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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

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'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.

Reason

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.

Reason

"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

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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.

The Conversation

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.

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Jack Smith's October surprise: Jan. 6

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

Salon

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

The Independent UK

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.

Reason

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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.

Fortune

Sean 'Diddy' Combs hires his jail mate Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer

Alexandra Shapiro is reportedly representing both Sam Bankman-Fried and Sean "Diddy" Combs.

Reason

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 II)

Glossip and Oklahoma have no response to the fact that that Glossip's defense team knew all about the allegedly "withheld" Brady information.

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New term for Supreme Court means cases on guns, porn access - Roll Call

The Supreme Court starts a new term Monday that includes cases on guns, e-cigarettes and environmental standards.

The Independent UK

Texas man apologizes to victims and breaks into song as he is executed for 1989 murder of twin teenage girls

Garcia White delivered a chilling final address in front of the victims’ families before breaking out into hymnsong moments before a lethal injection was administered

Reason

Governments Are Still Stealing People's Home Equity Over Modest Tax Debts

A handful of states use loopholes to get around a Supreme Court ruling that declared the practice unconstitutional.

Reason

Second Amendment Roundup: ATF's Wish to Trace More Firearms Doesn't Justify Redefining "Firearm"

In VanDerStok, the Supreme Court will decide if policy trumps statutory text.

The Conversation

The Supreme Court of Canada is wrong to refuse to translate its pre-1970 decisions

The Supreme Court of Canada has published all of its decisions in both official languages since 1970, immediately after the Official Languages Act was enacted.

The Independent UK

‘This could have been prevented’: Family of woman killed when she couldn’t get abortion announces lawsuit plans

‘When I found out that this was preventable…that wound that has never healed opened wider,’ said Amber Thurman’s mother

Reason

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 I)

Glossip alleges that his prosecutors withheld evidence at his murder trial—and the Oklahoma A.G. curiously supports his claim. But the prosecutors didn't withhold anything. And the victim's family remains enmeshed in decades of frivolous capital litigation that has now reached the Supreme Court.

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