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South Carolina governor signs bill legalizing permitless concealed carry of firearms

JURIST

Concealed carry laws have been yet another flashpoint for legal action over Second Amendment rights, actions that have included a US Supreme Court decision in New York , a Kentucky case in the state’s Supreme Court, court orders blocking a bill banning concealed carry in public places in California and a bill in Florida that legalized permitless (..)

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Anti-enforcement injunction granted by the New Zealand court

Conflict of Laws

For litigants embroiled in cross-border litigation, the anti-suit injunction has become a staple in the conflict of laws arsenal of common law courts. Decisions granting an anti-enforcement injunction are “few and far between” ( Ecobank Transnational Inc v Tanoh [2015] EWCA Civ 1309, [2016] 1 WLR 2231, [118]).

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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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How The Supreme Court Changed Juvenile Justice

The Crime Report

An increasing number of Americans now believe US Supreme Court decision-making is based more on political ideology than the rule of law. Evidence that this disturbing trend is true can be found when taking a closer look at the shift in how the Court has dealt with juvenile cases dating back to 2005.

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6th Circ. Nixes Amusement Park's COVID-19 Coverage Appeal

Law 360

The Sixth Circuit has affirmed a lower court's decision to deny coverage to a Kentucky amusement park that sought insurance coverage for losses stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, finding that its business income losses were not due to direct physical loss or damage.

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Colorado Supreme Court Rejects Proposal to Fix Systemic Racism in Jury Selection

The Crime Report

The Colorado Supreme Court has unanimously rejected a proposal that would fix a decades-old legal standard that has made it easy for attorneys to exclude people of color, especially African Americans, from serving on juries, reports the Colorado Sun. The 1986 U.S.

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The High Court’s ‘Self-Inflicted Wounds’: A Backward Look

The Crime Report

Was the Supreme Court decision last month overruling Roe v. Wade one of the worst decisions in the 233-year history of the Court? Chief Justice Charles Evan Hughes, who served on the court from 1930 to 1941, called Dred Scott the Court’s great “self-inflicted wound.”. Supreme Court. Sound familiar?

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