JURIST

DECEMBER 8, 2021

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Georgia Tuesday blocked a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all employees of federal government contractors. US President Joe Biden had signed Executive Order 14042 in September, requiring all contractors that work with the US government to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Several states immediately challenged the mandate, including South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Idaho, Kansas, Utah and West Virginia.

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The Estrin Report

DECEMBER 8, 2021

By Chere B. Estrin Have you ever participated professionally in a competitive sport? Are you familiar with the approaches in which professionals train for one? If you look deeply, you will see a strong resemblance in principal to sports and the legal professional field. The reality is, if we focus on the actual mechanics of what we do over a period of time, we can see that we receive results through our reflexes.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 8, 2021

South African lawmakers Tuesday rejected a proposed amendment to the country’s constitution that would allow the expropriation of land without compensation as a way of addressing apartheid injustices. The ruling party now says they will resort to legislation to facilitate the process. The proposed amendment to Section 25 of the South African Cosntitution failed to reach the two-thirds threshold requirement.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Continuing the general theme of earlier CTB articles here , here , and here on using documents as the database for context, analysis, and data entry; we saw an article from Infoworld.com today that lists tools by AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Document AI that “can parse your unstructured documents and produce structured information for all kinds of digital transformation use cases”.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday ordered provisional measures regarding the Armenian government’s allegations of racial hatred and discrimination against Azerbaijan instructing it to protect and ensure the safety and security of Armenian prisoners of wars (POWs), and prevent incitement of violence against individuals of Armenian origin.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of Treasury on Tuesday added 15 individuals across Iran, Syria and Uganda to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list on allegations of “serious human rights abuse and repressive acts targeting innocent civilians, political opponents, and peaceful protestors.” Additionally, the OFAC has also designated four entities the Department of State identified as “responsible for certain gross violations of human right

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Cough it up. The post Sussman Trial Must Be Delayed, John Durham Says, Because He’s Really Bad At Discovery appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Peru’s Congress voted Tuesday against a motion to impeach Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones. The motion was filed due to an alleged “permanent moral incapacity.” The presidential impeachment motion required approval by 52 legislators before it could be admitted for congressional debate. However, Peru’s Congress voted 76 to 46 against the motion.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 8, 2021

I write from prison because I have to. There’s really no option. It is either this, or one long, silent, numb existence spent waiting in line to cash my ticket for death. When I wake up in the morning, I do not feel like waking up. Do not feel like even wanting to be alive. Every night in my dreams I am free for a few hours of troubled sleep. Only to awaken to a cold, gray cement box and re-realizing every morning that I am trapped.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced Tuesday that it had settled with Microsoft Corporation over claims of discrimination against non-US citizen employees, including discrimination against lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees. The settlement occurred after the spouse of an applicant for a position at Microsoft reported discrimination to the DoJ Civil Rights Division’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section, which enforces anti-discrimination provisions of the Immigration and

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 8, 2021

“Supreme Court Seems Wary of Ban on State Aid to Religious Schools; The case, concerning a tuition program in Maine, seemed likely to extend a winning streak at the court for parents seeking public funds for religious education”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “ Supreme Court leans in favor of requiring taxpayer funding for some religious schools.” Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 8, 2021

They could both lose, but that's asking a lot of the universe. The post Does Crazy Beat Indicted?: TX Rep. Louie Gohmert Challenges Ken Paxton In AG Race appeared first on Above the Law.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 8, 2021

“Women woefully absent in appellate oral arguments, 7th Circuit judge’s study finds”: Alison Frankel of Reuters has this news analysis. I linked to the study Monday in this post.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Scene from Los Angeles protests, May-June 2020. Courtesy National Police Foundation. A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the Department of Justice (DOJ) didn’t consistently publish an annual summary of excessive force data from fiscal years 2016-2020, as required by law. This data is crucial to efforts to reduce excessive force.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 8, 2021

“SG Files Brief in Harvard Affirmative Action Case, Teeing The Case For Review This Term. Guns, Abortion, and Affirmative Action in a single year. Why not?” Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.” You can access the Solicitor General’s amicus brief by invitation of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Oakland City Council has reversed course on an initiative to cut police funding and voted to hire more officers as it grapples with a surge in homicides and gun violence, reports the Los Angeles Times. The proposal by Mayor Libby Schaaf to add two new police academies and unfreeze positions within the department to add 60 new officers passed, while council members ended up not voting on a separate proposal to offer one-off bonuses of at least $50,000 to recruit experienced officers from othe

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

“Federal Courts Aren’t Royal Ones: The judiciary should make it harder for judges to influence the selection of their successors.” Laurie Lin and David Lat have this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In our annual Year in Review episode, Lee Rawles speaks to her ABA Journal colleagues Blair Chavis, Matt Reynolds and Amanda Robert to find out…

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

“Episode 49: Roe Roe Roe — Stare and Stenchy.” You can access today’s new installment of law professor Akhil Reed Amar ‘s podcast, “Amarica’s Constitution,” via this link.

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

On December 2, 2021, the FCC held a forum on the accessibility of video programming delivered through online platforms (a recording of the event is available on the FCC website, here ). What is perhaps most notable about this forum is that it looked at whether the FCC could extend its authority over online platforms to include accessibility obligations which, thus far, have only been implicated when a broadcaster already subject to FCC accessibility obligations repurposes its programs for Inter

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

“If the Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade: Yes, the end of Roe would disrupt U.S. politics and the idea that no liberal policy can ever change.” Columnist Daniel Henninger has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 8, 2021

If the government is serious about switching away from internal combusting engines in the long term, it should provide incentives to get more people into EVs, rather than trying to meet some ambiguous goal of economic fairness. The post Controversial Tax Credit Provisions Could Delay The Long-Term Adaptation Of Electric Vehicles appeared first on Above the Law.

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

“The Supreme Court Faces a Voting Paradox”: Online at The New York Times, Peter Coy has an essay that begins, “There is a chance — not a likelihood, but a chance — that the decision the Supreme Court reaches on abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization will be confusing, inconsistent and even paradoxical.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In a final report approved Tuesday, the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States backed continued audio livestreaming of oral arguments,…

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

“A would-be justice makes his Supreme Court debut”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Merrick Garland finally made his Supreme Court debut on Tuesday. Not in a justice’s black robe, but wearing the striped pants and jacket with tails reserved for government lawyers appearing before the court.

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