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APRIL 21, 2022

Social media has become part of everyday life for most people young and old. Keeping up on the news, staying in touch with friends and family and the ever-growing platforms for business and personal ventures. The downside of having these platforms at the fingertips of us all, is that it is easy to “say the wrong thing.”. Whether on your personal page, business page, another person’s page, or news article post it is important to guard your personal and professional reputation online.

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2022

The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard an oral arguments for Vega v. Tekoh. The case will determine whether a person can seek civil relief when an officer fails to provide them with their Miranda rights, legal protections for potential criminal defendants against self-incrimination. Terence Tekoh was employed as nursing assistant at a Los Angeles medical center when he was accused of sexually assaulting a heavily sedated patient.

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EvidenceProf Blog

APRIL 21, 2022

On February 15, 2022, I filed a Request for Review with the New Jersey Attorney General’s Conviction Review Unit on behalf of Michelle Heale. Here was the Introduction to that Request: On April 17, 2015, Michelle Heale was convicted of.

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2022

The United Kingdom’s Westminster Magistrates’ court Wednesday formally ruled that the power to extradite Julian Assange to the US lies with UK Home Secretary Priti Patel. Patel will decide whether Assange will be extradited to the US for prosecution. Starting in 2012, Assange spent seven years at the Ecuadorean embassy in London to avoid being tried for sexual assault in Sweden.

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CourtTechBulletin

APRIL 21, 2022

From Microsoft Stock Images Over two decades ago our NCSC Jury Studies pioneer, Tom Munsterman, ran the WordPerfect word processor language level test against some jury instructions. He told me it reported that the reading level needed to understand the instructions were university graduate school. So, when an article identifying “ways that lawyers could make their written documents easier for the average person to read” was posted by MIT, I thought it was time to revisit the subject?

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HowAppealing

APRIL 21, 2022

“Supreme Court considers whether high school football coach has right to pray on the field”: Mark Walsh has this report online at ABA Journal. And Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “ Football coach at Supreme Court could tip return of prayer in public schools; With 60 years of precedent on the line, the justices will hear a challenge to the restraints on how public school officials practice their faith.

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2022

Sri Lankan police Tuesday opened fire at people who were protesting against the new fuel price hike, killing one and injuring 13 others. This was the first incident of shooting by security forces during weeks of demonstrations over the country’s worst economic crisis in decades. Sri Lanka is facing the worst financial crisis in its recent past and is on the verge of bankruptcy, with nearly $7 billion of its total $25 billion in foreign debt due for repayment this year.

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APRIL 21, 2022

“Judge puts temporary hold on Kentucky abortion law, clearing way for services to resume”: Deborah Yetter of The Louisville Courier Journal has this report. Alex Acquisto of The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that “ Judge temporarily blocks enforcement of KY’s new abortion law a week after it passed.” And Laura Kusisto of The Wall Street Journal reports that “ Judge Temporarily Blocks Enforcement of Kentucky’s New Abortion Restrictions; State so far has

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2022

The South Carolina Supreme Court Wednesday blocked the state from committing its first firing squad execution. Through the temporary stay, the planned execution of Richard Bernard Moore scheduled for April 29 has been put on hold. Moore was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1999 murder of a convenience store clerk, James Mahoney. The court said it will provide their reasoning in a detailed order at a later date.

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APRIL 21, 2022

“Supreme Court takes up case of a coach and his prayers on 50-yard line; Joseph Kennedy’s case brings questions about the ability of public employees to live out their faith while on duty and the government’s responsibility to protect schoolchildren from coercion”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2022

The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled in favor of Holocaust survivor heirs who sought to repossess a Pissarro painting that was stolen by Nazis during World War II. In Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation, the Cassirer family sought to repossess a Camille Pissarro painting that was stolen by Nazis in 1939. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation , an entity created by Spain, purchased the painting in the 1990s.

