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FEBRUARY 27, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students will join many thousands of other protesters in Myanmar and across the ASEAN countries of the so-called Milk Tea Alliance in mass pro-democracy demonstrations against the Myanmar military coup on Sunday. Among the law students going into the streets in Myanmar are several who have been reporting for JURIST since the overthrow on February 1 of the civilian government effectively led by State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Similar to its federal counterpart, Arizona Rule of Evidence 405(b) provides that When a person's character or character trait is an essential element of a charge, claim, or defense, or pursuant to Rule 404(c), the character or trait may also.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

TikTok Inc. on Thursday settled a series of $92 million class-action privacy lawsuits affecting 89 million users in the US. The popular video-sharing app allegedly illegally recorded users’ facial scans, compiled private user data, disclosed it to third parties, and later sold it to advertisers, some of whom were based in China. The settlement is the result of 21 federal lawsuits—most of which were filed on behalf of minors, including children as young as six years old—that accuse TikTok

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Diane Drain

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

“I couldn’t have done it — wouldn’t have dreamed of even trying — without you and Jay. You’re the very best! ” D.C. For a review I decided to do something a little different, which is to adapt my last email letter because it illustrates my elation and good spirits after completing the bankruptcy experience with the noble assistance and guidance of Diane and Jay: “Hi Diane, thank you for the two recent emails: ‘Good news — your discharge was

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Myanmar police and soldiers cracked down Sunday against protesters opposing the Myanmar military coup, dispersing peaceful marchers with smoke grenades and bullets in Yangon, and making multiple arrests there and in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city. In Yangon’s Yankin District, a march of doctors and medical students undertaken as part of the Sunday pan-ASEAN Milk Tea Alliance protests planned for several days was broken up by police, putting many whit

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

The US District Court for the District of Colorado on Friday sentenced white supremacist Richard Holzer to 19.5 years in prison for the federal hate crime of planning to blow up the Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo, Colorado. Holzer, a self-identifying Neo-Nazi and white supremacist, was arrested in November 2019. His plan to bomb the synagogue was intended to send a message to Jewish people that they must leave Pueblo.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

“New Orleans DA Jason Williams granting new trials to 22 convicted by split juries; He cites effort to wipe away stains of Jim Crow era”: Matt Sledge has this front page article in today’s edition of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans. And Kevin McGill of The Associated Press reports that “ New Orleans move to vacate 22 non-unanimous jury convictions.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Rwanda’s High Court Chamber for International and Cross-border Crimes on Friday ruled that it has jurisdiction to try Paul Rusesabagina, whose actions inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda,” on the charges of terrorism financing, armed robbery, abduction, arson, attempted murder, assault, and battery. During the 1994 genocide, Rusesabagina used his connections and position as hotel manager to rescue fleeing Tutsi ethnic group members who were at a risk of being slaughtered by members

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

“10 death row inmates in Oklahoma could get new trials”: Sean Murphy of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “As many as 10 death row inmates in Oklahoma, more than one-fifth of the state’s prisoners condemned to die, could escape execution because of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling concerning criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

The UK Supreme Court on Friday dismissed Shamima Begum’s request to be allowed to return to the country to appeal the deprivation of her citizenship. . Begum was one of the three schoolgirls who left the UK to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in 2015. In early 2019, the UK secretary of state for the home department notified her of his intention to deprive her of her British citizenship on account of her having traveled to Syria and aligning herself with ISIL.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2021

“Supreme Court Sides With California Churches on Covid-19 Restrictions; Order blocks Santa Clara County from including churches in ban on indoor gatherings”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report. In today’s edition of The San Jose Mercury News, Maggie Angst has a front page article headlined “ U.S. Supreme Court lifts Santa Clara County’s ban on indoor religious services once and for all; Places of worship can return to indoor services with up to 2

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Thursday announced the filing of a federal lawsuit before the District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against the the US Census Bureau over delay in the release of population data relevant to Ohio’s upcoming congressional redistricting process. The complaint states that the bureau has unlawfully ignored the statutory deadline for providing census population data to the states as laid down by 13 U.S.C. §141(c).

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FEBRUARY 27, 2021

“‘Death Squad’ That Tossed 2,000 Patents Challenged at High Court”: Greg Stohr and Susan Decker of Bloomberg News have this report.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Angelo Quinto's family hoped police could help control him during a mental breakdown--but responding Antioch officers ended up killing him within minutes.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health on Thursday revised a controversial mandatory cremation order for persons who have died from COVID-19. The government had issued the cremation order at the beginning of the global pandemic last year, over concerns that burying bodies of COVID-19 victims could potentially contaminate ground water. World Health Organization guidance from the same time indicates that such burials are safe.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court has dealt a severe loss to James King, a Michigan man who was brutalized by Grand Rapids police officers who mistook him for a fugitive. The Detroit News reports that the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision was penned by Justice Clarence Thomas. In it, Thomas and his colleagues found that King’s claims.

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MorneauLaw

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

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LLRX

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness.

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MorneauLaw

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Share This Story! Tips For A Productive First Meeting M orneau Law can assist you with your divorce, child custody, grandparent rights, adoption, guardianship, restraining orders, spousal support or pre and postnuptial agreement dispute. The Morneau Law family lawyers discuss what to bring with you to your first meeting to discuss parenting issues, divorce or child support modification.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor. I thought I would make a suggestion for those who wish to pay forward a debt of gratitude we might owe our local police officers for what has been a very difficult few years. Maybe each of you might consider for even once in 2021 anonymously paying for coffee or a lunch for a police officer who serves your community.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that would extend existing civil rights protections to prohibit discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity. However, the passage of the bill—now known as The Equality Act—was anything but smooth sailing. The Equality Act, notes the New York Times, barely managed to pass the.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on Thursday struck down the CDC-issued moratorium on residential evictions, stating that the federal government does not have the authority to implement the ban. Judge John Campell Barker wrote the 21-page opinion, rejecting the argument that the CDC order is within the federal government’s authority to regulate interstate commerce. “Here, the regulated activity is not the production or use of a commodity that is tra

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

“In latest Loughry twist, full panel of appeals judges will hear justice’s social media bias case”: Brad McElhinny of West Virginia’s MetroNews has this report. And Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal reports that “ Juror’s Twitter Use During Ex-Justice’s Fraud Trial Will Get New Scrutiny; Asking the full appeals court to take up the case, former West Virginia Justice Allen Loughry’s lawyer, Elbert Lin of Hunton Andrews Kurth, said his client&

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Myanmar’s military junta sacked Myanmar UN Permanent Representative Kyaw Moe Tun on Saturday as police cracked down and arrested protestors in several cities across Myanmar and carried out threatening deployments in advance of Sunday’s planned general strike, which is expected to bring hundreds of thousands into the streets across Myanmar as well as engage sympathizers in other ASEAN countries who are part of the so-called Milk Tea Alliance.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

There could be a significant First Amendment case brewing in New York after the School of Education at the State University of New York-Geneseo suspended student Owen Stevens for posting his view that gender is limited to biologically males and females. As a state institution, SUNY is subject to the limitations of the First Amendment and Stevens could challenge the action based on his statements on Instagram.

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