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US supreme court will hear challenge to affirmative action in college admission
Harvard and University of North Carolina are defendants, giving majority-conservative court an opportunity to overturn precedent. Historically, the supreme court has upheld the use of race-based considerations in college admissions since first affirmative action case in 1974. The US supreme court agreed
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Assange granted leave to appeal to UK Supreme Court against extradition
By Oscar Grenfell, Thomas Scripps The UK High Court has provided WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a route to appeal to the Supreme Court in his extradition case against the United States government. Assange is seeking to overturn the High Court’s direction last
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US Supreme Court narrowly holds Student Free Speech Rights
In a victory for student speech rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a former cheerleader's online F-bombs about her school is protected speech under the First Amendment. But in an 8-1 vote, the court also declared that school administrators
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Poet and Teacher Ahnaf Jazeem’s PTA case called in Courts Today (22 June)
The case against Sri Lankan Muslim Poet Ahnaf Jazeem in Colombo Chief Magistrate Court was called today (22). Submissions and applications were made by Counsel for Ahnaf upon a motion filed for the same. Officers of the Counter Terrorism and
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In a Suo Motu Case, Indian Supreme Court holds against Government’s clampdown on social media activism sharing pandemic information
Sharing Information Widely an Important Tool to Combat COVID : Supreme Court On SOS Calls In Social Media The Supreme Court has sent a strong message that persons who are putting out public appeals for help in social media during
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Deradicalization Regulations: anti-democratic executive legislation targeting minorities and political opponents
President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (Presidential Media Division - PMD) Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President of Sri Lanka, last month made regulations titled Prevention of Terrorism (De-radicalization from holding violent extremist religious ideology) Regulations No. 01 of 2021 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as Deradicalization
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US supreme court will hear challenge to affirmative action in college admission
Harvard and University of North Carolina are defendants, giving majority-conservative court an opportunity to overturn precedent. Historically, the supreme court has upheld the use of race-based considerations in college admissions since first affirmative action case in 1974. The US supreme court agreed
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Assange granted leave to appeal to UK Supreme Court against extradition
By Oscar Grenfell, Thomas Scripps The UK High Court has provided WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a route to appeal to the Supreme Court in his extradition case against the United States government. Assange is seeking to overturn the High Court’s direction last
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US Supreme Court narrowly holds Student Free Speech Rights
In a victory for student speech rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a former cheerleader's online F-bombs about her school is protected speech under the First Amendment. But in an 8-1 vote, the court also declared that school administrators
-
Poet and Teacher Ahnaf Jazeem’s PTA case called in Courts Today (22 June)
The case against Sri Lankan Muslim Poet Ahnaf Jazeem in Colombo Chief Magistrate Court was called today (22). Submissions and applications were made by Counsel for Ahnaf upon a motion filed for the same. Officers of the Counter Terrorism and
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In a Suo Motu Case, Indian Supreme Court holds against Government’s clampdown on social media activism sharing pandemic information
Sharing Information Widely an Important Tool to Combat COVID : Supreme Court On SOS Calls In Social Media The Supreme Court has sent a strong message that persons who are putting out public appeals for help in social media during
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Deradicalization Regulations: anti-democratic executive legislation targeting minorities and political opponents
President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (Presidential Media Division - PMD) Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President of Sri Lanka, last month made regulations titled Prevention of Terrorism (De-radicalization from holding violent extremist religious ideology) Regulations No. 01 of 2021 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as Deradicalization
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US supreme court will hear challenge to affirmative action in college admission
Harvard and University of North Carolina are defendants, giving majority-conservative court an opportunity to overturn precedent. Historically, the supreme court has upheld the use of race-based considerations in college admissions since first affirmative action case in 1974. The US supreme court agreed
-
Assange granted leave to appeal to UK Supreme Court against extradition
By Oscar Grenfell, Thomas Scripps The UK High Court has provided WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a route to appeal to the Supreme Court in his extradition case against the United States government. Assange is seeking to overturn the High Court’s direction last
