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Defining Essential Travel During the PandemicJanuary 3, 2021 at 11:49 PM Like most countries around the world, Canada introduced early travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. These restrictions are necessary to limit the spread of the virus, and become increasingly important as new strains are being identified and also being brought into Canada.
In March 2020, the Canadian government began imposing restrictions on travel, initially to allow for citizens, permanent residents, international students on a valid study permit, ranting passengers, and temporary f...Tags: Law, Court, Canada, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Taylor, Ontario, Board, United States of America, Labrador, The Board, Solis, HNC, Respondent, Government of Canada, Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions 37 people like this. Like How have law schools been teaching?January 3, 2021 at 11:08 PM More than half are offering in-person classes, at least partially, while roughly 40% are fully online. [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Brian Leiter 43 people like this. Like A Look Ahead at 2021 – Another Pandemic Filled Year Unlike Any OtherJanuary 3, 2021 at 8:25 PM Back at the start of 2020, I declined to do my usual prognosticating for the year ahead.
That was probably wise given the events of the year.
Instead, I quoted a post I did ten years earlier:
For employers, there will always been the next case or new law that will need to be tracked and followed, but employers that follow best practices in employment law can worry less about those developments and more about the big picture. The employers that can focus on attracting and keeping the best employe...Tags: Law, Connecticut, Andrea Barton Reeves, Medical Leave Insurance Authority, Barton Reeves, Paid Leave Authority 28 people like this. Like Kyle Rittenhouse shooting victims seek $20 million in damagesJanuary 3, 2021 at 6:13 PM Tags: Law, Trends, Black Lives Matter, Charles Davis, Trump, Kenosha, Grosskreutz, Huber, Rittenhouse, Kenosha Wisconsin, WTMJ, Lin Wood, Taylor Lumpkin, Jacob Blake, Kyle Rittenhouse, Anthony Huber 70 people like this. Like Goodbye to Gerry of Gerry and the Pacemakers.January 3, 2021 at 6:46 PM The Guardian reports: "Marsden’s family said in a statement on Sunday: 'Gerry died earlier today after a short illness in no way connected with Covid-19. His wife, daughters and grandchildren are devastated.'... And his heart has taken some battering over the years. He had a triple bypass, an aortic valve replacement and ironically he also had a pacemaker.... Gerry and the Pacemakers played regularly alongside the Beatles. Both groups were part of Brian Epstein’s Liverpool-based management stabl...Tags: Music, Law, Liverpool, Beatles, Ringo, Hamburg, Arthur, Craig Brown, John Paul George, Gerry, George Martin, Brian Epstein, Dave Clark, Marsden, Ann Althouse, Silver Beetles 38 people like this. Like Remembering those the Legal Tech Community Lost in 2020January 3, 2021 at 4:39 PM  Tags: Chuck, Law, Washington, Uncategorized, Chicago, Pennsylvania, New Orleans, Manhattan, Ohio, American Bar Association, Aba, Harley Davidson, Steve, Gayle, Cincinnati, Rose 123 people like this. Like Nancy Pelosi Re-elected Speaker of the HouseJanuary 3, 2021 at 5:07 PM Nancy Pelosi has been re-elected Speaker of the House.
Her victory means that after two years as President Trump’s most outspoken antagonist, Ms. Pelosi will now be responsible for trying to shepherd through Congress as much of...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Tags: Law, Congress, House, Nancy Pelosi, Trump, Pelosi 3 people like this. Like Trump Tries to "Fix" Vote Results in GeorgiaJanuary 3, 2021 at 4:50 PM The Washington Post has the astonishing transcript of Donald Trump's call to Brad Raffensperger, the Republican in charge of the elections in Georgia., telling him the state's vote was rigged and insisting he won Georgia. He presses...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Tags: Law, Washington Post, Georgia, Donald Trump, Trump Tries, Brad Raffensperger 28 people like this. Like "Well, Mr. President, the challenge that you have is, the data you have is wrong."January 3, 2021 at 4:36 PM Via "‘I just want to find 11,780 votes’: In extraordinary hour-long call, Trump pressures Georgia secretary of state to recalculate the vote in his favor" (WaPo):The rambling and at times incoherent conversation offered a remarkable glimpse of how consumed and desperate the president remains about his loss, unwilling or unable to let the matter go and still believing he can reverse the results in enough battleground states to remain in office.The worst of it is the threat: During their conv...Tags: Law, Georgia, Threats, Trump, Ohio State University, Ryan, Fulton County, Ann Althouse, Edward B Foley, Trump 2020, Raffensperger, Ryan Germany 15 people like this. Like Promise noted.January 3, 2021 at 4:26 PM Here’s my promise to you: I’ll be a president for all Americans. Whether you voted for me or not, I’ll wake up every single morning and work to make your life better.— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) January 3, 2021 [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]Tags: Law, Joe Biden, Biden, Ann Althouse, Partisanship 44 people like this. Like Interesting account of folks in Washigton state having second thoughts about three-strikes sentencesJanuary 3, 2021 at 4:24 PM This lengthy new local article, headlined "New laws lead some Washington prosecutors to rethink three-strike life sentences," is an interesting review of efforts to review extreme sentences in the Evergreen State. Here are some excerpts from the piece:
Following the law enforcement killing of George Floyd, policing has grabbed the lion’s share of attention when it comes to reforming criminal justice. Yet, statistics reveal stark racial disparities in who goes to prison, and for how long.
