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22 Apr 8:15 pm
Neither Israel, Hamas nor the Palestinians are working for peace. If Israel wanted peace it would have throttled the so-called “settlers” years ago and protected the Palestinian population. Hamas made it’s aversion to peace obvious in the brutality of their Oct. 6 attack – they got what they wanted in Israel’s brutal response. The Palestinians are caught in the middle but constantly irritated by incursions on their lives and homes. The surrounding countries made peace almost impossible by excluding refugees and keeping the Palestinians as an uprooted and… [read
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22 Apr 7:34 pm
As reported in this local piece from Tennessee, a "controversial bill that would allow the state to seek the death penalty for those convicted of rape of a child passed the House of Representatives Monday, clearing the final legislative hurdle... [read
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22 Apr 7:25 pm
A jury awarded a former California State Parks employee nearly $2.3 million after a trial laid bare claims that the agency and a former boss discriminated against him for his Mexican heritage and retaliated when he spoke up while employed in the department’s Malibu region.
“It could lay a foundation for other people behind me to have a fair shake,” plaintiff Angel Alba said Monday. He qualified his optimism, though, adding, “There’s still no room for Mexican American people in leadership here in this district.”
The jury delivered the verdict in… [read
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22 Apr 7:17 pm
“The Justice Department announced today that it has updated www.justice.gov/voting, a one-stop resource providing voting and elections information for voters as well as state and local elections officials. As part of the update, the Civil Rights Division published two new informational guides on voting rights and updated five other guides. The Department’s longstanding practice is to update resources and provide information in election years on the efforts of the Civil Rights Division, Criminal Division, National Security Division, and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices… [read
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22 Apr 7:09 pm
With the 2024 election rapidly approaching, the Biden Administration must race to finalize proposed agency actions as early as mid-May to avoid facing possible nullification if the Republican Party controls both chambers of Congress and the White House next year. This post summarizes the Congressional Review Act (“CRA”) which will apply to a number of U.S. federal rulemakings, including those related to privacy and cybersecurity.
The CRA allows Congress to overturn rules issued by the Executive Branch by enacting a joint resolution of disapproval that… [read
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22 Apr 7:06 pm
By Larry K. Houck —Administrator Anne Milgram has been on the receiving end of high-level support for and against rescheduling marijuana since the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and Health and Human Services (“HHS”) recommended the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) reschedule from schedule I to schedule III last August. We blogged in February about the October 2023 letter from former DEA Administrators, Ms. Milgram’s predecessors, and Directors of National Drug Policy urging not to reschedule; the January 2004 letter… [read
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22 Apr 7:00 pm
It is always nice when a political collective developing important elements of its ideology shares that development with others. It is nicer still when the outreach is in English. One of the core areas of development of Chinese Leninism, as it moves from the Era of Reform and Opening Up to its New Era has been the evolution of the concept of productive forces (生产力). Nor just productive forces in its narrowest sense of state assets (however broadly defined), but productive forces as an integral part of the transformation of production and… [read
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22 Apr 6:58 pm
TAMPA, FL – A 38-year-old man driving a 2007 Dodge Charger fled the scene after he struck a moped operator, which claimed their life Friday.
ABC Action News said this crash happened before 4 a.m. on East Hillsborough Avenue. Both the suspect, identified as Nicholas Harrison, who was later arrested, was going east, as was the moped operator when both collided with each other.
Police said the moped got stuck inside the front of the Dodge before getting removed. Police were able to find Harrsion’s vehicle, which led them to him when Harrison turned himself… [read
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22 Apr 6:57 pm
Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney. Read more in this piece at ScotusBlog by Ronald Mann. The question concerns the standard for injunctions sought by the NLRB. Here is a note from the forthcoming edition of Ames, Chafee, and Re on Remedies, my casebook with Emily Sherwin: NOTE ON GOVERNMENT PLAINTIFFS IN EQUITY Does it matter that the plaintiff is the government? Or do the same equitable powers and limitations apply? Cf. National Labor Relations Board. v. P*I*E Nationwide, Inc., 894 F.2d 887, 893 (7th Cir. 1990) (Posner, J.): "The… [read
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22 Apr 6:42 pm
The Karp Law Firm held a Stacks and Snacks get-together on April 20 at our Palm Beach Gardens office. We invited our clients and other friends to socialize, enjoy fresh pastries and coffee, and drop off their unneeded documents for shredding on site. The turnout was great.