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US Supreme Court narrowly holds Student Free Speech Rights
In a victory for student speech rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a former cheerleader's online F-bombs about her school is protected speech under the First Amendment. But in an 8-1 vote, the court also declared that school administrators
-
Poet and Teacher Ahnaf Jazeem’s PTA case called in Courts Today (22 June)
The case against Sri Lankan Muslim Poet Ahnaf Jazeem in Colombo Chief Magistrate Court was called today (22). Submissions and applications were made by Counsel for Ahnaf upon a motion filed for the same. Officers of the Counter Terrorism and
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In a Suo Motu Case, Indian Supreme Court holds against Government’s clampdown on social media activism sharing pandemic information
Sharing Information Widely an Important Tool to Combat COVID : Supreme Court On SOS Calls In Social Media The Supreme Court has sent a strong message that persons who are putting out public appeals for help in social media during
-
Deradicalization Regulations: anti-democratic executive legislation targeting minorities and political opponents
President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (Presidential Media Division - PMD) Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President of Sri Lanka, last month made regulations titled Prevention of Terrorism (De-radicalization from holding violent extremist religious ideology) Regulations No. 01 of 2021 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as Deradicalization
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US supreme court will hear challenge to affirmative action in college admission
Harvard and University of North Carolina are defendants, giving majority-conservative court an opportunity to overturn precedent. Historically, the supreme court has upheld the use of race-based considerations in college admissions since first affirmative action case in 1974. The US supreme court agreed
-
Assange granted leave to appeal to UK Supreme Court against extradition
By Oscar Grenfell, Thomas Scripps The UK High Court has provided WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a route to appeal to the Supreme Court in his extradition case against the United States government. Assange is seeking to overturn the High Court’s direction last
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US Supreme Court narrowly holds Student Free Speech Rights
In a victory for student speech rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a former cheerleader's online F-bombs about her school is protected speech under the First Amendment. But in an 8-1 vote, the court also declared that school administrators
-
Poet and Teacher Ahnaf Jazeem’s PTA case called in Courts Today (22 June)
The case against Sri Lankan Muslim Poet Ahnaf Jazeem in Colombo Chief Magistrate Court was called today (22). Submissions and applications were made by Counsel for Ahnaf upon a motion filed for the same. Officers of the Counter Terrorism and
-
In a Suo Motu Case, Indian Supreme Court holds against Government’s clampdown on social media activism sharing pandemic information
Sharing Information Widely an Important Tool to Combat COVID : Supreme Court On SOS Calls In Social Media The Supreme Court has sent a strong message that persons who are putting out public appeals for help in social media during
-
Deradicalization Regulations: anti-democratic executive legislation targeting minorities and political opponents
President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (Presidential Media Division - PMD) Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President of Sri Lanka, last month made regulations titled Prevention of Terrorism (De-radicalization from holding violent extremist religious ideology) Regulations No. 01 of 2021 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as Deradicalization
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US supreme court will hear challenge to affirmative action in college admission
Harvard and University of North Carolina are defendants, giving majority-conservative court an opportunity to overturn precedent. Historically, the supreme court has upheld the use of race-based considerations in college admissions since first affirmative action case in 1974. The US supreme court agreed
-
Assange granted leave to appeal to UK Supreme Court against extradition
By Oscar Grenfell, Thomas Scripps The UK High Court has provided WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a route to appeal to the Supreme Court in his extradition case against the United States government. Assange is seeking to overturn the High Court’s direction last
-
US Supreme Court narrowly holds Student Free Speech Rights
In a victory for student speech rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a former cheerleader's online F-bombs about her school is protected speech under the First Amendment. But in an 8-1 vote, the court also declared that school administrators
-
Poet and Teacher Ahnaf Jazeem’s PTA case called in Courts Today (22 June)
The case against Sri Lankan Muslim Poet Ahnaf Jazeem in Colombo Chief Magistrate Court was called today (22). Submissions and applications were made by Counsel for Ahnaf upon a motion filed for the same. Officers of the Counter Terrorism and
-
In a Suo Motu Case, Indian Supreme Court holds against Government’s clampdown on social media activism sharing pandemic information
Sharing Information Widely an Important Tool to Combat COVID : Supreme Court On SOS Calls In Social Media The Supreme Court has sent a strong message that persons who are putting out public appeals for help in social media during
-
Deradicalization Regulations: anti-democratic executive legislation targeting minorities and political opponents
