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APRIL 4, 2022

Amazon employees at a warehouse facility in Staten Island, New York, voted Friday to form the first Amazon union in the United States by joining the Amazon Labor Union (ALU). A group of former and current warehouse employees established the ALU in April 2021, with former employee Christian Smalls as the president. A total of 4,785 votes were cast, and 2,654 votes voted to unionize while 2,131 voted against it.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 4, 2022

‘Tango’ yacht owned by Viktor Vekselberg. Photo via Superyacht. A 255-foot luxury yacht owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg was seized by Spanish authorities under a request from the Justice Department in the first seizure connected with Ukraine war sanctions. The $90 million yacht, named The Tango, was expropriated under the DOJ’s “Operation Klepto,” aimed at Russian individuals closely associated with the Kremlin.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2022

Two UN human rights experts, Fernand de Varennes and Ahmed Shaheed, Friday urged Saudi Arabia to abide by their non-refoulement obligations under international law and refrain from extraditing two Chinese nationals belonging to the Uyghur minority. The two individuals in detention in Saudi Arabia are Nuermaimaiti Ruze and Waili Aimidoula. Fearing arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment, they fled from China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region to Turkey in 2016.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 4, 2022

California has been in the spotlight in recent weeks for its battle handling crime spikes, and most recently their Sacramento battle recovering from a devastating mass shooting. W ith that, a debate regarding policing strategy rages on — and new police data shows California counties with tough-on-crime policies actually have a greater crime increase compared to counties with progressive policies, Davis Vanguard reports.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2022

The Bandung High Court Monday sentenced a teacher, Herry Wirawan, to death for raping 13 students at an Islamic boarding school. The victims were between 12 and 16 years old. It was further found that he impregnated at least eight of the victims. The Bandung District Court had earlier sentenced him to life imprisonment, but the prosecution was not satisfied with the punishment and filed an appeal to the High Court.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2022

President Joe Biden Monday joined calls to prosecute Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes in Ukraine. Speaking to reporters, Biden acknowledged that he faced criticism for calling Putin a war criminal, but he stood by his statement. He specifically pointed to Russian action in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv. Biden announced his intention to seek a “wartime trial” and prosecute Putin as a war criminal but did not give further details on the matter.

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APRIL 4, 2022

Access today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in an argued case: Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court in Thompson v. Clark , No. 20-659. And Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil M. Gorsuch joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2022

The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Friday said that dozens of churches, historical sites and museums have been damaged amid hostilities in Ukraine. According to UNESCO, 53 cultural sites have been partially or totally damaged since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24. This includes 29 religious sites, 16 historical buildings, four museums and four monuments.

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APRIL 4, 2022

“The Problem of ‘Personal Precedents’ of Supreme Court Justices: Their efforts to seem consistent can clash with respect for precedent in the usual sense; But a new article argues that personal precedents have a role to play as legal building blocks.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2022

President Joe Biden Sunday released a statement calling for stricter gun laws in response to the mass shooting in Sacramento that occurred earlier on Sunday, which resulted in six deaths and at least a dozen injuries. In the statement, Biden discussed his Administration’s executive action to implement his gun crime reduction strategy. This strategy includes aiding cities to expand community violence interventions, “standing up gun trafficking strike forces” and increasing the number of police of

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APRIL 4, 2022

“It’s Time to Abolish Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings; The Founders saw no need for lawmakers to grill high court nominees; Time has only proven them correct”: Matt Ford has this essay online at The New Republic.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2022

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers Sunday reportedly resigned amidst rising public anger against the government over the economic crisis in the country. All ministers except Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa signed a letter stating their resignation, paving the way for a new cabinet to be formed. The letter was submitted to the prime minister, who will then hand it over to his brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

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APRIL 4, 2022

“How Long Should the Pa. Supreme Court Take to Decide Whether to Grant Discretionary Review?” This month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column will appear in tomorrow’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer , Philadelphia daily newspaper for lawyers.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2022

Law students and young lawyers in Ukraine are filing dispatches for JURIST on the latest developments in that country as it defends itself against Russian invasion. Here, Illia Fedin, a lawyer based in Kharkiv, comments on the peace/ceasefire talks between Ukraine and Russia. The text has only been lightly edited to respect the author’s voice. While Ukrainian superheroes have continued to fight against vicious Russian troops for more than a month, the country’s political leadership is tryi

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APRIL 4, 2022

“Of Judge Jackson, Originalism, and a Tale of Three Scholars”: Eric Segall has this post at “Dorf on Law.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2022

The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Friday released a statement that it will be lifting the pandemic-related border restriction policy , known as Title 42, on May 23. In the CDC’s Public Health Determination , the CDC Director stated that the purpose of the policy was to ” prevent and control” the spread of COVID-19.

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APRIL 4, 2022

Fred Nelson was a volunteer chaplain at Stateville Prison in Joliet, Ill. several years ago when he found a new calling: addressing the criminal justice system’s “invisibility problem.”. People in prison “couldn’t easily see the available help for them that was out there,” Nelson said. “And because it was invisible to them, they went through a lot of chaos and had a very bumpy landing when they came out.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2022

As of Monday, Essex police have arrested nearly 200 climate activists for myriad offenses related to ongoing protests aimed at disrupting the work of area oil refineries. The protestors were affiliated with Just Stop Oil, a coalition of activist groups working to end efforts by UK authorities to undertake new fossil fuel licensing and production initiatives.

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APRIL 4, 2022

“Senate panel moves toward vote on Jackson court nomination”: Mary Clare Jalonick and Kevin Freking of The Associated Press have this report.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2022

In a move decried by critics as constitutional subversion and an attack on democracy, Pakistani President Arif Alvi on Sunday affirmed the dissolution of the country’s National Assembly, which earlier that day had been set to undertake a vote of no confidence against the country’s prime minister, Imran Khan. The National Assembly had planned on Sunday to hold a vote of no confidence against Khan, who then sent shockwaves by dissolving the legislative body and calling for new election

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APRIL 4, 2022

Share A plaintiff bringing a damages claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for constitutional violations arising in the criminal-justice process “need only show that his prosecution ended without a conviction” and not “with some affirmative indication of innocence,” Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote for a six-justice majority in Thompson v. Clark. Justice Samuel Alito dissented, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch.

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APRIL 4, 2022

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court : At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.

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Above The Law

APRIL 4, 2022

Nothing instills respect for the rule of law like having a 'three strikes' rule and authorities calling for punishment after one strike. The post Yale Law Professor Suggests Punishing Students For Following The Rules appeared first on Above the Law.

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APRIL 4, 2022

“Circuit Personalities”: Law professors Alli Orr Larsen and Neal Devins recently posted this article at SSRN.

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APRIL 4, 2022

Clean Slate Utah and Rasa, a new public benefit company, are teaming up to ensure a criminal record is not a dead-end street by making it easier and more affordable for people to clear their records in the state, reports KSL.com. Two upcoming webinars, hosted by the organizations, will cover processes, including the types of records that are eligible for expungement under Utah law and the difference between petition-based and automatic expungement.

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