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Sheriff’s Office Has Been Destroying Records Of Alleged Officer Misconduct For Years

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Attorneys have accused Sheriff Joe Lopinto of failing to discipline deputies and a lack of transparency when it comes to releasing records that might shed light on their history of complaints and disciplinary action. JPSO attorney Danny Martiny said the agency could not comment because of pending litigation.

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Justices will consider whether details on post-9/11 CIA black sites are state secrets

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On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in yet another legal battle arising from the government’s response to the attacks – specifically, the government’s efforts to block the disclosure of information about its torture program at CIA “black sites.”. In United States v. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit reversed.

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International lawyers coalition condemns erosion of protection for legal advocates in letter to UN rights expert

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JURIST EXCLUSIVE – A coalition of international legal advocates sent a joint letter Saturday to Professor Mary Lawlor , the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, condemning the growing trend of government officials intimidating and endangering the legal representatives of politically controversial clients.

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Texas and Louisiana lack right to challenge Biden immigration policy, court rules

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The second was whether federal immigration laws require the federal government to detain noncitizens who have committed certain crimes after their release from prison and to keep in custody noncitizens who are subject to final deportation orders. But that power was changed, Alito stressed, after King James II was deposed in the revolution.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The court said its August 2017 decision rejecting challenges under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Natural Gas Act to DOE’s authorization of LNG exports at another Texas facility largely governed the resolution of the instant cases. Vermont Court Said Former Attorney General Could Be Deposed on Use of Private Email Account.

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