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First Amendment Protects Sign at University Saying "God Created Male and Female and Artemis Langford Is a Male"

Langford had been in the news for joining a sorority, which has caused a good deal of controversy at the University of Wyoming.

Reason

Explained | The Katchatheevu controversy

Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin revives debate over Katchatheevu islet, reiterates demand for retrieval from Sri Lanka. He points out that fishermen arrested by Sri Lanka have been released but boats and nets not returned. Previous PMs of India and Sri Lanka signed agreement in 1974 to demarcate boundary, which…

The Hindu

IRS Targets Unreported Foreign Accounts: Kiplinger Tax Letter

The IRS devotes significant resources to ensure timely reporting of overseas financial accounts.

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Corporate DEI initiatives are facing cutbacks and legal attacks

Corporate DEI positions soared after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. Now, due to economic pressure and political pressure from the right, they face an uncertain future.

WEKU

Supreme Court convenes Special Bench to hear rape survivor seeking abortion

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud constituted a Special Bench of Justices on August 19 of a plea by a 25-year-old rape survivor for abortion. During the hearing, the Bench found that the Gujarat High Court had dismissed the woman’s plea for termination of her pregnancy, which is over 26…

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Supreme Court warns social media users to be more careful of its impact and reach

The Supreme Court has said social media users should be careful about its impact and reach as it dismissed a petition filed by actor and former Tamil Nadu MLA S. Ve Shekher, who is facing cases for sharing a Facebook post in 2018 allegedly containing derogatory remarks against women journalists.

The Hindu

SC recalls its verdict upholding no indirect taxes can be levied from duty free shops at airports

The Supreme Court Friday recalled its April 10 verdict by which it had held that duty free shops at arrival and departure terminals at international airports are outside the purview of the Customs law and they cannot be saddled with indirect taxes like service tax.

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James Buckley, Conservative senator and brother of late writer William F. Buckley, dies at 100

Former federal appeals court judge and New York Senator James Buckley has died at age 100

The Independent UK

Supreme Court adjourns hearing on Umar Khalid’s bail plea for two weeks

The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned for two weeks the hearing on a plea filed by former JNU student Umar Khalid seeking bail in a case lodged under anti-terror law UAPA over his alleged involvement in the conspiracy behind the northeast Delhi riots of February 2020.

The Hindu

Daily Dose Ep 1432: Three dead in Manipur’s Ukhrul, Umar Khalid bail plea

Gurmehar Kaur brings you the news from Manipur, Maharashtra, the Supreme Court, Haryana and Ukraine.

Newslaundry

S. Ve Shekher case | Persons who forward abusive social media posts cannot shirk liability: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court made it clear to actor and former MLA S. Ve Shekher that a person who mechanically forwards abusive or derogatory social media posts without actually reading or thinking them through is liable to face the consequences, which may extend to criminal action. The actor is accused of…

The Hindu

Is there a need to replace the IPC, the CrPC and the Evidence Act?

Amit Shah's introduction of three Bills to replace the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and Indian Evidence Act raises questions on whether existing laws are being misused. Prakash Singh and Shahrukh Alam discuss if the laws need to be changed.

The Hindu

Appeals Court Rules in Much-Anticipated Abortion Pills Case

Plus: Court urged to stop Arkansas' social media age verification law from taking effect in September, legalizing medical marijuana linked to lower insurance premiums, and more...

Reason

Daily Dose Ep 1431: SC hearing on Article 370, govt directives for influencers

Sumedha Mittal brings you the news from the Supreme Court, Delhi, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Cape Verde.

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WEKU

Up First briefing: Mifepristone ruling; summer COVID tips; Rainn Wilson gets spiritual

A federal appeals court backs abortion pill restrictions. COVID numbers are ticking up this summer. Why The Office's Rainn Wilson wants a spiritual revolution.

Reason

Today in Supreme Court History: August 17, 1988

8/17/1988: Republican party nominates George H.W. Bush for President. He would appoint David Souter and Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.

The Hindu

‘Huge budget’ for e-courts project will help make lower court tech-friendly, says CJI D.Y. Chandrachud

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Thursday said a “huge budget” allotted for the third phase of the e-courts project will see technology make inroads into the working of the judiciary, especially the lower courts. The Chief Justice was reacting to senior advocate Dushyant Dave’s remark that lower courts…

Newslaundry

Win for transparency: Parliamentary committee recommends mandatory annual reports for high courts

Last week, a committee – officially the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, and Law and Justice – tabled its 133rd report before Parliament.

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Delimitation: EC overlooked SC’s view, says Gaurav Gogoi

The delimitation, based on the 2001 Census, renamed one Lok Sabha and 19 Assembly seats while increasing the number of Assembly seats for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes from 16 to 19 and eight to nine respectively.

France 24

US court restricts access to mifepristone abortion pill, sending case to Supreme Court

A US federal appeals court on Wednesday imposed restrictions on a widely used abortion pill, but the ruling will remain on hold as the Supreme Court decides whether to hear the case.

Chicago Sun-Times

An appeals court backs some abortion drug limits, pending the Supreme Court’s approval

A federal appeals panel upholds a lower-court ruling banning mail-order delivery of mifepristone and allows its use only through the seventh week of pregnancy. The ruling won’t take effect until the high court weighs in.

Al Jazeera

US appeals court upholds limits on access to abortion pill mifepristone

The latest ruling over mifepristone’s FDA approval is likely to send the pill’s fate to the US Supreme Court.

WEKU

Ruling deals blow to access to abortion pill mifepristone — but nothing changes yet

A federal appeals court would restrict the use of mifepristone, a pill used in medication abortions. But previous action by the Supreme Court means the status quo holds for now.

Salon

Expert: SCOTUS may bail out Trump in Ga.

The Georgia case is "pardon-proof" — but it's not SCOTUS-proof, warns NYU Law Professor Ryan Goodman

The Independent UK

Abortion drug case likely headed to Supreme Court after Republican-appointed judges agree to restrict access

A widely used abortion drug will remain available under existing regulations while a legal battle plays out

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