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Pakistan dispatch: persecution of religious minorities continues under current blasphemy law

JURIST

Law students and law graduates in Pakistan are reporting for JURIST on events in that country impacting its legal system. University of London law graduate Mariyam Taher Qayyum files this dispatch from Islamabad. . Mariyam Taher Qayyum is a law graduate of the University of London External Program.

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US Supreme Court rules reckless offenses do not qualify as ‘violent felony’

JURIST

The US Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that “reckless” crimes qualify as violent felonies for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). The Supreme Court reversed that judgment and remanded the case.

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Canada Supreme Court hands down varied rulings on firearm-related mandatory minimums

JURIST

The Supreme Court of Canada Friday published two opinions which respectively struck down the mandatory minimum sentence for discharging a firearm into a house and upheld the two mandatory minimums for armed robbery with a firearm. The court handed down both decisions simultaneously.

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Texas man sues 3 women for allegedly aiding his ex-wife obtain abortion medication

JURIST

Therefore, the court does not have any license to put aside Texas’ abortion laws. Furthermore, according to Silva, all the defendants knew they were aiding in a murder and had the mens rea (guilty mind) needed to trigger the application of both statutes.

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Subjective intent of wrongdoing required to convict doctors under Controlled Substances Act

SCOTUSBlog

Share With a majority opinion that will be one of Justice Stephen Breyer’s last for the Supreme Court, the court on Monday ruled 9-0 that two alleged opioids “pill mill” doctors could not be convicted absent a jury finding that they subjectively believed they were wrongfully dispensing pills. The case, Ruan v.

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Upcoming Supreme Court Oral Arguments in IP & Tech Cases

Patently O

by Dennis Crouch The Supreme Court will be handling some significant cases over the next few months that may have a major impact for folks working in IP & Tech fields. Hetronic (Extraterritorial application of US Trademark Law — damages from foreign sales). The following is brief list sorted by the date of oral arguments.

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Supreme Court Clarifies First Amendment Test for True Threats

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court held that to establish that a statement is a “true threat” unprotected by the First Amendment, the state must prove that the defendant had some subjective understanding of the statements’ threatening nature, based on a showing no more demanding than recklessness. The Colorado Supreme Court denied review. In Counterman v.