JURIST

APRIL 6, 2021

The most recent change to the Russian Constitution adds a provision to Article 81, Section 3 , which originally limited the term of the President of the Russian Federation to two running terms of six years each. These changes to the Russian Constitution all fundamentally expand Putin’s control over the Russian government.

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JURIST

JULY 31, 2023

The Supreme Court of Pakistan in the case titled Habib Ullah Energy Limited and another v. In view of the above, it seems that the lack of development of tort law and statutory immunities provided to public officers effectively bars citizens of Pakistan from pursuing any tortious claim against the state to protect their rights.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Schmidt also contended that as a subject of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, he enjoys immunity and Dodik has no authority to arrest and deport him. The US Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina also released a statement contending that Dodik’s threat to limit Schmidt’s freedom of movement is unconstitutional.

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JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Thursday ruled that two California counties violated the Constitution’s Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms when the counties forced gun shops and firing ranges to close in 2020 to limit the spread of COVID-19. But that’s what happened in this case.”

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 28, 2022

The department responded by arguing that, as a state agency, it was immune from suit. Although the state trial court rejected that argument, a divided Texas court of appeals reversed, holding that the department was protected from suit by the federal constitutional doctrine of state sovereign immunity. In 1793, in Chisholm v.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 26, 2023

A week after granting review in Tansavatdi in April 2021 , the court limited the issue to: “Can a public entity be held liable under Government Code section 830.8 for failure to warn of an allegedly dangerous design of public property that is subject to Government Code section 830.6 design immunity?”

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At the Lectern

APRIL 27, 2023

City of Rancho Palos Verdes , the Supreme Court today holds immunity under Government Code section 830.6 , that generally protects California public entities and employees from liability for injuries “caused by the plan or design of a construction of, or an improvement to, public property,” is not as broad as government defendants want.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 29, 2022

Texas Department of Public Safety , a five-justice majority on Wednesday allowed a military veteran’s lawsuit against his former state-agency employer to go forward, rejecting the state’s argument that it was shielded by sovereign immunity. Le Roy Torres was working as a Texas state trooper when he was called to active duty in the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 17, 2023

government accuses of committing money laundering and fraud as part of a scheme to evade U.S. Halkbank, whose majority shareholder is the Turkish government, was indicted in 2019 on charges that it had participated in a multi-year scheme to launder billions of dollars stemming from the sales of Iranian oil and natural gas. entities.

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At the Lectern

JUNE 21, 2023

In Leon , the court is expected to decide whether immunity under Government Code section 821.6 is limited to actions for malicious prosecution. See Sullivan v. County of Los Angeles (1974) 12 Cal.3d

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 27, 2021

The case presents the question of what impact, if any, does the Natural Gas Act have on the sovereign immunity provided to the states through the 11th Amendment. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit and asserted once again that PennEast’s condemnation suits were barred by sovereign immunity. New Jersey. New Jersey appealed to the U.S.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

On September 1, 2023, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress promulgated the Foreign State Immunity Law of the People’s Republic of China (FSIL) (English translation here ). But Russia joined the restrictive immunity camp in 2016, when its law on the jurisdictional immunity of foreign states went into effect.

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At the Lectern

JULY 7, 2023

In County of Santa Clara , when the court granted review in July 2022 , it limited the issue to: “Is Santa Clara County immune under the Government Claims Act (Gov. Because of post-argument briefing , the opinion in the other case — People v. Martinez — isn’t due until August 28. Code, § 810 et seq.)

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At the Lectern

APRIL 18, 2024

Canal immunity dissenting vote. The appellate court held the action was barred by Government Code section 831.8 (b), The court will hear another case about the Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013, this time apparently concerning PEPRA’s interpretation rather than its constitutionality.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

Because the merits of the case concern whether Washington can constitutionally discriminate against federal contractors by utilizing a causation standard making it easier for those employees to obtain workers’ compensation awards (with the federal government as de facto self-insurer of the awards), a problem of mootness arose. Under 40 U.S.C.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Sunday called for the Polish government to stop targeting reproductive rights activists, specifically calling for all charges against lawmaker Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus to be dropped. HRW highlighted the limited reproductive rights available in Poland.

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JURIST

JANUARY 9, 2021

The CSC expects to begin vaccinating older and medically compromised federal inmates on Friday, January 8, under the recommendation of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI). This is very welcome news, as we know vaccines are a critical way to limit the spread of COVID-19.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Having been deputized as a federal officer, she received a form of immunity that shields federal workers from civil lawsuits under almost all circumstances—no matter what they do to violate people’s rights. Specifically, they face liability only in limited circumstances explicitly recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Sovereign immunity from enforcement would undoubtedly be a topic of interest to all the commercial parties contracting with state or state entities. This ruling is noteworthy because India does not have a consolidated sovereign immunity law , and this ruling is one of the first attempts to examine immunity from enforcement.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

5110(b)(1) is a statute of limitations to determine whether the Irwin presumption, which allows for equitable tolling, applies. Second, if it is a statute of limitations, the court pondered whether Congress rebutted the presumption that equitable tolling is available to veterans. First, the court looked into whether 38 U.S.C.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

If a government official punishes someone because of their pure speech, that person may have a strong case to sue for retaliation in violation of their constitutional rights. Wilkie limit the deference owed to the United States Sentencing Commission’s commentary on the sentencing guidelines. In a divided ruling, the U.S. In Molina v.

