JURIST

MARCH 20, 2021

On Friday, a Mexican court issued a definitive suspension against the new electricity law that aims to strengthen the state-run company, Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE). The law is supported by President Andr é s Manuel L ó pez Obrador, who wants to increase state control of the energy market. President L ó pez Obrador claimed that under the previous administration, the electricity market was skewed in favor of private operators.

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EvidenceProf Blog

MARCH 20, 2021

Federal Rule of Evidence 615 provides that At a party’s request, the court must order witnesses excluded so that they cannot hear other witnesses’ testimony. Or the court may do so on its own. But this rule does not authorize.

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JURIST

MARCH 20, 2021

A Tunisian appeals court released activist Rania Amdouni from jail on Wednesday. Amdouni had been charged with “insulting police and abuse of morals,” which sparked concerns from human rights groups over suppression of free speech. Amdouni is the president of Chouf Minorities and a member of DAMJ, the Tunisian Association for Justice and Equality. She has faced abuse from law enforcement because of her involvement in recent protests against unjust austerity policies and police brutality.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 20, 2021

“Law Reviews Are Living on Borrowed Time; Professors and judges feel free to disregard scholarship assessed and edited by students”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion. The essay discusses an opinion that Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton issued earlier this month.

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JURIST

MARCH 20, 2021

On Friday, unsealed court records from a federal grand jury indictment revealed four Proud Boys leaders have been charged with six counts including conspiracy in relation to the January 6 Capitol attacks. Count one of the indictment claims a conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 , under which one may be charged if, “two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States” Counts two and three of the indictment allege violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(

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JURIST

MARCH 20, 2021

Minnesota Judge Peter Cahill denied motions for continuance and change of venue on Friday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the man charged with the murder of George Floyd. In its memorandum to the court, the defense argued that “a fair trial cannot be had for Mr. Chauvin in Hennepin or Ramsey counties.” However, Judge Cahill stated in his rejection, “I do not think [a change of venue] would give the defendant any kind of a fair trial beyond what we are doing [in Hennepin County]

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MARCH 20, 2021

“Aaron Nielson Receives the Federalist Society’s 2021 Joseph Story Award”: Christopher J. Walker has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation. The Federalist Society has posted the video of the award presentation on YouTube at this link.

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LLRX

MARCH 20, 2021

Chirag Shah , Associate Professor in the Information School, University of Washington and Founding Director of InfoSeeking Lab, which focuses on issues related to information seeking, human-computer interaction (HCI), and social media. Shah's research describes how search engines are not just one of society’s primary gateways to information and people, but they are also conduits for misinformation.

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MARCH 20, 2021

“Behind the Back-Office Blunder That Cost Citigroup $500 Million; Clunky software led to mistaken payments to companies ready to fight to keep the money”: Davide Scigliuzzo and Katherine Doherty of Bloomberg Businessweek have this report. According to the article, “Citigroup is appealing the decision and has asked that the court keep the money frozen while the dispute continues.

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At the Lectern

MARCH 20, 2021

Columnist Vivia Chen writes in Bloomberg Law, “A Tipping Point for Asian American Lawyers?” The column includes some frank comments by Justice Goodwin Liu. Chen says that “the discussion about race and racism is often framed as a black and white issue in which Asians don’t quite figure” and she asks, “will the attacks against Asians recast the race discussion and bury the myths surrounding the model minority?

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MARCH 20, 2021

“High court to be asked to overturn intellectual disability threshold; Critics: Georgia standard of proof imposed on death penalty defendants practically impossible to meet.” Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 20, 2021

We recently discussed the case of University of North Carolina law student Sagar Sharma, a student of color, who faced a recall election as the first-year class co-president. The recall was based on Sharma stating that he did not consider an argument between two fellow students to be racist. Sharma ultimately prevailed in the recall challenge 74-60.

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MARCH 20, 2021

“It’s time for Justice Breyer and Senator Feinstein to retire”: Columnist Paul Waldman has this essay online at The Washington Post.

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JURIST

MARCH 20, 2021

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved legislation condemning the Myanmar military junta that began on February 1st and led to the overthrow of the democratically elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. The bill condemned the Myanmar junta’s violent dispersal of protestors and called for the release of all detained protestors and elected political leaders, including Aung San Suu Kyi.

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MARCH 20, 2021

“Property rights get a day in court”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

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JURIST

MARCH 20, 2021

A federal district court judge on Friday issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of South Carolina’s fetal heartbeat abortion act. The act, which was signed into law by Governor McMaster last month, would prohibit an abortion if a physician is able to detect a fetal heartbeat, which can be detected as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, often before a woman even knows she is pregnant.

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