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Morning Update: Supreme Court lacking many applicants for empty seat before court resumes
The Supreme Court of Canada is seen, Friday, June 16, 2023 in Ottawa. Canada's highest court has deemed the pact between Canada and the United States to control the flow of asylum seekersacross the shared border to be constitutional. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Supreme Court lacking expected applicants for empty seat as court set to resume in October
A man walks past the Supreme Court of Canada, Friday, June 16, 2023 in Ottawa. An Alberta woman who tried to take her fight over COVID vaccine rules to the Supreme Court has died. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Lawyer asks Supreme Court to hear appeal of Calgary man who killed five
A man walks past the Supreme Court of Canada, Friday, June 16, 2023 in Ottawa. An Alberta woman who tried to take her fight over COVID vaccine rules to the Supreme Court has died. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Israel’s Supreme Court hears arguments in showdown over judicial curbs
All 15 of Israel's Supreme Court justices appear for the first time in the country's history to look at the legality of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious judicial overhaul, which the government pushed through parliament in July, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. The divisive law, which cancels the court's ability to block government actions and appointments using the legal concept that they are "unreasonable," is the first piece of the wider government plan to weaken the Supreme Court. (Debbie Hill/Pool Photo via AP)
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Mexico's Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion
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Mexico’s Supreme Court upholds abortion rights countrywide, paving way for federal access
FILE PHOTO: A banner reading: "Abortion Out of the Penal Code" hangs from a building during International Women's Day, at the Zocalo Square in Mexico City, Mexico March 8, 2023. REUTERS/Quetzalli Nicte-Ha//File Photo
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Woman who tried to take COVID transplant fight to Supreme Court dies
The Supreme Court of Canada is seen, Friday, June 16, 2023 in Ottawa. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the names of an advisory board that will help the government appoint the next Supreme Court of Canada Justice.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal from airlines on air passenger rights compensation
People are shown at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Friday, March 10, 2023. The Supreme Court of Canada has granted an appeal for a group airlines looking to quash rules that bolster compensation for passengers subjected to delayed flights and damaged luggage.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Some abortion drug restrictions are upheld by an appeals court in a case bound for the Supreme Court
FILE - A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., on, Oct. 12, 2022. New restrictions on access to the drug used in the most common form of abortion would be imposed under a federal appeals court ruling issued Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, but the Supreme Court will have the final say. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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RCMP back at Fairy Creek logging blockades after high court confirmed protester’s acquittal
An RCMP helicopter is seen patrolling the Fairy Creek logging area near Port Renfrew, B.C., on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. Mounties are back enforcing an injunction on Vancouver Island less than a week after the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed the acquittal of a protester at the same site because police failed to fully read out the court's order. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Supreme Court of Canada refuses to hear appeal from B.C. churches opposed to COVID-19 ruling
The Supreme Court of Canada is shrouded in fog in Ottawa, on Friday, Nov 4, 2022. The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from three British Columbia churches who argued their constitutional rights were violated when provincial restrictions banned indoor religious services during the COVID-19 pandemic.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Supreme Court rules judges can appoint lawyers to represent people who would prefer to represent themselves
The Supreme Court of Canada is pictured in Ottawa on Tuesday Sept. 6, 2022. Canada's top court says a woman who was barred from driving for almost two years while awaiting sentence would face a kind of double punishment if she were now handed an additional, mandatory one-year prohibition. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Israel’s Supreme Court to hear appeal on judicial law in constitutional showdown
FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Banjamin Netanyahu looks on as Israeli lawmakers vote on a bill that would limit some Supreme Court power, in the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem July 24, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
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U.S. Senate Judiciary approves bill to impose stronger ethics standards on Supreme Court justices
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on Thursday, July 13, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
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Western provinces vying to fill Russell Brown’s empty seat on the Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Richard Wagner waits with other members of the Supreme Court following a welcoming ceremony for Judge Mahmud Jamal at the Supreme Court of Canada to take a group photo, Thursday, October 28, 2021 in Ottawa. Back row left to right: Judge Nicholas Kasirer, Judge Malcolm Rowe, Sheila Martin, Judge Mahmud Jamal. Front row left to right: Judge Suzanne Cote, Judge Michael Moldaver, Wagner, Judge Andromache Karakatsanis, Judge Russell Brown. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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It’s time for Beverley McLachlin to quit Hong Kong’s high court
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Supreme Court orders new trial for man after finding trial judge did not adequately instruct jury
The Supreme Court of Canada is seen, Friday, June 16, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Investigation into Supreme Court's ethical dilemmas
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Federal judges investigated for misconduct lose right to challenge proceedings in court
The Main Courtroom at the Supreme Court of Canada is pictured in Ottawa, on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Legitimacy of ‘customer’ in U.S. Supreme Court gay rights case raises ethical, legal flags
FILE - Lorie Smith, a Christian graphic artist and website designer in Colorado, right, accompanied by her lawyer, Kristen Waggoner of the Alliance Defending Freedom, second from left, speaks outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, after her case was heard before the Supreme Court. In a defeat for gay rights, the Supreme Court's conservative majority ruled Friday, June 30, 2023, Smith who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)