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At the Lectern

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

On Wednesday, March 8, in San Francisco, the court will hear the following cases (with the issue presented as summarized by court staff or limited by the court itself ): People v. County of Riverside : Is immunity under Government Code section 821.6 limited to actions for malicious prosecution? Link added.)

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JURIST

AUGUST 18, 2021

The first, called the reason ban, is a ban on abortions for reasons of a diagnosis of Down syndrome or other genetic abnormalities, and the second is the personhood provision, which would grant embryos, fetuses, and fertilized eggs the same “rights, privileges and immunities available to other persons.”

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 3, 2021

Share The Supreme Court won’t weigh in on whether a West Point cadet who was sexually assaulted by a fellow classmate can sue the federal government. The justices asked the federal government to provide its views in two cases. The justices announced on Monday morning that they will not hear oral argument in Doe v. E.M.D.H. ,

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 30, 2021

New Jersey that sovereign immunity does not shield New Jersey from condemnation proceedings instituted by a private company in federal court to obtain properties for a pipeline. New Jersey, which opposes the pipeline, contended that it was immune from the suits under the 11th Amendment. New Jersey appealed, and the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Until 2020, the industry was governed primarily by the states, which employed a patchwork of varying regulations. Congress gave the Federal Trade Commission limited oversight over the horseracing authority. Thoroughbred racing can be a dangerous sport – for both the horses and the human jockeys who ride them.

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At the Lectern

JANUARY 18, 2023

On Tuesday, February 7, in San Francisco, the court will hear the following cases (with the issue presented as summarized by court staff or limited by the court itself ): Tansavatdi v. for failure to warn of an allegedly dangerous design of public property that is subject to Government Code section 830.6 design immunity?”

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 2, 2021

The case presents two questions : (1) whether sovereign immunity prevents PennEast from instituting eminent domain proceedings in federal court to condemn properties in which New Jersey has interests, and (2) whether the U.S. New Jersey, which opposes the pipeline, contended that it was immune from the suits under the 11th Amendment.

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Day on Torts

JUNE 15, 2022

The trial court granted the City’s motion, ruling that the City’s immunity was not removed under the GTLA because “the City did not own the roads where Plaintiff’s accident occurred.” The court, however, denied the State’s motion, finding that “to hold that both the State and the City were immune from suit would be against public policy.”

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

. § 1231 is entitled by statute, after six months of detention, to a bond hearing at which the government must prove to an immigration judge by clear and convincing evidence that the non-citizen is a flight risk or a danger to the community. 12): Whether the 30-day time limit to file a petition for review in the U.S. Gonzalez (Jan.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 20, 2021

Oklahoma , a confrontation clause question involving statements about possible future crimes, and a split over the scope of who is covered by the qualified immunity doctrine. The state invokes Chief Justice Roberts’ McGirt dissent, which predicted that the burdens on the state and local governments would be “extraordinary.”

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JURIST

APRIL 16, 2021

He expressed fears that the government may appoint a commissioner with a view to taking control of the independent office. In 2015, soon after the Law and Justice Party (PiS) came to power, it passed a law imposing limitations on the tribunal. Concerns over judicial independence in the country continue to be raised.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

But it also offers a broader primer to local governments elsewhere. While the preemption claim rang hollow to observers from the start, the idea that the ambitious climate laws passed in states like New York, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and California could limit local authority on climate was troublesome.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 17, 2023

The federal government has ordered the seven Colorado River states to reduce their water usage by one-fifth. The federal government and the states of Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada, which intervened below, successfully sought Supreme Court review. California , governing the apportionment of water from the Colorado River.

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At the Lectern

MARCH 15, 2023

On Tuesday, April 4, in San Francisco, the court will hear the following cases (with the issue presented as summarized by court staff or limited by the court itself ): Leon v. County of Riverside : Is immunity under Government Code section 821.6 limited to actions for malicious prosecution? See Sullivan v.

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At the Lectern

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

SB 1437 was enacted in 2018 to limit criminal liability for felony murder or murder under the natural-and-probable-consequences doctrine. City of Rancho Palos Verdes, in which the issue was limited to: “Can a public entity be held liable under Government Code section 830.8 design immunity?” (See here and here.)

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The more nuanced question presented to the Supreme Court by the Governments of Hungary and Germany is whether U.S. The more nuanced question presented to the Supreme Court by the Governments of Hungary and Germany is whether U.S. It argued that that the D.C.

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