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$15M Jury Award to Doctor Who Claimed Anti-Male Bias in University Finding He Had Committed Sexual Assault

From the Philadelphia Inquirer (Wendy Ruderman) Thursday: A federal jury found Thursday that Thomas Jefferson University conducted a gender-biased investigation into allegations that former Rothman Orthopaedic Institute surgeon John Abraham raped a former medical resident. After a four-day civil trial in U.S. District Court, jurors determined that Jefferson's leadership violated…

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Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for December 2023

Welcome to the Dec. 11 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

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Ballotpedia releases federal judicial vacancy count for December 2023

In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies from November 2 through December 1, 2023. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month.

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Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS begins first week of December 2023 sitting

Welcome to the Nov. 27 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

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Justices Kavanaugh And Barrett's Shadow Docket Concurrence In The Hamburger Mary's Case

The good, the bad, and the ugly.

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Broad Injunctions Against Enforcement of Allegedly Unconstitutional Statutes

An interesting opinion from Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett; it arose in a case challenging a Florida law that was aimed at drag shows, but it deals with the remedies question and not the underlying substantive First Amendment question.

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SCOTUS checkpoint – 43 cases accepted so far

Welcome to the Monday, November 13, 2023 Brew.

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Captain found guilty of 'seaman's manslaughter' in deadly California boat fire

A federal jury found a scuba dive boat captain was criminally negligent in the deaths of 34 people killed in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019, the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history.

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Captain found guilty of 'seaman's manslaughter' in boat fire that killed 34 off California coast

A federal jury has found a scuba dive boat captain was criminally negligent in the deaths of 34 people killed in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019, the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history

The Independent UK

Ballotpedia releases federal judicial vacancy count for November 2023

In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies from October 2 to November 1, 2023. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month.

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Jury finds Hawaii couple guilty for stealing identities of dead babies

A jury has convicted a Hawaii couple of conspiracy, passport fraud and identity theft for stealing identities and living for decades under the names of dead babies

The Independent UK

Federal district court overturns Georgia’s congressional, legislative district maps

On Oct. 26, a federal judge with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ruled that Georgia’s congressional and legislative district boundaries violated the Voting Rights Act and enjoined the state from using them for future elections. The court directed the Georgia General Assembly to develop…

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Drone speech, roofer speech, and quasi-judicial speech.

Reason

Court Agrees to Hear Missouri v. Biden Federal Government / Social Media Case

From today's order and accompanying opinion in Murthy v. Missouri: The application for stay … is granted. The preliminary injunction issued on July 4, 2023, by the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana … as modified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth…

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Excuses for skipping jury duty to be widened

Potential jurors will have more scope to get out of jury duty in NSW under changes that will also bring a key part of the process into the 21st century.

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California Quietly Repeals Restrictions on Doctors' COVID-19 Advice

Several federal judges had expressed skepticism about the constitutionality of penalizing physicians for departing from a government-defined "consensus."

Newcastle Herald

'Unusual' request in child sexual abuse case could set precedent

'I've been sitting here for 20 years and I've never seen it done'.

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Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count for October 2023

Welcome to the Oct. 9 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

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Where the Supreme Court stands on banning books

Efforts to ban books in public schools and public libraries reached an all-time high in 2022 and show few signs of abating for 2023, according to the American Library Association.

The Independent UK

The fight over Arizona's shipping container border wall ends with dismissal of federal lawsuits

Two federal lawsuits filed over former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s decision last year to place thousands of shipping containers along the U.S.-Mexico border have been dismissed after the state said it would pay the U.S. Forest Service $2.1 million to repair environmental damage

The Independent UK

Trump rants at ‘deranged’ Jack Smith hours after special counsel requests partial gag order against him

Prosecutors request ‘immediate’ action from the court to curb the former president’s threats

Newsroom.co.nz

Nightmarish ACC dispute deals butcher a bad hand

After 34 years of service to his employer, slaughterman Joe Toa’fa found himself in the Kafkaesque world of a disputed ACC claim. Despite a court ruling emphatically in his favour, he’s still not out of it.

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Disney Shifts Gears In DeSantis Lawsuit Focusing On First Amendment Rights

The Walt Disney Company is shifting its focus on the violation of the First Amendment by the Florida governor.

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New Twist In Disney Vs DeSantis: Mouse House Wants To Scale Down Lawsuit

The dispute between Disney and DeSantis began more than a year ago when the former rejected the "don't say gay" statute in Florida

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Federal court panel overturns Alabama’s revised congressional redistricting plan

A three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled on Sept. 5 that the revised congressional district boundaries that the Alabama legislature enacted on July 21, 2023, were not in accordance with the Voting Rights Act. The state adopted the revised congressional map…

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