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SCOTUS dispatch: government lawyer grilled for an hour on meaning of federal corruption statute

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Gijs de Bra is a JURIST Assistant Editor and SCOTUS special correspondent, and a 2L at Cornell Law School. The party briefs mostly focused on the word “rewarded” in the statute. Justice Kagan asked if the required mental state in the statute helps to alleviate that concern. 666(a)(1)(B) applies to gratuities as well as bribes.

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UK Lawyers urge government to ‘uphold rule of law’ in Gaza conflict

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A number of UK lawyers on Thursday urged the government to ensure that international law and the rule of law are upheld in Gaza in an open letter signed by over 250 senior lawyers and academics. Israel has responded with bombings and, most recently, sent in ground forces to the Gaza Strip.

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Donald Trump Was Far Too Busy Sh*tposting To Be Bound By Statutes Of Limitations, Lawyers Argue

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The post Donald Trump Was Far Too Busy Sh*tposting To Be Bound By Statutes Of Limitations, Lawyers Argue appeared first on Above the Law. It's an argument I guess.

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Armenia becomes 124th State Party to International Criminal Court

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This ceremony is the conclusion of the accession process which began in 2022 when the government approved a law on Rome Statute ratification and a declaration , accepting the ICC’s retroactive jurisdiction before the Armenian Constitutional Court authorized the ratification.

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The Critical Role of Lawyers and Bar Associations in Achieving Net Zero

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Lawyers, bar associations, and law societies have an important but not fully recognized role to play in achieving the net zero goal in the Paris Agreement. Climate Change as an Increasingly Common Feature of Law Practice Climate change is no longer an issue of concern only to environmental and energy lawyers.

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Justices wrestle with statute of limitations in Rodney Reed’s effort to revive DNA lawsuit

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A federal appeals court threw out Rodney Reed’s federal civil rights lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Texas law governing DNA testing, explaining that Reed had filed his suit too late. But in a case in which the TCCA does grant rehearing, he added, the statute of limitations would start to run then.

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UK lawyers call for a ‘special tribunal’ for crimes of aggression in Ukraine

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In addition, the tribunal would draw on international law, which “enshrines aggression as a criminal offense” and constitute what the Nuremberg trials termed the “supreme international crime.” Russia is not a state that is party of the court by statute of the court.

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