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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.

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Jack Smith's October surprise: Jan. 6

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

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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

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.

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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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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.

Fortune

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.

Reason

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.

Roll Call

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

The Independent UK

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.

Reason

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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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Patna High Court: Centre notifies appointment of two judges

The two newly appointed High Court judges are Justices Shashi Bhushan Prasad Singh and Ashok Kumar Pandey. Read further on Dynamite News:

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SC reserves verdict on framing guidelines for bulldozer demolition

A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Vishwanathan reserved the order after hearing the matter for a length. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

A Texas man is set to be executed for fatally stabbing twin teenage girls in 1989

A Texas man convicted of fatally stabbing twin 16-year-old girls decades ago is facing execution

Reason

Second Amendment Roundup: Textualism and ATF's Redefinition of "Firearm"

The statutory history of the Gun Control Act cuts in favor of the VanDerStok respondents.

Reason

Waiving the Filibuster to Pass a National Abortion Bill Is a Bad Idea

Democrats will live to regret doing this if they have the votes to do it.

The Independent UK

Georgia judge invokes The Handmaid’s Tale while striking down state’s six-week abortion ban

Judge Robert McBurney’s stunning order states that ‘women are not some piece of collectively owned community property’ to be legislated

France 24

Georgia judge overturns state law banning abortion after 6 weeks of pregnancy

A judge in the southern US state of Georgia overturned a stringent state-wide abortion law introduced after the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion in 2022. The Georgia judge ruled that the ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy – when many women don't yet realize they're…

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SC grants interim protection to actor Siddique in rape case, issues notice to Kerala govt

The Supreme Court on Monday granted interim protection from arrest to Malayalam actor Siddique in connection with the ongoing investigation? Read further on Dynamite News:

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