JURIST

MARCH 15, 2024

Earlier on Thursday, Cannon heard three and a half hours-worth of arguments from federal prosecutors and Trump’s legal counsel concerning the motion to dismiss. Trump’s counsel challenged several phrases within the criminal statute he is charged under.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Friday blocked a Tennessee law that outlawed abortions based on certain reasons, such as a prenatal diagnosis of Down Syndrome or the race or gender of the fetus. The court also blocked the state’s six-week abortion ban. It is, in fact, just the opposite.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday was divided over the validity of a 2018 federal regulation banning the “bump stock” rifle attachment. Under the 2018 rule, anyone who owned or possessed a bump stock was required either to destroy them or turn them over to the ATF to avoid criminal penalties.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In the letter, lawyers Shane Martínez and Asaf Rashid say, “The Government of Canada is aware that actions taken by Israel since 7 October have already been reported as constituting serious breaches of international criminal law, international humanitarian law and international human rights law.”

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Constitutional Law Reporter

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Supreme Court upheld a federal law that criminalizes “encouraging or inducing” an immigrant to come or remain in the United States unlawfully. According to the Court, the law does not run afoul of the First Amendment. The Court further found that the context and the statutory text both supported its interpretation.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

A panel of the International Criminal Court Thursday reduced by two years the nine-year sentence of Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, convicted of a war crime for destroying religious and historic buildings in Timbuktu in 2012. While the time he spent in detention since 2015 was already deducted from his sentence.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 15, 2024

Lawyers have been scouring the civil and criminal codes for any basis to sue or prosecute Trump before the upcoming 2024 election. This week will highlight the damage done to New York’s legal system because of this unhinged crusade. The funding was hidden as legal expenses by then-Clinton campaign general counsel Marc Elias.

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JURIST

APRIL 10, 2021

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu challenged on Thursday the authority of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate possible war crimes in the Palestinian territories. The post Israel rejects authority of ICC to investigate possible war crimes appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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JURIST

JUNE 9, 2021

The post UN court confirms Ratko Mladi? convictions and life sentence appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. for his “leading and grave role” in the commission of these crimes. not only persisting but increasing.” ” Mladi?

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JURIST

MAY 9, 2022

Law students and young lawyers in Ukraine are filing for JURIST on developments and legal issues arising as the country defends itself against Russian invasion. The Court’s limitations can barely do justice to the terror that Ukrainians are currently experiencing.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Legal Research and Writing In my first year of studying Paralegal Studies, my school provided us with Westlaw/LexisNexis (legal research software) that we used for legal research purposes. Understanding Legal Procedures I was exposed to multiple areas of law such as Civil Litigation, Criminal Law, Business law, etc.,

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

The second indictment of Hunter Biden brought nine new criminal charges and a host of problems for both him and his father. However, it is also a case study of the perils of legal gluttony. The scandal was capped off legally and the media was running cover for Hunter. It could have been worse. The answer was why not.

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JURIST

AUGUST 10, 2021

Brazil’s Indigenous People Articulation (APIB) filed Monday a statement before the International Criminal Court (ICC) requesting an investigation into alleged genocide and crimes against humanity committed by Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro. ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan will now decide whether to pursue the case.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The Missouri Court of Appeals has now prevented that return of the weapons by denying a motion for replevin. 1976), where the Missouri Supreme Court examined the effect of a gubernatorial pardon on Guastello’s conviction for selling liquor on a Sunday to which he had pleaded guilty. He then sough the return of two firearms.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Austrian environmental group AllRise announced that it filed an official complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday accusing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro of “crimes against humanity” for his role in the destruction of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 26, 2024

As expected, with the exception of the three liberal justices, the Court appears to be struggling to find a more nuanced approach that would avoid the extreme positions of both parties. It has been almost 50 years since the high court ruled presidents have absolute immunity from civil lawsuits in Nixon v. Fitzgerald.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday approved a formal investigation into crimes allegedly committed in the Philippines between November 1, 2011, and March 16, 2019, as part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs.”

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At the Lectern

JANUARY 3, 2021

A frequently invoked ground for Supreme Court review of a case is when it is “necessary. to settle an important question of law.” But offering the court an important legal issue is not alone enough to get a case heard. Sometimes, the court is just fine with the way the Court of Appeal has settled the issue.

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JURIST

MAY 13, 2021

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda expressed concern Wednesday over the escalation of violence in East Jerusalem and around Gaza, warning of potential violations under the Rome Statute. Israel is not a party to the ICC and has not consented to the Court’s jurisdiction.”