In Was...Tags: Law, Washington, Seattle Times, Doc, Douglas A Berman, Department of Corrections DOC, George Floyd, Washigton, Evergreen State Here 6 people like this. Like 179D Tax Deduction Made Permanent by Covid Relief BillJanuary 3, 2021 at 3:35 PM On page 4,872 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, H.R. 133, which passed both houses of Congress on December 21st and was signed into law by President Trump on December 27th, the 179D energy efficient commercial buildings federal tax deduction, which had been scheduled to expire at year end, was instead made permanent.
At a total cost of $2.3 trillion, the 5,593 page bill is the second largest ever passed by Congress providing tax relief for just about everyone and nearly all businesse...Tags: Energy, Law, Congress, California, Green Building, North America, Department Of Energy, PPP, Trump, Federal, Stuart Kaplow, LEED, Green Globes, Kaplow, 179d, Section 179d 16 people like this. Like UK to begin using Oxford Covid vaccine as PM strikes hopeful toneJanuary 3, 2021 at 2:46 PM Boris Johnson says he hopes pace of vaccination can be ramped up to protect tens of millions in months Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePeople in the UK will begin receiving the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday, after the prime minister expressed hope that the pace could be ramped up to protect tens of millions of people from Covid-19 within the next few months.In England the first doses would be administered in a small number of hospitals for surveillance purposes...Tags: Health, Politics, UK, England, Science, Society, UK News, Public services policy, Hospitals, Infectious Diseases, NHS, Oxford, Doctors, Health policy, Boris Johnson, Gps 19 people like this. Like Analysis: is it wise for England to mix and match Covid vaccines?January 3, 2021 at 12:39 PM US experts warn against plan to give different second jab if supplies run lowCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe UK is setting the pace around the world in the approval and use of Covid vaccines but, while other countries watch intently, not all are yet prepared to embrace what looks like public health pragmatism rather than strict adherence to evidence.Britain is the first country in the world to approve and use the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, just as it was first wi...Tags: Health, UK, England, Science, US, Society, UK News, World news, Regulators, US news, Britain, NHS, Astrazeneca, Pharmaceuticals industry, Vaccines and immunisation, Pfizer 50 people like this. Like "The egregious ploy to reject electors may enhance the political ambition of some.... The congressional power to reject electors is reserved for the most extreme and unusual circumstances."January 3, 2021 at 12:06 PM "These are far from it.... President Trump’s lawyers made their case before scores of courts; in every instance, they failed.... My fellow Senator Ted Cruz and the co-signers of his statement argue that rejection of electors or an election audit directed by Congress would restore trust in the election. Nonsense. This argument ignores the widely perceived reality that Congress is an overwhelmingly partisan body; the American people wisely place greater trust in the federal courts where judges ser...Tags: Law, Congress, Democracy, Senate, House, Ted Cruz, Mitt Romney, Ron Johnson, Trump, Mike Pence, Chuck Todd, Pence, Ann Althouse, Judicial Restraint, Trump 2020 30 people like this. Like This week at the courtJanuary 3, 2021 at 12:00 PM  Tags: Law, This Week at the Court 51 people like this. Like The first woman Green Beret faces a 'minor misdemeanor' charge over accidental gunshot in an apartmentJanuary 3, 2021 at 11:37 AM Tags: Colorado, US, Trends, Military, Army, South Carolina, Stuttgart, Colorado Springs, National Guard, ODA, Wallingford, Green Beret, Special Forces, Fort Bragg North Carolina, Matthew Cox, Colorado Springs Police Department 72 people like this. Like "I feel alien from myself. It’s also kind of a loneliness in the world. Like a part of me is missing, as I can no longer smell and experience the emotions of everyday basic living."January 3, 2021 at 11:41 AM Said one person quoted in "Some Covid Survivors Haunted by Loss of Smell and Taste/As the coronavirus claims more victims, a once-rare diagnosis is receiving new attention from scientists, who fear it may affect nutrition and mental health" (NYT). [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]Tags: Law, Anosmia, Ann Althouse, Coronavirus 3 people like this. Like Sci-fi movies leave me empty. Isn't the real world dramatic enough? | Prove me wrongJanuary 3, 2021 at 11:30 AM Science fiction is just a bunch of loud noises, special effects and unbelievable plotlines, argues