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US Supreme Court takes up case on ATF ghost gun rule

JURIST

The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal of a decision that struck down an ATF final rule aimed at limiting ghost guns. ” Thus, the court ruled that the final rule is “limitless” and that the Gun Control Act (GCA) does not allow the final rule.

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

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They would require that firms doing business in the state (with some exceptions) make climate disclosures similar to those under the expected SEC regulation and in some important ways would go further. [3] 4] The new corporate climate disclosure bills may well continue that tradition. Academic readers of this blog should too!

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They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.

The Crime Report

But that hasn’t stopped some from promoting his methods and even deploying 911 call analysis in court to win convictions. She said she disguised 911 call analysis in court by “getting creative … without calling it ‘science.’”. “I I know what a guilty father, mother or boyfriend sounds like,” he once said. Faria was acquitted.

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Are Drones ‘Law Enforcement’s Future’?

The Crime Report

After a long court fight, with support from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, by the Brennan Center for Justice, Electronic Privacy Information Center, FreedomWorks, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Rutherford Institute, in July 2021 Baltimore’s Fourth Circuit U.S.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to libations on this special day (with past cases at the bottom). People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often.”. Best wishes for a happy and safe holiday.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Bankruptcy Court Said California City and Counties Could Not Sue Coal Company for Climate Change Impacts. A federal bankruptcy court in Missouri enjoined San Mateo and Marin Counties and the City of Imperial Beach (the plaintiffs) from pursuing their climate change lawsuits against Peabody Energy Corporation (Peabody). FEATURED CASE.

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A packed courtroom for the Trump ballot case

SCOTUSBlog

Supreme Court takes the bench in Trump v. Anderson, about whether the Colorado Supreme Court erred in excluding former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential primary ballot. Trump is reportedly starting the day at Mar-A-Lago, then heading to Nevada this evening for its Republican caucuses.

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