JURIST

APRIL 11, 2021

California Assembly Member Miguel Santiago and the Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gasc ó n unveiled Assembly Bill 1127 on Friday, which would exclude juvenile crimes from applying under the California Three Strikes law once the person reaches adulthood. California’s Three Strikes sentencing law mandates that an individual who has been convicted of three serious or violent felonies receive a sentence of 25 years to life.

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EvidenceProf Blog

APRIL 11, 2021

Jeffrey Bellin (William & Mary) and Diana Bibb (William & Mary) have posted "The Modest Impact of the Modern Confrontation Clause" (Tennessee Law Review, forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause grants criminal defendants the.

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JURIST

APRIL 11, 2021

Kentucky enacted a new law Friday that restricts the use of no-knock warrants. Several of Breonna Taylor’s family members stood behind Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear during the bill signing ceremony , and watched as he signed the bill into law. Before it was presented to Governor Beshear, Senate Bill 4 passed overwhelmingly in a 34-0 vote. The new law states, “No arrest warrant or search warrant shall be issued authorizing entry without notice.” However, it provides an exceptio

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HowAppealing

APRIL 11, 2021

“Hit-and-run driver in Boca Raton kills federal judge, hits boy, claims she’s Harry Potter, cops say”: Mario Ariza of The South Florida Sun Sentinel has this report. Hannah Morse of The Palm Beach Post reports that “ Hit-run crash in Boca kills NY federal judge; driver tells medics she’s ‘Harry Potter.’ ” Melissa Klein of The New York Post reports that “ Long Island federal judge killed in Florida hit-and-run by allegedly high driver.”

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JURIST

APRIL 11, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students reporting for JURIST in Myanmar said Sunday that the death toll from Friday’s military and police crackdown in the city of Bago had risen to 82 and that it could still go higher. Information, pictures and video have been hard to get from the city roughly 50 miles northeast of Yangon due to reported cable cuts that disrupted internet communication from the area.

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LegalReader

APRIL 11, 2021

According to the ACLU and its state-level affiliates, the border checkpoints serve no practical purpose, with motorists often stopped for non-immigration related reasons.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 11, 2021

“A Free Exercise of Religion Supreme Court; The Justices slap down another California pandemic order limiting the right to worship”: This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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LegalReader

APRIL 11, 2021

2nd Lt. Caron Nazario claims he was pulled over and pepper-sprayed for driving without plates--even though his vehicle was new enough to not need a permanent set.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 11, 2021

“Supreme Court leaves major conservative cases waiting in the wings, from abortion to guns; Rather than handing conservatives a string of wins, the Supreme Court has left advocates on the right grasping for answers about high-profile cases”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

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OilandGasLawyer

APRIL 11, 2021

Last week the Texas Supreme Court issued a per curiam opinion, without oral argument, reversing the judgment of the El Paso Court of Appeals in Sundown Energy LP v. HJSA No. 3 Limited Partnership , No. 19-10654. The lease at issue covers 30,450 acres in Ward County. The case is another illustration of how parties fail to clearly express their intent in drafting retained acreage clauses.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 11, 2021

“Sixth Circuit Grants Tennessee’s Request for En Banc Hearing on Abortion Law; In a rare move that led one judge to question the court’s ‘reputation for impartiality,’ the Sixth Circuit on Friday decided to hear initial arguments regarding Tennessee’s 48-hour waiting period abortion law — which was struck down by a federal judge — in front of the entire court”: Kevin Koeninger of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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Patently O

APRIL 11, 2021

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Laurie Bedord: Farmobile Receives U.S. Patent for Its Farming Data and Collection System (Source: Successful Farming). Ben Mahaney: Nokia Settles Patent Dispute With Lenovo (Source: Yahoo Finance). Ben Lovejoy: Apple Patent Application Shows Magic Keyboard and Trackpad Combo, with Apple Pencil Support (Source: 9ot5 Mac).

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HowAppealing

APRIL 11, 2021

“Judicial Notice: April 10, 2021; Notable legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

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iHire

APRIL 11, 2021

Providing work-life balance is essential for retaining mental health professionals

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APRIL 11, 2021

“Court-packing isn’t the right fix for our courts. Ending life tenure is.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 11, 2021

It’s likely that Governor Gavin Newsom will face a recall election this year. But, as John Myers reported in the Los Angeles Times last month, partly because it would be only the second gubernatorial recall to make the ballot in California’s history, “[t]here is very little set in stone” about the election’s logistics.

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APRIL 11, 2021

“At Harvard Law, Breyer’s Farewell Address?” Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 11, 2021

Here are some of the regulatory developments from the last week of significance to broadcasters, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The National Association of Broadcasters this week announced that its CEO, Gordon Smith, will be stepping down at the end of the year to be replaced by COO, and former head of Government Relations at the NAB, Curtis LeGeyt.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 11, 2021

“Respectfully, Justice Breyer, court enlargers aren’t the problem”: Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. has this essay online at The Washington Post.

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LegalReader

APRIL 11, 2021

SK Innovation and LG Energy Solutions are settling a lawsuit involving EV batteries.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 11, 2021

“‘A delay tactic’: Biden’s Supreme Court commission called move to placate left wing; Ben Sasse said the president knows his court-packing commission isn’t going anywhere.” Alex Swoyer and David Sherfinski of The Washington Times have this report.

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APRIL 11, 2021

The American Rescue Plan forbids recipient states from using relief funds to offset net tax losses.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 11, 2021

We have been discussing the expanding censorship on Twitter and social media. The latest example involves the story of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors, 37, and her purchase of a $1.4 million home in a secluded area of Los Angeles whose population is reputedly less than 2% black. The professed Marxist received considerable criticism for the purchase, including from Jason Whitlock, an African-America sports critic who has also been a critic of BLM.

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Fordham Law News

APRIL 11, 2021

While the U.S. tax system does not authorize tax-lowering strategies that lack economic substance, [1] Apple claims that its overseas operations maximize the utility of modern technology to globalize its supply chain. [2] The United States legislative process is intentionally slowed by numerous checks and balances going to the core of our nation’s democratic principles. [3] Human innovation, on the other hand, is not so constrained.

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