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Israeli Party Seeks To Codify Torah Study As A Core State Value

Israeli party proposes quasi-constitutional law to elevate Torah study as a core state value

Zenger

Israeli doctors walk out, unions threaten general strike after passage of judicial reform law

Thousands of Israeli doctors walked out of work, labor leaders threatened a general strike and senior justices rushed home from a trip abroad Tuesday, a day after the government approved a law weakening the country's supreme court that critics say will erode the system of checks and balances.

France 24

Up First briefing: Climate worsens heat waves; Israel protests; Emmett Till monument

A study finds climate change is making heat waves worse. Protests erupted in Israel after the government passed a law to weaken its judiciary. Biden will designate a national monument for Emmett Till.

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Israeli doctors walk off the job and more strikes are threatened after law weakening courts passes

Thousands of Israeli doctors walked out of work, labor leaders threatened a general strike and senior justices rushed home from a trip abroad

The Independent UK

Israel judicial reform: What are the protests about?

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv to protest a series of drastic changes to the country’s judicial system under Israel’s right-wing government

Evening Standard

Many redistricting redos pending, but ’24 election outlook unclear

Lines could be redrawn — or litigation could drag on — in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina South Carolina and Utah.

Roll Call

T.N. Minister Senthilbalaji’s arrest | Madras High Court leaves it to Supreme Court to decide when ED can take him into custody

Tamil Nadu Minister V. Senthilbalaji is at present, lodged at the Central Prison, Puzhal, in Chennai. Read more on The Hindu

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AG writes to Centre on setting up panel to examine if execution of death row convicts by hanging proportionate

Attorney General R. Venkataramani has written to the Centre on setting up a committee of experts to examine the prevalent mode of execution of death row convicts by hanging in the country, the Supreme Court was apprised on Tuesday.

The Hindu

UK warns Benjamin Netanyahu to preserve ‘independence of Israel’s judiciary’ as he curbs Supreme Court powers

Thousands pour onto the streets in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv as parliament approves the first major law in Israeli PM’s plan to overhaul the country’s justice system

Evening Standard

Supreme Court to hear plea seeking SIT or CBI probe into death of Bihar BJP leader during march

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday a PIL seeking a probe by an SIT headed by a retired Supreme Court judge or the CBI into the July 13 incident in Patna in which a BJP leader died while taking part in a protest march against the Nitish…

The Hindu

Israeli Opposition Leader To Challenge Restrictive Judicial Reform Law In Supreme Court

Yair Lapid of Yesh Atid party petitions against the law limiting judges' use of 'reasonableness' standard.

Zenger

Passage of Israel’s judicial reform entrenches ‘Jewish supremacy’

New law will make it easier for the far-right government to pursue policies that harm Palestinians, experts say.

Al Jazeera

Protests as Israeli parliament takes first major step in Netanyahu’s overhaul

ISRAEL’S parliament has approved the first major law in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious plan to overhaul the country’s justice…

The National (Scotland)

Israeli Parliament Passes Law Limiting Judicial "Reasonableness" Review of Government Policies

The new law is probably the least objectionable part of the right-wing government's attack on judicial review in Israel.

Reason

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Israel protesters vow to continue fight against judicial bill

Despite their disappointment, protesters in West Jerusalem are adamant that the fight has just started.

The Independent UK

Treason, contempt, exposing secrets. Legal challenges against Pakistan's Imran Khan keep growing

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been granted bail by the country’s Supreme Court in a case related to a lawyer’s murder last year

The Independent UK

Israel’s parliament votes through Netanyahu’s controversial Supreme Court changes – despite mass protests

Bill passes 64-0 after opposition politicians leave chamber crying ‘For shame!’ – with the streets around the building packed with protesters

The Hindu

SC warns States, UTs of the "coercive arm of law" if they fail to submit response on national policy on menstrual hygiene

The Supreme Court ordered the States to submit their response on the uniform national policy on menstrual hygiene for girls in schools by August 31 or face coercive action. Only four States have responded to the Centre on the issue so far.

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Ensure free flow of water at Polavaram, Telangana urges PPA again

Al Jazeera

Are Netanyahu’s legal troubles behind push for judicial change?

The judiciary has proven to be a problem for the Israeli PM, who is on trial on corruption and fraud charges.

Salon

Israeli lawmakers approve judicial law

The law severely limits the Supreme Court's power to overrule the government

Reason

Jaicomo and Nelson Respond to Codifiers' Errors

I received a long and thoughtful response to my post last month about the codified text of 42 U.S.C. 1983, from two lawyers at the Institute for Justice, Patrick Jaicomo and Daniel Nelson. I will reproduce it in full here (it continues after the break). In a post last month,…

The Conversation

40 years ago, the US started sending more and more kids to prison without hope of release, but today, it's far more rare – what happened?

A South Carolina judge heard arguments in late May 2023 to reconsider the sentence for Jesse Osborne, who carried out a school shooting in 2016. Fourteen years old at the time, Osborne killed his father, then opened fire at Townsville Elementary School, killing a 6-year-old child and injuring others.

The Hindu

Supreme Court declines to stay delimitation exercise under way in Assam

The Supreme Court sought the replies of the Centre and the Election Commission on the petitions in three weeks and said the petitioners can file their rejoinders in two weeks after that.

The Hindu

Supreme Court sets aside High Court order dismissing plea challenging Mizoram Government’s notification on Scheduled Tribe quota

The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a Gauhati High Court order dismissing a petition seeking to quash a Mizoram Government notification which arbitrarily sub-classified the Scheduled Tribes of the State while allegedly discriminating against non-Mizo Scheduled Tribes.

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