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APRIL 21, 2022

“Supreme Court Rules on Stolen Art, Signs and Puerto Rico’s Status; The justices addressed federal benefits in Puerto Rico, an effort to reclaim an Impressionist masterpiece and whether the First Amendment allows some billboard regulations”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Friday’s edition of The New York Times. Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has articles headlined “ High court rules Congress can exclude Puerto Ricans from aid program ” and “

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2022

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday filed a notice of appeal of a judge’s decision to end the mask mandate on public transportation and airplane after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the measure was still needed. A US district judge vacated the government’s traveler mask mandate on April 13 because the mandate exceeded the CDC’s statutory authority under the Public Health Services Act.

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APRIL 21, 2022

“Eleventh Circuit Strikes Down Univ. of Central Florida’s ‘Discriminatory Harassment’ Speech Code”: Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy” about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2022

In a 6-3 decision, the US Supreme Court Thursday ruled that a state prisoner must satisfy the court precedents and federal law to receive habeas relief in Brown v. Davenport. The decision impacts the standard federal courts use when deciding whether state trial courts’ constitutional errors are harmless. Petitioner Mike Brown argued that the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred in granting habeas relief.

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APRIL 21, 2022

“After years of suspicion, South Florida dentist charged in murder of FSU professor Dan Markel”: David Ovalle of The Miami Herald has this report.

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APRIL 21, 2022

The Supreme Court of India Thursday ordered a two-week stay on an anti-encroachment drive undertaken by the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), the local civic body, to remove illegally constructed stalls and buildings in Jahangirpuri area, New Delhi. The court issued this stay order in petitions filed by the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, a leading Muslim organization, against the NDMC, the Government of India, and the state governments of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat for the initiation

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Above The Law

APRIL 21, 2022

Thomson Reuters Institute report finds key differences between firms with high and low turrnover. The post The Difference Between Keeping Lawyers And Losing Lawyers? It’s More Than Money. appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 21, 2022

Many people remember the controversial “Stand Your Ground” law , passed in Florida in 2005, that allowed George Zimmerman to walk free after he stalked and killed Trayvon Martin. That law permits a person to use deadly force if they “reasonably believe physical or deadly force was necessary to protect him or herself.” Similar laws are now in place in at least 10 states, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

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Above The Law

APRIL 21, 2022

* Irate Policing or Intellectual Property?: Cops play Disney songs on patrol to prevent the public from recording them. [ CNN ]. * Special lasagna: Newly weds break in their relationship with criminality after dosing their special guests. [ CNN ]. * Texas and Florida are looking to end tenure. If only this directly impacted a certain professor at Penn. [ The Hill ]. * SCOTUS may give the ok for people to carry guns on NY trains.

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The Process Street

APRIL 21, 2022

Process Street streamlines your team’s recurring work by taking the guesswork out of who does what and when, but the impact of even well-documented processes depends on people’s willingness to do their part. As your circle of workflow participants expands to include partners, customers, or colleagues outside of your immediate team, one of the best ways to increase their familiarity with and trust in the work at hand is to incorporate consistent and engaging visual cues.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 21, 2022

A powerful synthetic opioid called nitazene, discovered in Ohio, has prompted state Attorney General Dave Yost to issue a warning that it is 40 times more lethal than fentanyl, Fox 8 and CBS report. “Frankenstein opioids are even more lethal than the drugs already responsible for so many overdose deaths,” Yost said in a statement Wednesday. “Law enforcement and the public need to pay attention to these emerging hazards.” To emphasize this warning and communicate with fir

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Above The Law

APRIL 21, 2022

In a nutshell, the Source Rule is a method used to assess the legality of a cannabis material based on where the material comes from. The post Did The DEA Seed Letter Abolish The ‘Source Rule’? appeared first on Above the Law.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 21, 2022

Share The justices on Tuesday delved into a dispute that may seem abstract: How should the “clear and unmistakable error” standard apply when military veterans seek to overturn certain decisions that denied them disability benefits? But during 75 minutes of oral argument in George v. McDonough , the practical consequences of the case — both for individual veterans and the agency that processes millions of benefits claims — loomed large.

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Above The Law

APRIL 21, 2022

Dan Markel murder sees new arrest after 8 years. The post Long-Awaited Arrest Made In Law Professor’s Murder appeared first on Above the Law.

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