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The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that Italy violated the rights of a man who was held in psychiatric detention for nearly a decade, in violation of the country’s legislative shift toward deinstitutionalization. The case was brought by Fabio Cramesteter, who was convicted in 2003 on weapons possession and theft charges. The [...]

Australia’s e-safety commissioner Julie Inman Grant announced in a press release Wednesday that Australia has dropped its legal battle against Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) to have graphic footage of a church stabbing in Sydney removed from the social media platform. Grant stated “I have decided to discontinue the proceedings in the Federal Court against [...]

Minutes before a New York jury convicted Donald Trump on thirty-four counts of falsifying business records, I had posted the following on social media: Many trial watchers were curious whether the law would prevail over mathematics. Here, I explain why mathematics predicted a hung jury. I also explain how legal realism theories that the Trump [...]

“That calm before the storm, when the aggressor is gathering new forces for a great blow, is most dangerous for the defender.” Carl von Clausewitz, On War A Gathering of New Forces Whether with contrived enthusiasm or calculated strategy, Iran is “gathering new forces for a great blow” against Israel. For the moment, at least, [...]

Jury selection began Monday in a federal firearms case against Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden. The younger Biden faces three federal charges related to false statements he allegedly made in order to purchase a gun in 2018. He was required under federal law to provide a written statement attesting that he was not [...]

Georgia enacted a controversial “foreign agent” bill on Monday despite large-scale demonstrations against the law and international opposition. Georgian parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili signed the law On Transparency of Foreign Influence, also known as the law on foreign agents” or the “Russian law,” which was subsequently published on the country’s Legislative Bulletin website. According to [...]

The Islamabad High Court in Pakistan on Monday acquitted the State’s former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, and ex-Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in the highly publicized Cipher Case. The two former leaders appealed to the High Court after a special court sentenced them to 10 years of imprisonment in January. The court’s Chief Justice Aamer [...]

More than 150,000 participants converged in Seoul’s downtown Euljiro district on Saturday for the 25th Seoul Queer Culture Festival (SQCF), despite authorities denying the event its customary venue, Seoul Plaza, for the second consecutive year. The SQCF organizing committee has persistently sought to host its annual parade at Seoul Plaza since 2015. Although officials claim [...]

The Kansas Supreme Court held Friday that there is no fundamental right to vote in the state’s constitution in a complex ruling related three 2021 election laws concerning false representation of election officials, verification of advance ballots and limitations on their collection. The court made three major rulings in the decision: (1) saying the right [...]

Former president Donald Trump’s legal tram vowed Friday to file an appeal, after a New York jury found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records. Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, told CNN and NBC’s Today that the team expected to win on appeal. Judge Juan Merchan set a June 13 deadline for filing any motions. [...]