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网页2 天之前 · The US District Court for the Eastern District of California on Wednesday granted a preliminary injunction, blocking a law allowing the subjects of election-related deepfakes to sue the creators for damages. The case concerns California Bill 2839, signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom on September 17.
US Supreme Court declines to review Texas emergency abortion …
网页19 小时之前 · The US Supreme Court rejected the Biden administration’s appeal to review a lower court decision that bars emergency abortions violating Texas’ strict abortion ban on Monday, leaving in place restrictions on emergency abortion care in the state. The Supreme Court’s decision not to intervene in the case contrasts with its earlier action in the Idaho case, where it allowed emergency ...
Georgia Supreme Court temporarily re-instates abortion ban while ...
网页1 天前 · The Supreme Court of Georgia temporarily re-instated an abortion ban while it considers whether the abortion law is unconstitutional.. The new law, which took effect at 5 PM October 7, bans abortion following the sixth week of pregnancy when a fetus has a detectable heartbeat.
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网页2024年10月3日 · September 26, 2024 08:52:45 am. In this commentary, JURIST editor Caspian Rive a law and history honours student at Victoria University of Wellington argues that the New Zealand government should abandon the Treaty Principles Bill before it reaches Parliament. In Aotearoa New Zealand, there …
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网页2 天之前 · October 2, 2024 12:48:18 pm. Mech Dara, an award-winning Cambodian journalist was arrested and charged for incitement on Tuesday, leading to widespread concern among international rights groups and media organizations. Dara was taken into custody on Monday by military police at a toll booth near Sihanoukville.
Editorial: US Supreme Court’s Contrived Immunity Decision
网页2024年7月11日 · In its inaugural intervention, JURIST’s Editorial Board breaks its traditional silence on critical issues in legal news to highlight the perils of the US Supreme Court’s recent presidential immunity decision and the danger it …
US Supreme Court rules unanimous jury required for sentence
网页2024年6月21日 · The US Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a unanimous jury is required to apply a recidivism punishment under the federal Armed Career Criminal Act.That act imposes a 15-year mandatory minimum prison term for offenders who have three or more qualifying convictions, from three separate occurrences, under the act.
Supreme Court Hubris: It Is Time to Return Power to the People
网页2021年9月27日 · The Supreme Court’s 2021-2022 term which starts the first Monday in October will likely be one of the most important of the last 50 years. The Justices have already agreed to hear disputes involving gun control legislation and abortion rights and are likely to decide a major affirmative action case as well. Given that Republican presidents appointed six of the nine current Justices, there is ...
Interview: Columbia's Jeffrey Sachs on Russia, Ukraine, and ...
网页2023年6月30日 · Economist and foreign policy expert Jeffrey Sachs, a best selling author and director of Columbia University’s Center for Sustainable Development, has long argued that Russia’s hostility toward Ukraine was provoked by the U.S. vis-à-vis pushes for NATO expansion, military interventions, and other forms of meddling. In an interview with JURIST Assistant Editor Pitasanna Shanmugathas, Sachs ...
World Justice Project index paints picture of global rule of law in ...
网页2022年10月26日 · The World Justice Project (WJP) Wednesday released its 2022 Rule of Law Index. For the fifth year in a row, the majority of countries experienced a decline in the rule of law. 85 out of 140 countries, accounting 61 percent and 4.4 billion people, saw a decline in rule of law. 52 countries, or 39 percent, saw overall improvement.