President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (Presidential Media Division - PMD) Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President of Sri Lanka, last month made regulations titled Prevention of Terrorism (De-radicalization from holding violent extremist religious ideology) Regulations No. 01 of 2021 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as Deradicalization
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US supreme court will hear challenge to affirmative action in college admission
Harvard and University of North Carolina are defendants, giving majority-conservative court an opportunity to overturn precedent. Historically, the supreme court has upheld the use of race-based considerations in college admissions since first affirmative action case in 1974. The US supreme court agreed
-
Assange granted leave to appeal to UK Supreme Court against extradition
By Oscar Grenfell, Thomas Scripps The UK High Court has provided WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a route to appeal to the Supreme Court in his extradition case against the United States government. Assange is seeking to overturn the High Court’s direction last
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US Supreme Court narrowly holds Student Free Speech Rights
In a victory for student speech rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a former cheerleader's online F-bombs about her school is protected speech under the First Amendment. But in an 8-1 vote, the court also declared that school administrators
-
Poet and Teacher Ahnaf Jazeem’s PTA case called in Courts Today (22 June)
The case against Sri Lankan Muslim Poet Ahnaf Jazeem in Colombo Chief Magistrate Court was called today (22). Submissions and applications were made by Counsel for Ahnaf upon a motion filed for the same. Officers of the Counter Terrorism and
-
In a Suo Motu Case, Indian Supreme Court holds against Government’s clampdown on social media activism sharing pandemic information
Sharing Information Widely an Important Tool to Combat COVID : Supreme Court On SOS Calls In Social Media The Supreme Court has sent a strong message that persons who are putting out public appeals for help in social media during
-
Deradicalization Regulations: anti-democratic executive legislation targeting minorities and political opponents
President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (Presidential Media Division - PMD) Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President of Sri Lanka, last month made regulations titled Prevention of Terrorism (De-radicalization from holding violent extremist religious ideology) Regulations No. 01 of 2021 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as Deradicalization
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US supreme court will hear challenge to affirmative action in college admission
Harvard and University of North Carolina are defendants, giving majority-conservative court an opportunity to overturn precedent. Historically, the supreme court has upheld the use of race-based considerations in college admissions since first affirmative action case in 1974. The US supreme court agreed
-
Assange granted leave to appeal to UK Supreme Court against extradition
By Oscar Grenfell, Thomas Scripps The UK High Court has provided WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a route to appeal to the Supreme Court in his extradition case against the United States government. Assange is seeking to overturn the High Court’s direction last
-
US Supreme Court narrowly holds Student Free Speech Rights
In a victory for student speech rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a former cheerleader's online F-bombs about her school is protected speech under the First Amendment. But in an 8-1 vote, the court also declared that school administrators
-
Poet and Teacher Ahnaf Jazeem’s PTA case called in Courts Today (22 June)
The case against Sri Lankan Muslim Poet Ahnaf Jazeem in Colombo Chief Magistrate Court was called today (22). Submissions and applications were made by Counsel for Ahnaf upon a motion filed for the same. Officers of the Counter Terrorism and
-
In a Suo Motu Case, Indian Supreme Court holds against Government’s clampdown on social media activism sharing pandemic information
Sharing Information Widely an Important Tool to Combat COVID : Supreme Court On SOS Calls In Social Media The Supreme Court has sent a strong message that persons who are putting out public appeals for help in social media during
-
Deradicalization Regulations: anti-democratic executive legislation targeting minorities and political opponents
President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (Presidential Media Division - PMD) Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President of Sri Lanka, last month made regulations titled Prevention of Terrorism (De-radicalization from holding violent extremist religious ideology) Regulations No. 01 of 2021 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as Deradicalization
-
US supreme court will hear challenge to affirmative action in college admission
Harvard and University of North Carolina are defendants, giving majority-conservative court an opportunity to overturn precedent. Historically, the supreme court has upheld the use of race-based considerations in college admissions since first affirmative action case in 1974. The US supreme court agreed
-
Assange granted leave to appeal to UK Supreme Court against extradition
By Oscar Grenfell, Thomas Scripps The UK High Court has provided WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a route to appeal to the Supreme Court in his extradition case against the United States government. Assange is seeking to overturn the High Court’s direction last
-
US Supreme Court narrowly holds Student Free Speech Rights
