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MARCH 26, 2022

The US Treasury Department, in coordination with the governments of Canada and the UK , issued additional sanctions Friday against five Myanmar individuals and five Myanmar entities for their roles in procuring weapons and equipment for the military regime. The sanctions were leveled just days prior to Myanmar’s Armed Forces Day, March 27. On Armed Forces Day in 2021, the Myanmar military carried out violent attacks in which more than 100 people were killed.

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MARCH 26, 2022

“Tears of Justice”: Professor Austin Sarat and Dennis Aftergut have this essay online at The Hill.

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MARCH 26, 2022

The UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) updated its report Friday of confirmed civilian casualties in the conflict in Ukraine. Covering the period from 4 AM on February 24th to midnight Thursday, the report places civilian casualties at 2,788. This figure includes 1,081 killed and 1,707 injured. The report further breaks down the number according to age, gender, and region, finding that some 213 children have been casualties of the conflict. .

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MARCH 26, 2022

“Reforming Qualified-Immunity Appeals”: Law professor Bryan Lammon — author of the “ final decisions ” blog — has posted this article at SSRN.

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MARCH 26, 2022

Spain’s National Court suspended the extradition of Venezuelan ex-military officer Hugo Armando ‘El Pollo’ Carvajal Barrios to the US Friday following Carvaja’s appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Carvajal, former Director of Venezuela’s Military Intelligence (DIM) and former politician, faces illicit drug trafficking and firearms trafficking charges in the US.

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2022

The European Parliament and Council Thursday agreed to changes to the Digital Markets Act, ending anti-competitive behavior of big tech companies. The agreement introduced gatekeeper platforms, which would function as sanctions on the digital economy from market dominance constituting EU competition law breaches. These so-called platforms would prohibit bundling services and self-preferencing practices of tech companies.

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MARCH 26, 2022

“In historic vote, Senate confirms Nancy Waples to Vermont Supreme Court”: Sarah Mearhoff of VTDigger has an article that begins, “The Vermont Senate made history Friday with a 27-0 vote to confirm Nancy Waples to the state Supreme Court, seating the first woman of color on the state’s highest bench.

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MARCH 26, 2022

In Ross v. Davis , the Ninth Circuit yesterday affirmed the denial of habeas corpus relief to a condemned prisoner who was convicted of three murders committed 40 years ago and whose death sentence the Supreme Court affirmed in 1995 ( People v. Champion (1995) 9 Cal.4th 879). The Supreme Court had also denied three state habeas petitions, including one by a 5-2 opinion. ( In re Ross (1995) 10 Cal.4th 184; see also here and here.

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MARCH 26, 2022

“Connecticut Supreme Court says speech, in a First Amendment case, crossed the line to threats”: Edmund H. Mahony has this front page article in today’s edition of The Hartford Courant reporting on a ruling, consisting of a majority opinion and two concurring opinions ( here and here ), that the Supreme Court of Connecticut issued yesterday.

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MARCH 26, 2022

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether the federal government’s rule that rifles with “bump stocks” are illegal machineguns comports with the statutory definition of “machinegun” and deserves Chevron deference, and whether a pro se litigant who filed a notice of appeal with the district court, which served the parties, can still bring her appeal.

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MARCH 26, 2022

“Justice Thomas Ruled on Election Cases. Should His Wife’s Texts Have Stopped Him? The nature of the text messages was enough to require recusal, legal experts said. But the Supreme Court has traditionally left such decisions to the discretion of the justice in question.” Adam Liptak has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2022

A Maryland circuit court judge Friday struck down the state’s new congressional district map, calling it an “extreme gerrymander.” The new district map was drawn by the Democratically-controlled state general assembly last year but was vetoed by Republican Governor Larry Hogan. That same day the general assembly overrode Hogan’s veto and enacted the map.

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MARCH 26, 2022

“Ted Cruz’s Daughters Attend a Private School That Is ‘Antiracist’; The Texas senator aggressively questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson this week for serving on the board of a school ‘overflowing with critical race theory'”: Vimal Patel has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times. And Benjamin Wermund and Hannah Dellinger of The Houston Chronicle have an article headlined “ Do Ted Cruz’s kids go to a woke private school in Hou

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2022

Former US President Donald J. Trump Thursday sued Hilary R. Clinton, the Democratic National Committee (DNC), and others for conspiring “to vilify Donald J. Trump” through nefarious “political stratagems,” claiming damages in excess of $24,000,000. Trump filed suit in the US District Court Southern District of Florida. Trump’s complaint accuses Clinton and other defendants of attempting to undermine Trump’s presidential candidacy in the 2016 Presidential Elect

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MARCH 26, 2022

“The Alaska Lady, The Gray Lady, And Libel: Sarah Palin’s claim against the New York Times was reasonable, and the behavior of the trial judge, Jed Rakoff, was outrageous.” George Liebmann has this essay online at The American Conservative.

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MARCH 26, 2022

I recently wrote a column on the hypocrisy of Democratic activists and members denouncing attacks on democracy as they engage in raw gerrymandering in states like New York. Marc Elias, the former Clinton Campaign general counsel accused of hiding the funding of the Steele Dossier , filed in support the gerrymandered map. The case is Szeliga vs. Lamone.

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MARCH 26, 2022

“Plea Negotiations in Sept. 11 Case Go on Hiatus for Ramadan; Hearings in the death penalty case are scheduled for May but could be postponed because one defendant needs a new lawyer”: Carol Rosenberg will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

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MARCH 26, 2022

“The Ginni Thomas Texts and the Jan. 6 Committee: A leak to the press aims to tarnish Justice Clarence Thomas.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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MARCH 26, 2022

“Real Justice: Justice Jackson.” Columnist Maureen Dowd will have this op-ed in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

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MARCH 26, 2022

“Thomas scrutiny intensifies after latest revelations”: John Kruzel of The Hill has this report.

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MARCH 26, 2022

“Texts Show Ginni Thomas’s Embrace of Conspiracy Theories; In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas was involved in a range of efforts to keep President Donald J. Trump in power”: Danny Hakim, Jo Becker, and Alan Feuer of The New York Times have this report.

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