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How the International Court of Justice Should Stop the War in Gaza

15 Jan 2024, 6:03 am by Adil Ahmad Haque

On December 8, 2023, all but two members of the UN Security Council voted to demand an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, with 13 of 15 States voting in favor and one abstaining, but they were prevented from taking that decisive action by the lone veto of the United States. [read post]

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Law and Media Round Up – 15 January 2024

14 Jan 2024, 4:10 pm by INFORRM

United States The trial to determine the damages owed to writer, E Jean Carroll by Donald Trump is set to begin on Tuesday 16 January 2024 in New York. [read post]

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Facebook Defeats Lawsuit Over Its January 6 Explanation–Mahoney v. Meta

14 Jan 2024, 9:01 am by Eric Goldman

Mahoney attended what she describes as a “Rally” to protest the results of the 2020 United States presidential election. [read post]

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Maker of CBD products asks court to decide whether lawsuit under criminal racketeering law can go forward

13 Jan 2024, 3:45 pm by Kalvis Golde

State Bank of India 23-390Issue: Whether, to establish a “direct effect in the United States” under 28 U.S.C. [read post]

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Weekend Roundup

12 Jan 2024, 9:30 pm by ernst

Mark Graber disputes the significance of the latest discovery of Josh Blackman and Seth Barrett Tillman related to whether the President is an Office of the United States for purposes of Section 3 of the fourteenth Amendment (Balkinization).ICYMI: The failed attempt to rename Brown v. [read post]

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Justices take up camping ban case

12 Jan 2024, 12:23 pm by Amy Howe

The court’s ruling in City of Grants Pass v. [read post]

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Moore v. United States: Avoiding a Damaging Limiting Principle in the Sixteenth Amendment, by Ari Glogower, David Kamin, Rebecca Kysar, Darien Shanske, & Thalia T. Spinrad

12 Jan 2024, 7:31 am by Guest Author

United States, a case with potentially broad implications for the income tax system. [read post]

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The First Amendment Does Not Prohibit The Government From Addressing Big Tech Censorship, by Brendan Carr and Nathan Simington

11 Jan 2024, 2:58 pm by Guest Author

Fifth, there is a state action overlay when it comes to Big Tech censorship (see Missouri v. [read post]

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AI Cannot be an Inventor says Supreme Court (UK)

11 Jan 2024, 12:45 am by Tristan Marot

In December 2023, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom held that an AI cannot be an inventor under the UK Patents Act of 1977, and accordingly patents cannot be granted for inventions derived by AI. [read post]

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I Say Again That Section 2116 Says Nothing About Officers

11 Jan 2024, 12:15 am

It so happens that last week, United States District Court Judge Michael M. [read post]

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[Josh Blackman] We're In The Section 3 Endgame Now

10 Jan 2024, 11:14 pm by Josh Blackman

[This post is co-authored with Seth Barrett Tillman] On Friday, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Trump v. [read post]

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OT2023’s last grants?

10 Jan 2024, 8:05 pm by John Elwood

Department of State v. [read post]

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SCOTUS to Consider Obstruction Statute at Issue in Jan. 6 Prosecutions

10 Jan 2024, 6:00 am by DONALD SCARINCI

United States. [read post]

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[Josh Blackman] Amicus Brief Filed in Trump v. Griswold On Behalf of Professor Seth Barrett Tillman

9 Jan 2024, 11:59 am by Josh Blackman

"] On Friday, January 5, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Trump v. [read post]

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J.Kagan first to recuse using new Ethics Code

9 Jan 2024, 8:05 am

Supreme Court justice to cite the court's new code of conduct when choosing not to participate in cases, the court announced Monday.Justice Kagan recused herself from the deliberations in two cases, both of which failed to be granted certiorari, pointing to the Code of Conduct for Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, according to an order list issued by the Supreme Court.It is the first time the code of conduct, announced in November, was cited in a… [read post]

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Government power, from federal agencies to counties, highlights January session

8 Jan 2024, 5:42 pm by Ellena Erskine

United States Trustee v. [read post]

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Extraordinary Actions v. Day-to-Day Decisions for Joint Ventures: A Cautionary Tale

8 Jan 2024, 7:00 am by John Holtz

United States, No. 21-1279, 2022 WL 1231428 (Fed. [read post]

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Mandate Matters: How the DC Circuit Could Limit Trump’s Run-Out-the-Clock Strategy

8 Jan 2024, 6:55 am by Kristy Parker

United States, where former President Donald Trump will try to convince the U.S. [read post]