Alison Rourke. Shelley Hepworth tries to prove her wrongAlison: Shelley, I think sci-fi movies are a waste of time. If I’m going to spend a couple of hours watching something, I want the characters, and how they relate to each other, to be the hero of the story. When I watch sci-fi, it seems like the machines, the special effects and the fantasy are the main point of the film. I know for some peopl...Tags: Film, Society, Australia news, Culture, SHELLEY, Science fiction and fantasy films, Alison Rourke Shelley Hepworth, Shelley Continue 43 people like this. Like 'Step up' and face Grenfell inquiry, minister tells cladding firm bossesJanuary 3, 2021 at 11:19 AM Stephen Greenhalgh said executives should not ‘hide behind’ rarely used French lawThe UK government has demanded that executives who supplied combustible cladding to Grenfell Tower “step up to the plate” after their refusal to give evidence to the public inquiry into the disaster sparked anger among the bereaved and survivors.On Sunday, Stephen Greenhalgh, the building safety minister, escalated a legal and diplomatic dispute over the position taken by three current and former executives at the ...Tags: Europe, Politics, UK, Law, France, US, UK News, World news, Foreign, Grenfell, Grenfell Tower, Grenfell Tower fire, Grenfell tower inquiry, Commonwealth and Development Office, Stephen Greenhalgh 26 people like this. Like Laura Loomer Loses Another Lawsuit Related to Her Twitter Ban–Illoominate v. CAIRJanuary 3, 2021 at 11:16 AM This is the detritus of Laura Loomer’s lawsuit against Twitter for banning her account. A court previously dismissed those claims on Section 230 grounds. She also sued the Council on American-Islamic Relations Foundation (CAIR), claiming they complained to Twitter about her and that’s what caused Twitter to ban her. The 11th Circuit easily dismisses that claim in a short unpublished per curiam opinion.
Fraudulent Joinder. Loomer sued in state court. The defendants removed to federal court. Howev...Tags: Google, Twitter, Law, Bernard, CAIR, 11th Circuit, Licensing/Contracts, Content Regulation, Freedom Watch, CAIR Florida, Loomer, Laura Loomer, Giants Are Biased Against Conservatives, Chris Gillen, Illoominate, Illoominate Media Inc 8 people like this. Like "The Sixties set the stage, the players and the rhetorical range of cultural life. The counterculture became a co-culture, then..."January 3, 2021 at 10:58 AM "... a co-opted culture and eventually a co-opting culture. Cool was absorbed by consumerism, and became a manufactured good, like the battle between liberals and conservatives, or fights between the sexes. The old ferocity and subversiveness was bought off, lobotomized and placed in a zoo. Over half a century, the quality of the animals on display declined. Lenny Bruce became Hannah Gadsby, Joan Baez became Taylor Swift and Malcolm X became Ibram X. Kendi.... There was no Cool left in America ...Tags: Taylor Swift, Law, America, United States, Shame, 1960s, Trump, Jerry Falwell Jr, Malcolm X, Lenny Bruce, Cardi, Bret Stephens, Ann Althouse, Coolness, Ibram, Hannah Gadsby Joan Baez 5 people like this. Like "In July, Joe Biden released a seven-hundred-and-seventy-five-billion-dollar plan with the tongue-twisting title 'Mobilizing American Talent and Heart to Create a 21st Century Caregiving and Education Workforce.'"January 3, 2021 at 9:27 AM "Biden’s plan aims to expand child care and services for the elderly and the disabled, and elevate the status and pay of caregivers as well. But those goals will remain aspirational without a Democratic majority in the Senate, which is why [Schanchline] Nanje and a dozen other Family Friendly Action canvassers have been knocking on a hundred doors a day in the suburbs north of Atlanta. Their work is financed by the Women Effect Action Fund, a group that promotes economic gender equality and wome...Tags: Law, Obama, Washington, Senate, America, Atlanta, Georgia, Joe Biden, Feminism, Biden, Eisenhower, Democratic, Department of Labor, Krueger, Linda Hirshman, Masculinity 44 people like this. Like I'll take "Manhattan" — copyright-free at long last!January 3, 2021 at 9:21 AM "Manhattan" was written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart for the 1925 revue "Garrick Gaieties," Wikipedia explains: The song describes, in several choruses, the simple delights of Manhattan for a young couple in love. The joke is that these "delights" are really some of the worst, or cheapest, sights that New York has to offer; for example, the stifling, humid stench of the subway in summertime is described as "balmy breezes", while the noisy, grating pushcarts on Mott Street are "gently...Tags: Music, New York, Law, NYC, Wikipedia, Manhattan, Central