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The Crime Report

JUNE 27, 2022

Describing three Minneapolis officers who watched their colleague Derek Chauvin murder George Floyd as a deadly case of “police bystanderism,” University of Houston Law Prof. Kaufman writes that Congress and state legislatures should enact criminal laws mandating a “duty to intervene” in their colleagues’ misuse of force.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 24, 2023

Hansen , the Supreme Court will consider whether 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1)(iv) , the federal law that criminalizes “encouraging or inducing unlawful immigration,” violates the First Amendment’s guarantee of free of speech. . Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit held that Section 1324(a)(1)(iv) violates the First Amendment.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Monday he was seeking approval to resume his investigation of war crimes in Afghanistan. Khan concluded his statement by reminding those who have carried out atrocities that “there is no statute of limitations for war crimes or crimes against humanity.”

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 2, 2024

District Court Judge Mark Scarsi denied his eight motions to dismiss tax charges with a stinging rebuke that the defense omits one thing from its argument: actual evidence. Abby Lowell and the defense team seem to be doubling down on the same claims despite the uniform rejection by courts. Bob Menendez , D-N.J.,

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 5, 2021

As states slowly started to legalize and decriminalize certain drugs, authorities have moved to less punitive approaches to address the social costs of addiction. In 2000, 54 percent of the state court defendants convicted for weapons crimes were black, as compared to 44 percent white. How Should We Regulate ‘Dangerous Products’?

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

law rather than expand it. courts cannot exercise personal jurisdiction and thus cannot apply U.S. laws extraterritorially even when Congress wants them to. The Helms-Burton Act (one of the laws about which China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs complains) is an example of this. Supreme Court has held that U.S.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 9, 2023

Meanwhile, states like New York , Illinois , Nevada , and California have extended their statute of limitations on a wide range of sex crimes that expand the window for survivors to take legal action against their attackers and receive justice. TCR: How did the Supreme Court spark the evolution of the Victims’ Rights Movement?

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 13, 2024

While some legal analysts continue to boost Hunter Biden’s legal claims, the reviews in actual courts are far less glowing. ” Legal experts like MSNBC’s Andew Weissmann have slammed the gun charges as “an abuse.” Judge Noreika is equally unimpressed by the arguments of the Biden team.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Where former President Donald Trump was roundly condemned for such testimony in court, Willis was celebrated by many as showing that she is a “great lawyer” and righteous champion. Now, Hunter Biden also seems to have gone full Trump in court and no one appears to have noticed. attorney for Delaware.

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JURIST

APRIL 1, 2021

The International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber on Tuesday upheld a conviction and 30-year prison sentence for former Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda. The post ICC rejects Congo rebel commander’s conviction appeal appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Gaulkin — We previously blogged about Pfizer’s copay assistance lawsuit, which sought to challenge HHS’s interpretation of the Federal health care program anti-kickback statute (AKS) and position that the company’s proposed copay assistance program would violate the AKS. Greber, 760 F.2d 2d 68, 71 (3d Cir.), denied, 474 U.S.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 8, 2023

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has handed down a major opinion in Cargill v. But even if we are wrong, the statute is at least ambiguous in this regard. And if the statute is ambiguous, Congress must cure that ambiguity, not the federal courts. Garland , No.

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JURIST

AUGUST 28, 2021

The post ICC Appeals Chamber affirms decision continuing pre-trial detention of Sudan militia leader appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 8, 2022

A common misconception, perpetuated by popular television shows and movies, as well as the Sixth Amendment, is that everyone gets their day in court. However, according to the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers , less than 3 percent of criminal cases have gone to trial in the last five decades.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2020

A government lawyer who argued at the Supreme Court more than anyone else in the 20th century. As the year comes to a close, SCOTUSblog looks back at some of the individuals who died in 2020 after living lives that brought them – at different times and for different reasons – to the Supreme Court of the United States.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 27, 2024

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg appears to be launching his own school of abstract legal work in the Trump indictment. To achieve that extraordinary goal, he has alleged that the document violations (which expired long ago under the statute of limitations) were committed to hide some other crime. Jonathan Turley is the J.B.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The statement could effectively knock out the misdemeanor gun possession count — the one count that could still be in play for the jury after the prosecution’s case on the more serious offense appeared to collapse in court. I have a legal education.” It is also hard to instruct a jury on an ambiguous statute.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 18, 2024

It is the smell of not just selective prosecution but political bias in our legal system. It is becoming harder to deny the existence of a two-track system of justice in the country as commentators and even a few courts raise concerns over the role of politics in prosecutions. District Court Judge Cormac J. In California, U.S.

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