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• DOGE wanted to assign staff to the nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice because it got federal funds - AP News

  16-04-2025 23:47 via news.google.com
  DOGE wanted to assign staff to the nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice because it got federal funds  AP News
  
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• Refusing To Lift a Finger for Justice - persuasion.community

  16-04-2025 22:15 via news.google.com
  Refusing To Lift a Finger for Justice  persuasion.community
  
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• ‘Bad for democracy’: North Carolina could throw out valid ballots in tight election

  16-04-2025 21:43
  
  Republican Jefferson Griffin, who lost a state supreme court race to Democrat Allison Riggs, is trying to flip the outcomeMore than five months after the 2024 election, a swath of voters in North Carolina are still unsure whether their votes will count in an unprecedented effort to overturn a valid US election.Democrat Allison Riggs defeated Republican Jefferson Griffin in a contest for the state supreme court. But after the election, Griffin challenged the eligibility of tens of thousands of vo
  
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• Judicial ruling on legal definition of ‘woman’ will have UK politicians sighing with relief

  16-04-2025 20:23
  
  A unambiguous decision by the supreme court helps MPs, MSPs and others dodge difficult questionsFor all the negative stereotypes, many politicians are thoughtful, diligent and caring. But they are also human, and it is their more self-serving instincts that may have caused some to breathe a sigh of relief at the supreme court ruling on gender recognition.After a challenge by the gender-critical group For Women Scotland – which started out as a dispute over Scottish government legislation a
  
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• Legal definition of woman is based on biological sex, UK supreme court rules

  16-04-2025 20:21
  
  Judges say Equality Act definition excludes transgender women, after gender-critical campaigners’ challengeThe UK supreme court has issued a historic and definitive ruling that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act refer only to a biological woman and to biological sex.In a decision that delighted gender-critical activists, five judges ruled unanimously that the legal definition of a woman in the Equality Act 2010 did not include transgender women who hold
  
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• ‘A huge reset’: trans rights campaigners and gender critical activists react to supreme court ruling

  16-04-2025 19:36
  
  The verdict, excluding trans women from the legal definition of women under the Equality Act, was welcomed by gender critical groups, but condemned by trans campaignersFor gender-critical campaigners, the supreme court’s ruling on the legal definition of a woman was a “huge reset” that left them feeling “vindicated and relieved”.For transgender rights campaigners, it was a “damaging attack on their rights”, signalling the start of “real issues&rdqu
  
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• ‘A huge reset’: gender-critical activists and trans rights campaigners react to supreme court ruling

  16-04-2025 19:36
  Ruling brings relief and ‘vindication’ for some but others see it as a damaging attack on their rightsFor gender-critical campaigners, the supreme court’s ruling on the legal definition of a woman was a “huge reset” that left them feeling “vindicated and relieved”.For transgender rights campaigners, it was a “damaging attack on their rights”, signalling the start of “real issues” in their fight for legal recognition. Continue read
  
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• What does the UK supreme court’s ruling on definition of ‘women’ mean?

  16-04-2025 19:27
  
  Top court’s ruling that ‘sex is binary’ in law has implications for trans people and single-sex spacesLegal definition of woman is based on biological sex, UK supreme court rulesThe UK supreme court has ruled on how a woman is defined in the Equality Act, deciding unanimously that this does not include transgender women who hold gender recognition certificates (GRCs). The judgment could significantly affect how associated rules and restrictions are applied in Scotland, England
  
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• The supreme court didn’t rule on the definition of ‘a woman’ – this is what its judgment does mean | Sam Fowles

  16-04-2025 18:50
  
  The judges had to interpret the law as set down by parliament. But it must be remembered this is not an abstract debate; it concerns real peopleSam Fowles is a barristerThe supreme court, headlines say, has ruled on “the definition of a woman”. Except it hasn’t. As the court says, in paragraph 2 of its judgment: “It is not the role of the court to adjudicate on the arguments in the public domain on the meaning of gender or sex, nor is it to define the meaning of the word
  
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• Doctors in end-of-life cases of two UK children can be named, court rules

  16-04-2025 18:42
  
  Parents of Isaiah Haastrup and Zainab Abbasi, who died in 2018 and 2019, have said they want to ‘tell their story’Doctors in two end-of-life cases can be named, the UK supreme court has ruled, after the parents of two children said they wanted to “tell their story”.Isaiah Haastrup, aged 12 months, and Zainab Abbasi, six, were at the centre of life-support treatment disputes at the high court in London before their deaths in 2018 and 2019 respectively. Continue reading...
  
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• Jail term of Luton triple-murderer to be reviewed after MP’s referral

  16-04-2025 18:26
  
  Shadow justice minister claims Nicholas Prosper’s life sentence with minimum of 49 years is unduly lenientThe jail term given to a man who murdered his mother and two siblings as part of a plan to kill 30 children is to be reviewed after an intervention by an MP who claimed it was unduly lenient.Nicholas Prosper, 19, was jailed for life last month with a minimum term of 49 years after he admitted murdering Juliana Falcon, 48, Kyle Prosper, 16, and Giselle Prosper, 13. Continue reading...
  