In a victory for student speech rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a former cheerleader's online F-bombs about her school is protected speech under the First Amendment. But in an 8-1 vote, the court also declared that school administrators
-
Poet and Teacher Ahnaf Jazeem’s PTA case called in Courts Today (22 June)
The case against Sri Lankan Muslim Poet Ahnaf Jazeem in Colombo Chief Magistrate Court was called today (22). Submissions and applications were made by Counsel for Ahnaf upon a motion filed for the same. Officers of the Counter Terrorism and
-
In a Suo Motu Case, Indian Supreme Court holds against Government’s clampdown on social media activism sharing pandemic information
Sharing Information Widely an Important Tool to Combat COVID : Supreme Court On SOS Calls In Social Media The Supreme Court has sent a strong message that persons who are putting out public appeals for help in social media during
-
Deradicalization Regulations: anti-democratic executive legislation targeting minorities and political opponents
President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (Presidential Media Division - PMD) Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President of Sri Lanka, last month made regulations titled Prevention of Terrorism (De-radicalization from holding violent extremist religious ideology) Regulations No. 01 of 2021 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as Deradicalization
-
US supreme court will hear challenge to affirmative action in college admission
Harvard and University of North Carolina are defendants, giving majority-conservative court an opportunity to overturn precedent. Historically, the supreme court has upheld the use of race-based considerations in college admissions since first affirmative action case in 1974. The US supreme court agreed
-
Assange granted leave to appeal to UK Supreme Court against extradition
By Oscar Grenfell, Thomas Scripps The UK High Court has provided WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a route to appeal to the Supreme Court in his extradition case against the United States government. Assange is seeking to overturn the High Court’s direction last
-
US Supreme Court narrowly holds Student Free Speech Rights
In a victory for student speech rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a former cheerleader's online F-bombs about her school is protected speech under the First Amendment. But in an 8-1 vote, the court also declared that school administrators
-
Poet and Teacher Ahnaf Jazeem’s PTA case called in Courts Today (22 June)
The case against Sri Lankan Muslim Poet Ahnaf Jazeem in Colombo Chief Magistrate Court was called today (22). Submissions and applications were made by Counsel for Ahnaf upon a motion filed for the same. Officers of the Counter Terrorism and
-
In a Suo Motu Case, Indian Supreme Court holds against Government’s clampdown on social media activism sharing pandemic information
Sharing Information Widely an Important Tool to Combat COVID : Supreme Court On SOS Calls In Social Media The Supreme Court has sent a strong message that persons who are putting out public appeals for help in social media during
-
Deradicalization Regulations: anti-democratic executive legislation targeting minorities and political opponents
President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (Presidential Media Division - PMD) Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President of Sri Lanka, last month made regulations titled Prevention of Terrorism (De-radicalization from holding violent extremist religious ideology) Regulations No. 01 of 2021 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as Deradicalization
-
US supreme court will hear challenge to affirmative action in college admission
Harvard and University of North Carolina are defendants, giving majority-conservative court an opportunity to overturn precedent. Historically, the supreme court has upheld the use of race-based considerations in college admissions since first affirmative action case in 1974. The US supreme court agreed
-
Assange granted leave to appeal to UK Supreme Court against extradition
By Oscar Grenfell, Thomas Scripps The UK High Court has provided WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a route to appeal to the Supreme Court in his extradition case against the United States government. Assange is seeking to overturn the High Court’s direction last
-
US Supreme Court narrowly holds Student Free Speech Rights
In a victory for student speech rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a former cheerleader's online F-bombs about her school is protected speech under the First Amendment. But in an 8-1 vote, the court also declared that school administrators
-
Poet and Teacher Ahnaf Jazeem’s PTA case called in Courts Today (22 June)
The case against Sri Lankan Muslim Poet Ahnaf Jazeem in Colombo Chief Magistrate Court was called today (22). Submissions and applications were made by Counsel for Ahnaf upon a motion filed for the same. Officers of the Counter Terrorism and
-
In a Suo Motu Case, Indian Supreme Court holds against Government’s clampdown on social media activism sharing pandemic information
Sharing Information Widely an Important Tool to Combat COVID : Supreme Court On SOS Calls In Social Media The Supreme Court has sent a strong message that persons who are putting out public appeals for help in social media during
-
Deradicalization Regulations: anti-democratic executive legislation targeting minorities and political opponents
President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (Presidential Media Division - PMD) Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President of Sri Lanka, last month made regulations titled Prevention of Terrorism (De-radicalization from holding violent extremist religious ideology) Regulations No. 01 of 2021 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as Deradicalization