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Justice Mahmud Jamal becomes first person of color to sit on Canada Supreme Court

JURIST

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named the Honorable Mahmud Jamal to the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) on Thursday. Jamal will replace the retiring Justice Rosalie Abella, and becomes the first person of color to sit on Canada’s highest court. The selection process follows the guidelines of the Supreme Court Act of 1985.

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India Supreme Court issues notice in petition challenging bar exam rules

JURIST

The Indian Supreme Court on Monday issued notice in a petition challenging the All India Bar Examination Rules 2010 which require an advocate to qualify for the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) within two years after enrolment to a State Bar Council. Bar Council of India and Indian Council of Legal Aid & Advice v. Bar Council of India.

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Justices Consider Making It Easier to Challenge Regulatory Power of Federal Agencies

Constitutional Law Reporter

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in five cases last week. Two of the cases involve whether litigants must wait for administrative proceedings to conclude before challenging the authority of federal agencies in federal court. Axon Enterprise, Inc.

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Justices Refuse to Require Issue Exhaustion of Social Security Claimant

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court unanimously held in Carr v. Saul, 593 U.S. _ (2021) , that the principles of issue exhaustion do not require Social Security disability claimants to argue at the agency level that the administrative law judges hearing their disability claims were unconstitutionally appointed. Supreme Court decided Lucia v.

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Becerra’s Blunder: Did the Administration Allow Fauci and other Officials to Operate Illegally?

JonathanTurley

After all, this appears simple (albeit shocking) negligence by the Biden administration as opposed to some nefarious effort. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected claims that appointment violations were mere technical concerns. This could not come at a worse time for the administration. It stressed in Cody v.

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Tick, Tick, Tick…: The Supreme Court Readies an Explosive Docket for 2022

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the Hill on upcoming year for the Supreme Court. The Court’s docket is likely to put the institution at ground zero of a heated election year. Here is the column: The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg once observed that “it’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.”

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An alarmist take on the Supreme Court’s agenda

SCOTUSBlog

Share A review of Ian Millhiser, The Agenda: How a Republican Supreme Court Is Reshaping America (Columbia Global Reports 2021). Millhiser begins the book by highlighting the Supreme Court’s present-day power and sketching the historical evolution that brought it to this point. Columbia Global Reports 2021).