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• Google sued for £5bn in UK over allegations of shutting out rivals

  16-04-2025 16:59
  
  Class action argues US tech firm charged more for advertising on its preinstalled apps than it could in fair marketGoogle is being sued in the UK for up to £5bn in damages over allegations it shut out rivals in the internet search market and abused this dominance to overcharge businesses for advertisements.
  A class action filed at the competition appeal tribunal on Wednesday argues that the US company has taken actions that enable it to charge higher prices for the promotions that appear i
  
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• No exceptions: Justice must be for everyone at Emory - The Emory Wheel

  16-04-2025 16:36 via news.google.com
  No exceptions: Justice must be for everyone at Emory  The Emory Wheel
  
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• UK supreme court ruling on legal definition of woman ‘brings clarity and confidence’, says government – as it happened

  16-04-2025 14:30
  
  This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereThe definition of a woman and sex in the Equality Act relates to “a biological woman and biological sex”, the supreme court has ruled as it unanimously allowed an appeal from gender critical campaign group For Women Scotland.A possible outcome of the case is that the court will agree with the previous interpretation of the law as it stands, but suggest parliament considers amending the Equality Act to deal with these p
  
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• UK supreme court rules definition of woman in Equality Act refers to ‘a biological woman’ – video

  16-04-2025 13:21
  Critics of equal rights for transgender women have won their supreme court challenge over the definition of a woman. Five judges from the UK supreme court ruled that the legal definition of a woman in the Equality Act 2010 does not include transgender women who hold gender recognition certificates. In a defeat for the Scottish government, their decision will mean that transgender women can no longer sit on public boards in places set aside for women. The ruling may spark calls for the UK’s
  
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• ‘Romeo and Juliet’ clause exempts consensual teenage relationships from child abuse reporting in England

  16-04-2025 13:12
  Dispensation means teachers not obliged to inform authorities about children’s sexual activity in all instancesTeachers will not have to inform on sexually active teenagers under a new legal duty to report child abuse after a novel “Romeo and Juliet” exemption received cross-party support.A new crime and policing bill obliges professionals in England, including teachers and healthworkers, to report suspicions of child sexual abuse to the police or local authority in an attempt
  
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• Justice Secretary accused of ‘catastrophic failure’ over jihadist prison attack - The Telegraph

  16-04-2025 09:30 via news.google.com
  Justice Secretary accused of ‘catastrophic failure’ over jihadist prison attack  The Telegraph
  
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• UK supreme court to rule on legal definition of a woman

  16-04-2025 06:00
  Judges to decide if Equality Act protections include transgender women with gender recognition certificatesHow UK court definition of ‘woman’ could affect sex-based rightsEqualities campaigners in the UK are braced for a supreme court ruling that could have a significant impact on the rights of transgender people to use single-sex services.Five judges on the UK supreme court will rule on Wednesday morning whether or not the definition of woman in the Equality Act 2010 includes transg
  
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• How UK court definition of ‘woman’ could affect sex-based rights

  16-04-2025 06:00
  What the supreme court has been asked to rule on – and the implications for women and trans people in Scotland, England and WalesUK supreme court to rule on legal definition of a womanThe UK supreme court is to rule on how a woman is defined in law, the culmination of a long-running challenge brought against the Scottish government by the gender-critical campaign group For Women Scotland (FWS). The judgment could have a major bearing on how sex-based rights are applied through the Equality
  
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• Judge gets justice 21 years after retirement - The Express Tribune

  16-04-2025 01:43 via news.google.com
  Judge gets justice 21 years after retirement  The Express Tribune
  
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• Justice Dept. restricts employees’ social media posts - The Washington Post

  16-04-2025 01:40 via news.google.com
  Justice Dept. restricts employees’ social media posts  The Washington Post
  
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• Justice Dept. restricts employees’ social media posts - MSN

  16-04-2025 01:37 via news.google.com
  Justice Dept. restricts employees’ social media posts  MSN
  
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• Murphy’s Law: Who Will Oppose Justice Rebecca Bradley? - Urban Milwaukee

  16-04-2025 01:15 via news.google.com
  Murphy’s Law: Who Will Oppose Justice Rebecca Bradley?  Urban Milwaukee
  
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• Bengal last in justice delivery: National report points to structural failures - Telegraph India

  16-04-2025 01:13 via news.google.com
  Bengal last in justice delivery: National report points to structural failures  Telegraph India
  
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• Kentucky's first female chief justice credits Appalachian upbringing for her commitment to fairness - The Independent

  16-04-2025 00:40 via news.google.com
  Kentucky's first female chief justice credits Appalachian upbringing for her commitment to fairness  The Independent
  
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• Europe's human rights laws should be reviewed, ex-Lord Chief Justice says, amid fury they are blocking deportations - The Sun

  16-04-2025 00:40 via news.google.com
  Europe's human rights laws should be reviewed, ex-Lord Chief Justice says, amid fury they are blocking deportations  The Sun
  
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• Justice James P. Bassett To Retire from NH Supreme Court - InDepthNH.org

  16-04-2025 00:31 via news.google.com
  Justice James P. Bassett To Retire from NH Supreme Court  InDepthNH.org
  
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• ‘No obstacle to justice to be tolerated’ - The News International

  16-04-2025 00:28 via news.google.com
  ‘No obstacle to justice to be tolerated’  The News International
  
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• 'We need justice': How often are Richmond prosecutors convicting killers? - WTVR.com

  16-04-2025 00:26 via news.google.com
  'We need justice': How often are Richmond prosecutors convicting killers?  WTVR.com
  
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• Zardari appoints Justice Baqir as SC judge - The News International

  16-04-2025 00:22 via news.google.com
  Zardari appoints Justice Baqir as SC judge  The News International
  
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• CRA addresses key justice issues before federal election - CathNews

  16-04-2025 00:10 via news.google.com
  CRA addresses key justice issues before federal election  CathNews
  
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• Mozambique: Authorities must bring perpetrators to justice for reckless and deadly protest crackdown - Amnesty International

  16-04-2025 00:01 via news.google.com
  Mozambique: Authorities must bring perpetrators to justice for reckless and deadly protest crackdown  Amnesty International
  
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• Barristers: Fighting for Justice review — a long way from Perry Mason - The Times

  16-04-2025 00:00 via news.google.com
  Barristers: Fighting for Justice review — a long way from Perry Mason  The Times
  
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