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Supreme Court will weigh Mexico's $10 billion lawsuit against U.S. gun makers

The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether to block a $10 billion lawsuit Mexico filed against leading U.S. gun manufacturers over allegations their commercial practices have helped caused much bloodshed there

The Independent UK

Supreme Court steps into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New Mexico

The Supreme Court has agreed to step into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico

The Independent UK

Supreme Court to decide cases on nuclear fuel storage, gun lawsuit - Roll Call

The Supreme Court announced on Friday it will decide disputes about the scope of Nuclear Regulatory Commission power and more.

Roll Call

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SC grants protection to UP journalist booked for tweet on ‘Thakur raj’, sends notice to govt

The Supreme Court has granted interim protection to journalist Abhishek Upadhyay after an FIR was filed against him for questioning “Thakur raj”, or Rajput dominance, in Uttar Pradesh under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Newslaundry

Tirupati Laddu Row: Supreme Court orders probe by independent SIT

SC ordered for an independent five member SIT to be constituted of two officers of CBI, two of Andhra police and one officer of FSSAI. Read further on Dynamite News:

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India Asks Top Court Not To Toughen Marital Rape Penalties

India's government has asked the country's top court not to toughen criminal penalties against marital rape during an ongoing case brought by campaigners seeking to outlaw it.

International Business Times

Centre opposes criminalisation of marital rape: What newspapers had to say

The central government has opposed the criminalisation of marital rape in its recent affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court, saying that terming it as “rape” is “excessively harsh, disproportionate” and will “destroy” the institution of marriage.

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Biden's student loan cancellation free to move forward as court order expires

President Joe Biden’s latest attempt at student loan cancellation is free to move ahead, at least temporarily, after a judge in Georgia sent a legal challenge to Missouri

The Independent UK

Georgia Prosecutors Urge Supreme Court To Continue Meadows Case

Georgia prosecutors pursue election subversion charges against Mark Meadows, former Trump chief of staff. Supreme Court to review federal immunity for Whit...

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Experts: Trump has "no defense" vs Smith

But legal scholars say the Supreme Court may intervene yet again to aid the former president

Salon

Presidential immunity has clear limits, special counsel filing says, and Trump should be tried for efforts to overturn 2020 election

A new filing by special counsel Jack Smith in the case he has brought against Donald Trump for his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election provides greater detail and support for Smith’s argument that Trump, while president, committed illegal acts to reverse his 2020 election loss.

The Conversation

Up against Hank Greenberg, baseball’s first Jewish superstar, antisemitism struck out

Hank Greenberg might be the best baseball player you’ve never heard of.

The Conversation

'Issue social rather than legal', SC big remark on marital rape

The Centre has told the Supreme Court there is no need to criminalise marital rape as there are other "suitably designed punitive measures". Read further on Dynamite News:

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Tim Walz's Very Bad Answer on Social Media Censorship

The would-be vice president is wrong to say that misinformation lacks First Amendment protection.

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Glossip v. Oklahoma: The Story Behind How a Death Row Inmate and the Oklahoma A.G. Concocted a Phantom "Brady Violation" and Got Supreme Court Review (Part III)

Courts must be cautious in death penalty and other criminal cases when presented with a prosecutor's confession of "error"—such the Oklahoma A.G.'s dubious confession in this case.

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"There’s a bigger issue at stake here" – protests going ahead this weekend as Dartmoor wild camping case heads back to court

Tuesday's court case will be the final judgment on whether England can retain it's last remaining wild camping spot

The Conversation

What to expect from federal judges appointed by Trump or Harris − based on what we’ve seen from Trump and Biden picks for the Supreme Court and lower courts

The past eight years have clearly demonstrated that who sits on the federal courts matters.

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Supreme Court scraps caste-based discrimination rules in prisons

The Top Court directed that the "caste" column and any references to caste in undertrial and/or convicts' prisoners' registers inside the prisons shall be deleted. Read further on Dynamite News:

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SC ends caste-based work allotment in prisons after journalist’s ‘well-researched’ plea

The Supreme Court has struck down the provisions of state prison manuals that faciliated allotment of work to prisoners on the basis of their castes and classified denotified tribes as habitual offenders. Calling these practices “unconstitutional”, the court also laid down guidelines to prevent caste-based discrimination in prisons, Livelaw reported.

Salon

Jack Smith's October surprise: Jan. 6

Smith’s filing comes at a crucial time, weeks before Election Day

The Independent UK

The flood of ghost guns is slowing after regulation. It's also being challenged in the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case over a federal regulation aimed at reducing weapons often referred to as ghost guns

Reason

Second Amendment Roundup: ATF's Final Rule Implicates the Right to Bear Arms

Its restrictions on self-made firearms are inconsistent with the Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.

Reason

Judge Blocks California Law Restricting "Materially Deceptive" Election-Related Deepfakes

The judge concluded that the law, AB 2839, likely violates the First Amendment, and therefore issued a preliminary injunction blocking it from going into effect.

Roll Call

Special prosecutor divulges new details in Trump case filing - Roll Call

The federal judge overseeing the prosecution of Donald Trump in Washington made more than 100 pages of allegations public Wednesday.

Roll Call

A ‘sleepy’ Supreme Court term? Yeah, right - Roll Call

A Supreme Court fresh off two terms of consequential decisions goes back to the bench again Monday, Oct. 7.

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