SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
An old English maxim instructs that a man’s home is his castle – a refuge from the outside world. On Wednesday the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case testing how much protection the Constitution provides to the home. At issue in Lange. The post Justices to consider whether “hot pursuit” justifies entering the home without a warrant appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
The Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek announced Saturday that former Kyrgyz customs official Raimbek Matraimov, who was found guilty of corruption earlier this month, is being detained on fresh money laundering charges. . The announcement comes only days after demonstrators took to the streets to protest the court’s earlier decision to fine Matraimov 260,000 soms (roughly USD $3000) after finding him guilty of corruption, a penalty that many saw as too lenient for the gravity of the of
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EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court issued a summary disposition in McCoy v. Alamu that could end up being a landmark ruling on qualified immunity. So, what is qualified immunity? As the Supreme Court explained in Mullenix v. Luna, 577.
CourtTechBulletin
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
My friend Bob Ambrogi asked for comment during last Friday’s Legaltech Week Journalists’ Roundtable (an excellent discussion every week about our court customers). The discussion turned briefly to Jason Tashea's proposal via the DayOneProject.org initiative titled “ Digitizing State Courts, Expanding Access to Justice ”. The following is my partial reply to the question asked.
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FEBRUARY 24, 2021
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EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
Similar to its federal counterpart, Military Rule of Evidence 804(b)(6) provides an exception to the rule against hearsay for A statement offered against a party that wrongfully caused or acquiesced in wrongfully causing the declarant’s unavailability as a witness, and.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
“Supreme Court Term Limits — Here’s the Best Option”: Tyler Cooper has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.
SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Wednesday in the case of Arthur Lange, a northern California man convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol. The evidence used to convict Lange was obtained by a California highway patrol officer, who had followed Lange in. The post Justices hear argument on whether “hot pursuit” for misdemeanors allows police to enter home without a warrant appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
The New Zealand government announced Sunday that it will pass legislation banning conversion therapy practices in the country by the end of this year or February next year at the latest. Minister of Justice Kris Faafoi confirmed that the Ministry of Justice is drafting a new piece of legislation to effect the change by making conversion therapy practices a criminal offense, civil offense or both.
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EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Similar to its federal counterpart, Indiana Rule of Evidence 803(5) provides an exception to the rule against hearsay for A record that: (A) is on a matter the witness once knew about but now cannot recall well enough to testify.
Patently O
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Bitmanagement Software GmbH v. US , 20-1139 ( Fed. Cir. 2021 ). Bitmanagement distributes graphics-rendering software that the US Navy makes available to computers connected to the Navy Marine Corps Intranet. The Navy purchased these copies, but did not pay the full seat license fees for system-wide use. As part of the discussion between the parties, the Navy was supposed to ( but did not ) use licensing-tracking software (“Flexera”) to monitor and limit the number of simultaneous
SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
In the latest of a line of challenges to restrictions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court ordered a California county to allow churches to hold indoor worship services. In a brief order on Friday night, the justices granted a request to block county. The post Court clears way for indoor worship services in northern California appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 20, 2021
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Police and soldiers opened fire on protesters in the port area of Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, on Saturday afternoon Myanmar time. Multiple live rounds were discharged. At least two people were killed and over 40 injured, according to late reports. The dead included a 14-year old boy who was shot in the head.
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EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
I have posted my new essay, "The End of Comparative Qualified Immunity," on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Critics have called qualified immunity an “unqualified disgrace,” an “abomination,” and “a scourge that closes courthouse doors to people whose constitutional rights.
LegalReader
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
U.S. Representative David Trone (D-Md.), and Reps. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), and David McKinley (R-W.V.) are introducing the bipartisan Opioid Patients’ Right to Know Act in an effort to help reduce the prevalence of opioid addiction across U.S. The new proposal is based on the successful inception of the New Jersey Patient.
SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Two competing stories took center stage during Monday’s oral argument in Florida v. Georgia, the second time this case has appeared before the Supreme Court. As noted in the preview, the question is whether the court should issue an equitable apportionment decree that requires Georgia. The post In interstate water dispute, two stories, conflicting evidence and an uncertain outcome appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
Online news portal Malaysiakini was found guilty of contempt on Friday by the Federal Court of Malaysia on charges related to incendiary comments posted by readers which criticized several cordon sanitaire decisions by Malaysian judges. The charges were initiated by Attorney General Idrus Harun. His rationale behind the application was that the comments implied that the judicial branch has been engaging in corruption.
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EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Federal Rule of Evidence 801(c) states that “Hearsay” means a statement that: (1) the declarant does not make while testifying at the current trial or hearing; and (2) a party offers in evidence to prove the truth of the matter.
SCOCAblog
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Overview California can and should adopt a parliamentary system. This article analyzes how a hypothetical initiative measure (Proposition X) that proposes converting the state government to a parliament would interact with the existing political structure and constitutional doctrine, and reaches two primary conclusions: a state parliamentary government would survive constitutional scrutiny, and it would provide overdue political reform to California.
SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 20, 2021
This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether a Black man’s exposure to a racist epithet at work is “sufficiently severe” to constitute a hostile work environment in violation of the Civil Rights Act, whether a. The post The Civil Rights Act, the Clean Air Act and the Sixth Amendment appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
In a 2-1 decision on Friday, the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a request to revive a Tennessee law requiring a 48-hour waiting period before abortions while the court hears an appeal of the district court’s decision that ruled the law unconstitutional. The 2015 law mandated that women make two trips to an abortion clinic. During the first trip, women receive mandatory counseling and are informed of the risks of abortion.
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LegalReader
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
A lawsuit was recently filed against the Buffalo police department and a few of its officers over claims they purposefully pushed a protester to the ground last summer, causing him to fracture his skull.
NCBA
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
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SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
The justices on Monday issued their first regularly scheduled order list since late January. Perhaps the most noteworthy part of the orders was the justices’ denial of former President Donald Trump’s plea to block a subpoena for his financial records, but the order list was. The post Justices add new cases, turn down Pennsylvania election disputes appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 20, 2021
A Russian court convicted political activist Anastasia Shevchenko Thursday, finding that she had violated the country’s “undesirable organizations” law through her involvement with a pro-democracy group. Shevchenko was given a four-year suspended sentence. Prosecutors sought five years in prison. Officials first brought the case in January of 2019, when the government contended Shevchenko violated Article 284.1 of the Russia Criminal Code, which is also recognized as the ̶
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