 murder the Supreme Court had upheld ( People v. 9, 2022) 2022 WL 18284663, at *1.) ” (2022 WL 18284663, at *30.)

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Supreme Court decision suggests Court of Appeal misunderstood the Goddess of Justice

At the Lectern

When it found the trial court didn’t need to reevaluate the defendant’s sentence in People v. Salazar under legislation enacted after the sentencing, the Court of Appeal said, “The Goddess of justice is not wearing a black arm-band today weeping for the California Constitution. Salazar (2022) 80 Cal.App.5th

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Georgia Supreme Court upholds 6-week abortion ban

JURIST

The Georgia Supreme Court upheld the state’s six-week abortion ban on Tuesday, voiding certain provisions of the Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act. ” The LIFE Act was passed before the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. ” Therefore, the court allowed Georgia to prohibit abortions.

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