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WEB2 days ago · The Government of Canada announced the expansion of sanctions against Iran due to involvement in “terrorism and systematic and gross human rights violations” on Sunday, effectively barring anyone who has served as a senior government official in Iran since 2019 from Canada.
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WEBSep 10, 2024 · August 18, 2024 02:05:04 pm. In legend, Achilles, Greek warrior and hero of the Trojan War, fought Trojan prince Hector to avenge the death of his friend Patroclus. Hector had killed Patroclus, and he planned to cut off Patroclus’ head and give his body to the dogs for food. Before the fight, Hector waits for Achilles and then proposes that ...
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WEBSeptember 6, 2024 02:45:18 pm. New York Judge Juan Merchan on Friday delayed former US president Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money criminal case to November 26, with the new date scheduled three weeks after the US presidential election. Trump’s attorneys requested the postponement in August to prepare a potential appeal and avoid ...
Natural Law and the United States Constitution: Still Vital ... - JURIST
WEBDec 3, 2021 · Abstract: Ideas of Natural Law were crucial in drafting the US Constitution.These seminal ideas were made known to document “framers” largely by way of William Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England.The Commentaries represent the truest philosophic origins of America’s legal system.
The Supreme Court’s Colorado Ballot Decision Was a Mistake
WEBMar 6, 2024 · On February 28, an Illinois judge ruled that disgraced ex-President Donald Trump is disqualified from office under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause. Five days later, the U.S. Supreme Court, determined to avoid the overwhelming evidence that Trump engaged in insurrection, invented an exception to Section 3—applicable only to federal candidates ...
A Critique of Biden’s Proposal for Supreme Court Term Limits
WEBAug 8, 2024 · President Biden’s recent proposal for eighteen-year term limits for U.S. Supreme Court Justices is a watershed in the perennial controversy over the composition and powers of the U.S. Supreme Court insofar as it is the first time that a sitting President has called for institutional reform of the Court.
Editorial: US Supreme Court’s Contrived Immunity Decision
WEBJul 11, 2024 · 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 …
Supreme Court Hubris: It Is Time to Return Power to the People
WEBSep 27, 2021 · 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 ...
US Supreme Court rules unanimous jury required for sentence
WEBJun 21, 2024 · 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.
US Supreme Court holds judicial legal error qualifies as ... - JURIST
WEBJun 13, 2022 · The US Supreme Court Monday held 8-1 in Kemp v. United States that the term “mistake” in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60 (b) (1) “includes a judge’s errors of law.”. Rule 60 (b) (1) allows a party to a lawsuit to seek relief from a judgement based on a mistake. The court considered “whether the term ‘mistake’ includes a judge ...