Monthly archives: January, 2024

Tracking Section 3 Trump Disqualification Challenges

Lawfaremedia.org: “Almost immediately after Jan. 6, 2021, legal commentators began debating whether Section 3 of the 14th Amendment could be used to disqualify former President Donald Trump from running in the 2024 presidential election. They discussed, in particular, whether or not Section 3 applies to a former president, whether it is self-executing, and whether Jan. …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

Amazon crackdown on sellers spawns new legal industry

FT.com [read free]: “Merchants who have been suspended from selling goods on Amazon’s marketplace are turning to a cottage industry of lawyers to regain access to their accounts and money, amid growing scrutiny of how the retailer treats independents. Millions of accounts on the leading ecommerce platform have been prevented from engaging in sales for …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Internet, Legal Research

How crowded are the oceans?

The Verge – New maps show what flew under the radar until now: “Using satellite imagery and AI, researchers have mapped human activity at sea with more precision than ever before. The effort exposed a huge amount of industrial activity that previously flew under the radar, from suspicious fishing operations to an explosion of offshore …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Environmental Law, Transportation

Disqualification of a Candidate for the Presidency, Part II

CRS Legal Sidebar, December 28, 2023: Disqualification of a Candidate for the Presidency, Part II: Examining Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment as It Applies to Ballot Access: “Numerous lawsuits across the country have sought or are seeking to prevent former President Donald Trump from appearing on state ballots for the upcoming presidential elections. In …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

LLRX December 2023 Issue

Articles and Columns for December 2023 Violence Against Women and International Law – Updated December 2023 – 13 new resources added. Sabrina I. Pacifici AI in Banking and Finance, December 31, 2023 – This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, industry white papers, academic papers and speeches on the subject of …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Internet, Legal Research, Marketing, Privacy

Violence Against Women and International Law – Updated December 2023

Via LLRX – Violence Against Women and International Law – Updated December 2023 – Sabrina I. Pacifici is curating sources for their relevance and relationship to this site’s Israel-Hamas War Project articles. The first article on this subject can be read here. Until recent weeks there was a dearth of publicly available information about the …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research

You can now easily search through every executive in federal government

Government Executive: “A modernized ‘Plum Book’ will provide more updated, accurate information on top agency officials. A new website has made available a database of anyone serving in a top-ranking position in the federal government, offering new insight that advocates said will boost transparency and better prepare new administrations to transition into power. The Office …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research