Park, Yonkers, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Coney, Ann Althouse, Mott Street, Garrick Gaieties 25 people like this. Like How is the Oxford Covid vaccine being deployed in England?January 3, 2021 at 9:10 AM With jab to be administered to public for first time, we look at key questions about its rollout Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe biggest vaccination programme in the UK’s history will receive a major boost on Monday, with the first use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine. Here we look at some key questions about how it will be deployed in England. Continue reading...Tags: Health, UK, England, Society, UK News, Infectious Diseases, NHS, Oxford, Astrazeneca, Pharmaceuticals industry, Vaccines and immunisation, University of Oxford, Coronavirus 41 people like this. Like At long last in the public domain: "The Great Gatsby"!January 3, 2021 at 9:09 AM New York Magazine on the books — from 1925 — that just entered the public domain: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, Ernest Hemingway’s In Our Time, Sinclair Lewis’ Arrowsmith, Aldous Huxley’s Those Barren Leaves, Agatha Christie’s The Secret of Chimneys.... More here, at Duke's Center for the Study of the Public Domain:The BBC’s Culture website suggested that 1925 might be “the greatest year for books ever,” and with good reason. It is not simply the vast a...Tags: New York, Law, Bbc, Copyright, Santa Claus, American Dream, Kafka, Duke, Agatha Christie, New York Magazine, Virginia Woolf, Gertrude Stein, Hemingway, Daisy Buchanan, Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis 35 people like this. Like India's approval of covid vaccines triggers mass immunisation driveJanuary 3, 2021 at 8:47 AM Green light for Oxford vaccine alongside domestic Covaxin hailed as ‘decisive turning point’ by PMCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndia has granted emergency approval to both the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and the domestically developed Covaxin, signalling the start of one of the largest Covid-19 immunisation drives in the world.At a press conference on Sunday, the drugs controller general of India said the decision to approve both the Oxford vaccine and C...Tags: Health, Science, India, Narendra Modi, Society, World news, South and Central Asia, Infectious Diseases, Oxford, Vaccines and immunisation, Bharat Biotech, Coronavirus, Covaxin 39 people like this. Like New year round-up highlights more of the same struggles with COVID in incarceration nationJanuary 3, 2021 at 7:49 AM Gosh knows we all wish we could forget about COVID in this new year, and I sure wish the turn of the calendar would lead to a big turn in the stories of how the coronavirus is impacting prisons and the broader criminal justice system. But, as this round-up of recent headlines and stories highlight, incarceration nation continues to be ravaged by COVID-19 in so many ways:
From the Anchorage Daily News, "Nearly every inmate in Alaska’s largest prison has now had COVID-19, officials say"
From the ...Tags: Law, Indiana, Alaska, Wisconsin, Ohio, Doj, US supreme court, Anchorage Daily News, Douglas A Berman, COVID, Rommel Broom, New York Times States, Jail Population From the Washington Post, NBC News Ohio 9 people like this. Like Generation Z and the Covid pandemic: 'I’m 100% more politicised'January 3, 2021 at 7:00 AM The virus has not only changed young people’s day-to-day lives but also their hopes and dreams for the futureCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTwo months ago, the Guardian interviewed a group of young people from across the UK about their experiences of the coronavirus pandemic and their feelings about how their lives had been affected. Here those young people reflect on an extraordinary year and share their hopes and fears for the future. Continue reading...Tags: UK, Society, World news, Guardian, Young People, Coronavirus 9 people like this. Like Women fight to help families torn apart by ‘racist’ deportation policyJanuary 3, 2021 at 4:45 AM Automatic expulsions after prison terms are leaving UK children without fathers, campaigners sayThe Home Office is refusing to review the forced separation of black British families caught up in the criminal justice system, a practice that campaigners say is systemically racist and legitimises child cruelty.Under a 13-year-old law, individuals who are not British citizens and receive a prison sentence of more than 12 months are automatically targeted for deportation. This policy has seen hundred...Tags: Politics, UK, Law, Race, UK News, Immigration and asylum, UK criminal justice, Home Office, Jamaica, Commonwealth immigration, Windrush scandal 5 people like this. Like |
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