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DECEMBER 24, 2023

US President Joe Biden reduced eleven non-violent drug prison terms and pardoned potentially thousands of marijuana possession offenses under federal law or in Washington, DC on Friday. Biden used his pardon power authority under Article II of the US Constitution to pardon the offenders. This power is limited to federal offenses, and the president cannot pardon offenders under state law.

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DECEMBER 24, 2023

“What is Missing From This Story?” At “PrawfsBlawg,” Paul Horwitz has a post that begins, “I have in the past written critical as well as positive things here about Clarence Thomas. And I have written at greater length elsewhere about why we should be leery of the clerkship-as-family approach to clerking, especially when it so frequently turns into the lamentable condition of former-clerk-as-hero-worshipper.” The post “What is Missing From This Story?

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Customs & International Trade Law

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Here is a recap of the latest customs and international trade news: Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commercial Customs Advisory Committee held its final public meeting of 2023. The Committee unanimously passed 12 recommendations on items like export modernization, rapid response and North American trade. Cincinnati CBP seized $6.9 million in counterfeit high-end jewelry A total of 11 shipments were discovered and determined to be counterfeit and were seized for infringing on

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DECEMBER 24, 2023

“Clarence Thomas’s Clerks: An ‘Extended Family’ With Reach and Power; The Supreme Court justice has built a network of former clerks who share messages, meals and a common vision — wielding influence at universities, law firms and the highest rungs of government.” Abbie VanSickle and Steve Eder have this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

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Customs & International Trade Law

DECEMBER 24, 2023

On December 11, 2023, the U.S. Departments of Commerce, State, Justice, Treasury and Homeland Security published a joint Quint-Seal Compliance Note , “Know Your Cargo: Reinforcing Best Practices to Ensure the Safe and Compliant Transport of Goods in Maritime and Other Forms of Transportation.” The agencies highlight the increasingly complex nature of global supply chains and opportunities for nefarious actors to evade export control laws and U.S. sanctions.

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DECEMBER 24, 2023

“The Non-Originalist Decision That May Save Trump; Griffin’s Case and ‘The General Spirit of the Constitution’”: Adrian Vermeule has this post at “The New Digest” Substack site. The post “The Non-Originalist Decision That May Save Trump; Griffin’s Case and ‘The General Spirit of the Constitution’” appeared first on How Appealing.

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DECEMBER 24, 2023

“The FBI is looking into threats against Colorado justices after Trump ballot ruling; The involvement of law enforcement comes amid a wave of threats against the justices who ruled this week that Trump is ineligible for the state’s primary ballot”: Zoë Richards of NBC News has this report. The post “The FBI is looking into threats against Colorado justices after Trump ballot ruling; The involvement of law enforcement comes amid a wave of threats against the justices who ruled t

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DECEMBER 24, 2023

“The Supreme Court’s Big Trump Test Is Here”: Steven V. Mazie and law professor Stephen I. Vladeck have this guest essay online at The New York Times. And online at CNN, Joan Biskupic has a news analysis headlined “ The Supreme Court must take charge of the US political and legal mess, but it isn’t in a hurry.” The post “The Supreme Court’s Big Trump Test Is Here” appeared first on How Appealing.

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DECEMBER 24, 2023

“Trump Asks Appeals Court to Toss Election Case on Immunity Grounds; The court filing was the latest development in a battle between Mr. Trump and the special counsel, Jack Smith, over whether the former president can be prosecuted for his actions while in office”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report. Rachel Weiner of The Washington Post has an article headlined “ As Supreme Court elects to wait, Trump takes immunity claim to D.C.

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