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Federal judge rules Oregon’s tough new gun law is constitutional

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Iran resumes infamous ‘morality police’ to enforce the mandatory hijab law

LONDON — Iran’s infamous hijab police, known as the “morality police,” are again patrolling the streets, Iranian authorities said. The controversial measure was announced Sunday along with a series of other severe actions that were being taken against women just 10 months after the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody, an event that sparked bloody nationwide protests. “The police … will take legal action against those who, unfortunately, continue to break the dressing norms regardless of the consequences of doing so,” said Saeed Montazer al-Mahdi, spokesman for the Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic. Iranian morality policeman stands…
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SPCA wants Quebec to greater protection for farm animals with new law

The SPCA is calling on the province to pass a law protecting the health and welfare of farm animals. The industry currently regulates itself with codes of practice, but the group says that’s not good enough. A video produced by the Montreal SPCA calls on the government to include farm animals in the province’s Animal Welfare and Safety Act. “A lot of people believe that animals on farms are actually protected by animal welfare laws that are in existence right now, and that’s not the case. Those laws specifically exclude animals that are on farms,” ​​said Anthony Johnson, the Montreal…
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Canada’s new wage-fixing rules kick in. How does the law work? -National

New rules prohibiting wage-fixing and no-poaching agreements kick in Friday in an effort to crack down on companies undermining competition at employees’ expense. Here is what employers and employees need to know about the new rules: What is the new law? As of June 23, it is a criminal offense for two or more employers to form deals that fix, maintain, decrease or control wages. The same goes for agreements that prevent companies from hiring or soliciting each other’s employees. It comes after the federal government made amendments to the Competition Act’s conspiracy provision in June 2022 as part of…
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Opinions | Supreme Court decision on voting rights shouldn’t be so surprising

Comment on this storyComments Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. followed precedent. He bristled at overreach by conservative lawyers. And joined by Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, Roberts did something hardly anyone anticipates: He saved what remains of the Voting Rights Act, a law he has worked throughout his career to hobble, from his service as a young lawyer in the Reagan administration to his tenure on the high court. This Supreme Court is among the most conservative in the history of the institution, with five justices (and sometimes six) eager to undo what they view as past liberal excesses and…
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Foreign Consultancies in China Wary of Expanded Counterespionage Law

taipei, taiwan — International business consultancies operating in China that provide economic data to potential investors appear to be headed into a period of greater scrutiny as of July 1, when a revised espionage law expanded the list of activities Beijing considers spying. The consultancies assist companies and individuals seeking profit from the world’s second-largest economy by doing deep background reports before money flows into China. And while China’s economic policymakers advocated in March for more foreign investment to restore an economy stalled by Beijing’s draconian COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, that position runs counter to President Xi Jinping’s national security concerns.…
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Pembroke resident cites email as evidence major is ‘double dipping’

Following a court battle with the City of Pembroke, one resident is joining others with “serious” concerns about Mayor Ron Gervais, suggesting the mayor worked as a lawyer on the taxpayers’ dime while serving as an elected official last year. Some residents recently told CBC News they had concerns about perceived and possible financial conflicts of interest involving Gervais’s ties to his place of employment, Sheppard & Gervais — the firm hired by the city to carry out the city solicitor job, headed by Robert Sheppard. The solicitor contract began in 2002 and councilors are now looking at considering that…
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This arrest is not the legal threat Trump dreads most

For most people, being implicated in a crime would represent the scandal of a lifetime. Especially if it’s connected to the unprecedented arrest of a former US president. For Donald Trump, this wasn’t even the scandal of the weekend. The trail leading to Tuesday’s history-making indictment began on the gob-smackingly eventful second weekend of October 2016. His presidential campaign was updated by an old video in which he crudely joked about grabbing women’s genitals. That same day, WikiLeaks begin releasing hacked emails from the Clinton campaign, in a chain of events that led to Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. That’s when…