On hand were Attorneys Joseph Karp, Jonathan Karp and Adele Harris; Legal Assistant Rosalinda Pecoraro; Legal Assistant Emily Bergel and her daughter, Bailey; Intake Coordinator Sandra Jantzen; and Marketing Director Deborah Karp. Thank you to everyone who did such a great job organizing the event! Thanks too to Paul… [read
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22 Apr 6:33 pm
OAKLAND, Calif. – Former Alameda County prosecutors excluded Black and Jewish jurors from death penalty cases, prompting a federal judge to order a review of dozens of such cases, said District Attorney Pamela Price on Monday.
“This is not about left or right or any kind of politics. This is about ethics,” Price said at a news conference outside the San Francisco Federal Building, where the judge is based.
“Prosecutors in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office appeared to have intentionally excluded Jewish and Black jurors from… [read
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22 Apr 6:28 pm
[The Eighth Amendment provides little, if any, protection for the homeless. But courts can help them by striking down exclusionary zoning, which is the major cause of housing shortages that lead to homelessness.] Homeless encampment under an overpass in Oakland, California. (Blackkango | Dreamstime.com) Today, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, a case which raises the issue of whether a law that criminalizes camping on public property by homeless people who have nowhere else to qualifies as "cruel and unusual punishment" under… [read
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22 Apr 6:22 pm
The latest issue of La Comunità Internazionale (Vol. 79, no. 1, 2024) is out. Contents include:
Articoli e SaggiGiuseppe Puma, Le sanzioni economiche unilaterali contro la Bielorussia nella recente prassi
internazionale
Fiammetta Borgia, Intelligenza artificiale, arte digitale e diritto d’autore: profili di diritto
internazionale
Laura Di Gianfrancesco, La funzione di accountability dell’Assemblea generale delle
Nazioni Unite alla luce della risoluzione 76/262 sulla veto initiative
Francesco Gaudiosi, One Health: A New Intersectoral Approach and its… [read
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22 Apr 6:15 pm
CHARGES. CALIF LAWMAKERS WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME NEW LEGISLATION THIS WEEK THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THE USE OF NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS WHEN NEGOTIATING STATE LAWS. TY STEELE IS HERE NOW WITH WHAT’S NEXT FOR THIS PROPOSAL AND EDIE THAT PROPOSAL IS THE RESULT OF OUR REPORTING BY CAPITOL CORRESPONDENT ASHLEY ZAVALA ON HOW NDAS WERE USED IN THE FINAL NEGOTIATIONS OF CALIFORNIA’S FAST FOOD LABOR LAW, ASSEMBLY BILL 2654 WOULD PROHIBIT LAWMAKERS, LOBBYISTS AND GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FROM SIGNING, REQUESTING OR DRAFTING NDAS DURING THE LEGISLATIVE NEGOTIATION PROCESS. DOING SO COULD… [read
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22 Apr 6:09 pm
Daniel Peat (Leiden Univ. - Law) has posted Positivism and the Cognitive Turn (in International Legal Theory and the Cognitive Turn, A. van Aaken & M. Hirsch eds., forthcoming). Here's the abstract:
Of all the strands of international legal theory that exist in contemporary international law scholarship, one might have thought that the cognitive turn would impact positivism the most. In this chapter, however, I want to paint a different picture. The caricature of positivism that many of us hold in our heads – as a theory that is formalist, voluntarist, state-centric, and… [read
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22 Apr 6:00 pm
“If the organization continues to operate and commits additional violations during this suspension, the organization risks permanent expulsion, as provided in the Resource Guide.”
The post Harvard Suspends Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee for the Rest of Spring Term first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion. [read
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22 Apr 5:55 pm
Es importante reconocer que el TEPJF no pudo pronunciarse sobre este aspecto de la definición de los criterios de competitividad, pues no ha sido parte de las denuncias presentadas ante la instancia jurisdiccional. Sin embargo, la flexibilidad de la que gozan los partidos permite este tipo de situaciones, en las cuales la paridad y la participación política de las mujeres queda subordinada, como ha sido durante tanto tiempo, a los intereses de las cúpulas partidistas. [read
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22 Apr 5:52 pm
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22 Apr 5:52 pm
In a move reflecting the intensifying competition and market challenges in the electric vehicle sector, Tesla, the world’s largest automaker by market value, has announced significant layoffs, affecting over 10% of its global workforce. This internal memo, seen by Reuters, underscores the company’s efforts to navigate falling sales and an increasingly aggressive price war within […]
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22 Apr 5:49 pm
At Zneimer & Zneimer, our experienced personal injury attorneys understand the complexities of slip and fall cases in Chicago and Illinois, especially those involving the “open and obvious” doctrine under Illinois law. This legal concept often serves as a significant defense for property owners, suggesting that they are not liable for injuries caused by hazards that are clear and recognizable to a reasonable person. However, the applicability of this doctrine is not absolute, and understanding its nuances is crucial for protecting the rights of those injured on someone… [read
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