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• Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Wore a Symbol of Resistance to the Inauguration - The Cut

  21-01-2025 23:24
  Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Wore a Symbol of Resistance to the Inauguration  The Cut
  
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• The Significance Of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's Cowrie Shells Worn At The 2025 Inauguration - Essence

  21-01-2025 21:15
  The Significance Of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's Cowrie Shells Worn At The 2025 Inauguration  Essence
  
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• Law experts demand inquiry into Met policing of pro-Palestine protest

  21-01-2025 20:03
  
  Forty academics write to home secretary over weekend’s ‘dangerous assault’ on the right to protestMore than 40 legal scholars have signed a letter calling for an independent inquiry into the Met’s policing of a pro-Palestine protest in London on Saturday, describing it as “a disproportionate, unwarranted and dangerous assault on the right to assembly and protest”.The force said it arrested 77 people at the demonstration, having banned protesters from gathering
  
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• Twenty-two Democratic-led states sue over Trump birthright citizenship order

  21-01-2025 19:21
  Coalition of states and District of Columbia file lawsuit arguing president’s order is violation of US constitutionUS politics live – latest updatesWhat is US birthright citizenship and what does Trump’s executive order do?A swath of Democratic-led states and civil rights groups have filed the first lawsuits challenging executive orders Donald Trump signed after taking office, including one that seeks to roll back birthright citizenship in the US.A coalition of 22 Democratic-le
  
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• Eighteen Democratic-led states sue over Trump birthright citizenship order

  21-01-2025 19:21
  
  Coalition of states and District of Columbia file lawsuit arguing president’s order is violation of US constitutionUS politics live – latest updatesWhat is US birthright citizenship and what does Trump’s executive order do?A swath of Democratic-led states and civil rights groups have filed the first lawsuits challenging executive orders Donald Trump signed after taking office, including one that seeks to roll back birthright citizenship in the US.A coalition of 18 Democratic-le
  
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• Emma Caldwell's family insist top judge 'must not prevent justice' - Daily Record

  21-01-2025 19:16
  Emma Caldwell's family insist top judge 'must not prevent justice'  Daily Record
  
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• Southport killer will be treated as a terrorist in jail, Yvette Cooper tells MPs – as it happened

  21-01-2025 19:10
  Home secretary also says inquiry into the attack will cover wider threat posed by youth violenceStarmer says nothing will be off the table in the inquiry.There are also questions about the accountability of the Whitehall and Westminster system – a system that is far too often driven by circling the institutional wagons, that does not react until justice is either hard won by campaigners, or until appalling tragedies like this [take place].Time and again we see this pattern, and people are
  
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• Prince Harry in talks with Sun publisher over possible settlement, high court told

  21-01-2025 18:35
  
  Trial delayed as NGN lawyers say ‘very intense negotiations’ under way with royal and Labour peer Tom WatsonThe Duke of Sussex and the former deputy Labour leader Tom Watson are in intense negotiations over a potential settlement with the publisher of the Sun, the high court has heard, as the start of their high-profile trial in London was pushed back.Prince Harry and Lord Watson are suing News Group Newspapers (NGN) over allegations of unlawful information gathering. NGN, which also
  
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• Judge Aileen Cannon says Justice Department can’t share Trump classified documents report with Congress - CNN

  21-01-2025 16:27
  Judge Aileen Cannon says Justice Department can’t share Trump classified documents report with Congress  CNN
  
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• ISIS terrorist to face justice at last for one of the group's most infamous executions: Jihadist is accused of - Daily Mail

  21-01-2025 15:51
  ISIS terrorist to face justice at last for one of the group's most infamous executions: Jihadist is accused of  Daily Mail
  
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• Martin Luther King Jr.’s hope for justice resonates across time - FāVS News

  21-01-2025 15:30
  Martin Luther King Jr.’s hope for justice resonates across time  FāVS News
  
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• Trump demands countries surrender tax sovereignty at economic gunpoint - Tax Justice Network

  21-01-2025 14:49
  Trump demands countries surrender tax sovereignty at economic gunpoint  Tax Justice Network
  
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• European Court of Justice to rule on NS monopoly on Dutch railways - NL Times

  21-01-2025 14:30
  European Court of Justice to rule on NS monopoly on Dutch railways  NL Times
  
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• Beyond black and white: an ecologist applies racial-justice principles to predators and their ecosystems - Nature.com

  21-01-2025 13:14
  Beyond black and white: an ecologist applies racial-justice principles to predators and their ecosystems  Nature.com
  
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• MPs to probe county court work amid growing delays - Law Gazette

  21-01-2025 12:45
  MPs to probe county court work amid growing delays  Law Gazette
  
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• Panama’s vast Cobre mine is closed. So why is their security still restricting access to local villages?

