The number of cases reported to the SPC under its prior reporting system was reduced enormously (29 in 2023, compared to 350 in 2021, related to an amendment of the 2017 judicial interpretation on reporting procedures ). See the statistics from the report: Trends in SPC Prior Review of ...
On April 17, 1968, the panel upheld the statutes against the contentions that they violated the equal protection of the laws;[3] denied defendant due process of law;[4] violated rights of privacy retained by the people;[5] and that the penalty provisions imposed cruel and unusual punishment...
In April 2024, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the consolidated cases ofBufkin v. McDonoughandThornton v. McDonough, two veterans’ benefits cases on appeal from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The cases involve the "benefit-of-the-doubt" rule, a longstanding principle th...
The legal battle is one of five that the Supreme Court is considering this term that stand at the intersection of the First Amendment's free speech protections and social media. It was also the first of two that the justices heard Monday that involves alleged jawboning, or informal pressure b...
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Trump's lawyers also claimed that forcing him to stand trial during the election season — thus keeping him off the campaign trail — threatened both his First Amendment rights and those of voters "who would hear and consider President Trump's campaign speech as they reflect on how to cast ...
An important part of the completion strategy was the provision for referring cases to national jurisdictions and the provision was incorporated in the respective Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the ICTY and the ICTR via an amendment—Rule 11 bis for both the tribunals.1 This amendment ...
On the other hand, if the lower court abused its discretion in refusing to permit amendment of the complaint it does not necessarily follow that it also abused its discretion in granting the motions for security. The latter may involve the weighing of affirmative defenses, or estimates of the...
In February, 2017, the SPC issued guidance to the lower courts on transferring cases that are in debt enforcement proceedings into bankruptcy, so that bankruptcy reorganization has a chance of working. Justice Du had flagged the importance of this a year ago. The Zhejiang Higher People’s Court...
Thus, while the five factor test provides a useful analytical tool, it is not per se determinative. The basic question is whether there is a reasonable basis to justify the classification. "If a statutory classification does not involve a suspect class or a fundamental interest, it will be su...