If the Supreme Court doesn’t reverse a lower court’s ruling, internet service providers (ISPs) could be forced to terminate people’s internet access based on nothing more than mere accusations of copyright infringement. This would threaten innocent users who rely on broadband for essential aspects...
"The Court cannot draw a logical connection [... between X and Y] any more than an internal memo showing that a car dealership has not and will not require a blood sacrifice to buy a car would affect its negotiations with customers."
That's a hell of a thing to see in a legal brief.
US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Support of Plaintiffs [pdf]
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.223205/gov.uscourts.dcd.223205.1300.1.pdf
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Supreme Court Asked to Hear New Admissions Case on Race
Parents backed by Pacific Legal Foundation say admissions at Thomas Jefferson High School, VA not “race neutral”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/us/politics/supreme-court-thomas-jefferson-high-school-admissions.html
* divided 3-judge panel of U.S. Court of Appeals for 4th Circuit ruled 2023-05 that Thomas Jefferson HS did not discriminate
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Shelby County v. Holder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_County_v._Holder
Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v._Harvard
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Over 1,500 Coinbase users rally behind lawyer John Deaton’s efforts to secure Amicus Curiae status for users. This is a crucial milestone in the crypto market’s history & could be a game-changer in the prolonged legal battle between SEC & Coinbase. #crypto #SEC #Coinbase #CryptoNews
#AmicusCuriae is a legal term that means “friend of the court.” It allows individuals or groups who are not direct parties to a lawsuit to file a brief in support of one side or the other.
https://www.tronweekly.com/1500-coinbase-users-unite-for-amicus-curiae-sec/
Russia is using the law as a weapon against its own citizens to silence all criticism of its unlawful war of aggression against Ukraine. International attention has been focused on Russia’s high-profile criminal prosecutions of independent journalists and opposition politicians. Comparatively little attention is being paid to thousands of dissenters punished with hefty fines under […]
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