JURIST
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
The Peru constitutional court moved Wednesday to affirm a 2017 pardon granting the release of ex-President Alberto Fujimori despite an Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) ruling that required the release be blocked. After an appeal the annulment was overturned by the Constitutional Court.
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NOVEMBER 14, 2023
“Louisiana State Bar violated lawyers’ free speech rights, appeals court rules”: Daniel Wiessner of Reuters has this report. Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law reports that “ Louisiana Lawyer’s Rights Violated by Wellness, LGBTQ+ Posts.” Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.
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JURIST
APRIL 9, 2024
A Norwegian court Tuesday acquitted Indigenous activists who refused to pay their fines for blocking entrances to government buildings during a protest. The court held that the police who issued the fines to the protestors acted unreasonably. The court highlighted the fines as unnecessary and disproportionate reactions to the protests.
JURIST
MARCH 16, 2024
The US Supreme Court ruled Friday that public officials can be sued for blocking users on social media if the official posts about state matters and is authorized to speak for the state. The Supreme Court crafted this test after hearing two cases in which public officials blocked social media users. In one, Lindke v.
JURIST
APRIL 13, 2024
The National Court of Justice of Ecuador decided on Friday that former vice president Jorge Glas must remain in jail despite denouncing his arrest at the Mexican Embassy as illegal. The post Ecuador court rules former vice president Jorge Glas must remain incarcerated despite illegal and arbitrary arrest appeared first on JURIST - News.
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APRIL 24, 2024
High Court Reversal Rate of Superior Court Rulings Has Plummeted, Report Shows; Appellate lawyers who spoke with The Legal said there is not a clear reason for the drop-off, but the change could be linked to the type of cases the justices are taking up”: Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer has this report , in which I am quoted.
JURIST
JUNE 8, 2023
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in Dubin v. United States that in order to constitute aggravated identity theft, the use of a person’s identity must be at the “crux” of what makes the conduct criminal, reversing a lower court decision.
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