  21-01-2025 12:00
  
  First Quantum Minerals’ copper operation was shut down more than a year ago, but Indigenous people report restrictions on movement and unexplained illness and deathFor the people of the nine Indigenous communities within the perimeter of the sprawling Cobre Panamá copper mine, travelling into and out of the concession is far from straightforward. An imposing metal gateway staffed by the mining company’s security guards blocks the road. People say the company severely restricts
  
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• In his first week as governor, Morrisey shows he’s no Jim Justice. That’s both good and bad. - West Virginia Watch

  21-01-2025 12:00
  In his first week as governor, Morrisey shows he’s no Jim Justice. That’s both good and bad.  West Virginia Watch
  
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• Justice Committee launches new inquiry on the work of the County Court - Committees

  21-01-2025 11:28
  Justice Committee launches new inquiry on the work of the County Court  Committees
  
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• Women’s Justice Board begins plans to send fewer women to prison - GOV.UK

  21-01-2025 11:19
  Women’s Justice Board begins plans to send fewer women to prison  GOV.UK
  
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• Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons Erase Justice Department’s Investigation - The New York Times

  21-01-2025 10:57
  Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons Erase Justice Department’s Investigation  The New York Times
  
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• ‘Nothing off the table’ in Southport attack inquiry, says Starmer as he hits back at cover-up claims – UK politics live

  21-01-2025 09:59
  
  PM says ministers would never have been forgiven if they had released information about the attack that led to the collapse of a future trialStarmer says nothing will be off the table in the inquiry.There are also questions about the accountability of the Whitehall and Westminster system – a system that is far too often driven by circling the institutional wagons, that does not react until justice is either hard won by campaigners, or until appalling tragedies like this [take place].Time a
  
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• Judicial independence: Supreme Courts Justice Mansoor Shah irked by withdrawal of cases - The News International

  21-01-2025 09:26
  Judicial independence: Supreme Courts Justice Mansoor Shah irked by withdrawal of cases  The News International
  
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• Justice Committee launches new inquiry on the work of the County Court - UK Parliament

  21-01-2025 09:00
  Justice Committee launches new inquiry on the work of the County Court  UK Parliament
  
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• Prosecuting the Powerful by Steve Crawshaw review – from the Nuremberg trials to the pursuit of Putin and Assad

  21-01-2025 08:00
  
  This history of international justice is an important primer for our dark times and surprisingly optimistic about our chances of putting today’s despots in the dockOn a Monday morning last month the Russian general Igor Kirillov left his flat in Moscow. A powerful bomb hidden in an e-scooter blew him up. Ukraine’s SBU intelligence agency said it was behind the assassination. The previous day it had charged him with war crimes: the use of banned chemical weapons that had poisoned more
  
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• Assisted dying bill amendment aims to close potential ‘anorexia loophole’

  21-01-2025 07:00
  
  Exclusive: Concerns raised that wording of law could result in people with eating disorders using it to end their livesMPs will look to close a potential anorexia loophole in the assisted dying bill that psychiatrists fear could result in people with severe eating disorders using it to end their lives.The Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Olney, who sits on the committee of MPs that will scrutinise the proposed law, is tabling an amendment to tighten the language around mental capacity. Continue reading
  
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• Hong Kong chief justice claims overseas judges have left due to ‘orchestrated harassment’ - The Guardian

  21-01-2025 06:48
  Hong Kong chief justice claims overseas judges have left due to ‘orchestrated harassment’  The Guardian
  
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• Hong Kong chief justice claims overseas judges have left due to ‘orchestrated harassment’

  21-01-2025 06:45
  
  Andrew Cheung defends city’s legal processes as ‘transparent, fair and independent’ despite mounting concerns from departing legal officersHong Kong’s top judge has claimed the exodus of foreign judges from the judiciary’s benches since the introduction of the national security law is due to escalating geopolitical tensions and “orchestrated harassment”.The city’s chief justice, Andrew Cheung, made the remarks at the ceremonial opening of the city&
  
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• Prisons minister aims to close one women’s jail in England and Wales

  21-01-2025 06:00
  
  Exclusive: Timpson says government plans to reverse rise in female inmates and use alternative forms of punishmentA women’s jail in England or Wales should be closed by diverting offenders to alternative forms of punishment and rehabilitation, the prisons minister, James Timpson has said.In an interview with the Guardian, the former head of the shoe repair chain said the government planned to reverse the rise in the number of women being sent to jail, around half of whom are mothers. Conti
  
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• Chief Justice John Roberts — and his court — helped Trump get here - POLITICO

  21-01-2025 05:32
  Chief Justice John Roberts — and his court — helped Trump get here  POLITICO
  
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• Trump Crushes Justice Department’s Biggest Investigation In an Instant - The New York Times

  21-01-2025 04:13
  Trump Crushes Justice Department’s Biggest Investigation In an Instant  The New York Times
  
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• Presidents Can’t End Birthright Citizenship - brennancenter.org

  21-01-2025 03:14
  Presidents Can’t End Birthright Citizenship  brennancenter.org
  
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• Trump orders Justice Department to not enforce TikTok ban - CBS News

  21-01-2025 03:09
  Trump orders Justice Department to not enforce TikTok ban  CBS News
  
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• Trump Demands Search for Political Bias in Justice Dept., Other Agencies - The New York Times

  21-01-2025 02:54
  Trump Demands Search for Political Bias in Justice Dept., Other Agencies  The New York Times
  
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