Day: October 20, 2021
Pennsylvania high court breathes new life into Harrisburg gun laws challenge – timesherald
By MARK SCOLFORO HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — People are allowed to sue to challenge a city’s gun restrictions even if they have not been charged with violating them, Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled Wednesday. A divided state Supreme Court said that Firearm Owners Against Crime and other plaintiffs have legal standing to take on the Harrisburg […]
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Do unbiased jurors exist in an age of social media?
Dzokihar Tsarnaev, the last surviving Boston Marathon bomber. FBI vs. Associated Press The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on Oct. 13, 2021, in the case of Dzokhar Tsarnaev, the lone surviving Boston Marathon bomber. While much of the news coverage has focused on whether the court will uphold the death penalty for Tsarnaev, the case also presents a fundamental […]
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Supreme Court takes up Indian law cases as tribes face new ‘unknown’
The Speaking Rock Entertainment Center is owned and operated by the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, also known as the Tigua Tribe, in El Paso, Texas. Photo: Speaking Rock Entertainment Center WASHINGTON, D.C. – The nation’s highest court is back in session amid COVID-19 and it’s shaping up to be a busy one for tribes and […]
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US high court won’t block vaccines for Maine health workers – CBS17.com
by: DAVID SHARP, Associated Press Posted: Oct 19, 2021 / 04:21 PM EDT / Updated: Oct 19, 2021 / 06:57 PM EDT PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to block a vaccine requirement imposed on Maine health care workers, the latest defeat for opponents of vaccine mandates. It was the first […]
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Parents’ body knocks Telangana high court door on school fee | Hyderabad News
HYDERABAD: The high court has issued notices to education authorities of the state and central governments, CBSE, and management associations of private schools asking them to explain their stand on a PIL that charged them with inaction in respect of regulating school fee. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice A Rajasheker […]
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US high court won’t stop vaccines for Maine health workers
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to hear an emergency appeal of a vaccine requirement imposed on Maine health care … Source link
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University of North Carolina can continue to consider race as a factor in admissions process, judge …
In June, the Supreme Court effectively postponed action on another SFFA challenge, also filed in 2014 and this time against Harvard University. Source link
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Odisha: Three state high court judges sworn in | Cuttack News
CUTTACK: Justice Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo, Justice Radha Krishna Pattanaik and Justice Sashikanta Mishra were on Tuesday sworn in as Orissa high court judges. Chief Justice S Muralidhar administered the oath of office and secrecy to judges, who were elevated from advocate and judicial officers respectively, in a simple ceremony on the high court premises. Justice […]
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Clubbing of PCS (EB) vacancies illegal: Punjab and Haryana High Court : The Tribune India
Saurabh Malik Tribune News Service Chandigarh, October 19 The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that the Punjab Chief Secretary, Secretary, Department of Personnel, Financial Commissioner-Revenue (FCR) and the Legal Remembrancer (LR) acted contrary to the ambit and scope of the Punjab Civil Services (Executive Branch) (Class-I) Rules in filling up the Punjab Civil […]
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High Court rules some broadcasters subject to Telecommunications Development Levy
Tristan Gilbertson (Telecommunications Commissioner) Credit: Supplied The High Court has clarified that it is not just telcos that are subject to the Telecommunications Development Levy (TDL), but broadcasters as well. A judgment issued by the court at the end of last week clarified that businesses involved in the transmission of broadcasting signals should be required […]
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