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Kenya appellate court affirms high court judgment invalidating constitutional amendment bill

JURIST

In a 5-2 decision, the Kenya Court of Appeal on Friday upheld a Kenya High Court decision declaring the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), a constitutional amendment bill, unconstitutional. The court expressed that the said doctrine limits the amendment power set out in Articles 255-257 of the Constitution.

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The art of justice: Re-examining landmark Supreme Court cases through expressionist paintings

SCOTUSBlog

Share Tired of reading jargon-filled law review articles with hundreds of footnotes? The perfect antidote is Painting Constitutional Law: Xavier Cortada’s Images of Constitutional Rights , edited by Professors M.C. In a watershed decision in Gideon v. Mirow and Howard Wasserman. That faith was not misplaced.

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Kentucky Attorney Files Challenge To Kentucky Governor’s Closure OF Religious Schools

JonathanTurley

There is an interesting fight brewing in Kentucky between Attorney General Daniel Cameron and Gov. Beshear has correctly cited a major victory recently before the Kentucky Supreme Court — an unanimous decision in favor of his authority to issue pandemic orders. Andy Beshear. In Beshear v.

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Territorial Jurisdiction for Breach of Contract in Nigeria or whatever

Conflict of Laws

Jurisdiction is a fundamental aspect of Nigerian procedural law. In Nigerian judicial parlance, we have become accustomed to the principle that the issue of jurisdiction can be raised at any time, even at the Nigerian Supreme Court – the highest court of the land – for the first time. [1]

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Send Lawyers, Guns, and Money: Newsom Calls For Gun Ban Modeled on Texas Abortion Law

JonathanTurley

Newsom denounced the Supreme Court in Women’s Health v. Jackson for refusing to enjoin the Texas law that allows people to sue anyone who “aids or abets” one performed after about six weeks. Supreme Court decision allowing Texas’s ban on most abortion services to remain in place. It won’t work.

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Divided Supreme Court Limits Review of Factual Issues in Immigration Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court held that federal courts lack jurisdiction to review facts found as part of any judgment relating to the granting of discretionary relief in immigration proceedings enumerated under 8 U.S.C. 1255 , which would have made Patel and his wife lawful permanent residents. Majority Decision. In Patel v.

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New York Court Orders Mother To Remove Confederate Flag Decoration or Risk Losing Custody of Her Daughter

JonathanTurley

The child is of mixed races and the court has deemed the display as inimical to the best interests of the child. The family court judge did not make such a determination and the ruling raises a very serious free speech concern over conditioning a right to custody on the curtailment of political speech.

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