Benjamin Perryman @bperryman.bsky.social · 09/02/2026UNB Law is hiring for up to two (2) tenure-track positions. Come work with us! www.unb.ca/hr/_assets/d...unb.ca 000
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.siepr.stanford.eduThe Economic Impact of BrexitOther 14438151710
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanLawrence Solum @lsolum.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Murray & Warchuk on Outster of Judicial Review Clauses and the Common Law Philip Murray (University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law; University of Cambridge - Robinson College, Cambridge) & Paul Warchuk (University of New Brunswick - Fredericton - Faculty of Law) have posted Ouster Clauses and the…legaltheoryblog.comMurray & Warchuk on Outster of Judicial Review Clauses and the Common LawPhilip Murray (University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law; University of Cambridge - Robinson College, Cambridge) & Paul Warchuk (University of New Brunswick - Fredericton - Faculty of Law) have posted Ouster Clauses and the Common Law: a Historical Reappraisal (142 Law Quarterly Review (forthcoming)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article traces the development of English administrative law's approach to ouster clauses, re-assessing the idea that ouster clauses have always been treated by the courts as so constitutionally repugnant that they are to be given the narrowest of interpretations. 022
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanLeonid Sirota @doubleaspect.blog · 05/11/2025ICYMI: My piece in the National Post addressing some of the myths being spread about the "notwithstanding clause" to justify its widespread use. nationalpost.com/opinion/leon...nationalpost.comLeonid Sirota: Yes, the notwithstanding clause overrides rights. No, it isn't defensibleWhen Sec. 33 becomes habit, the people will lose 1169
Benjamin Perryman @bperryman.bsky.social · 16/10/2025www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caAlberta police watchdog to investigate N.S. police handling of Glen Assoun case | CBC NewsGlen Assoun spent nearly 17 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, but was later exonerated. 010
Benjamin Perryman @bperryman.bsky.social · 13/09/2025www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caN.L.'s 10-year education action plan cites sources that don't exist | CBC NewsA major report on modernizing the education system in Newfoundland and Labrador is peppered with fake sources some educators say were likely fabricated by generative artificial intelligence. 010
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanJesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 06/09/2025Two new papers find renewables are good insurance (they stabilize electricity price volatility in welfare improving ways) www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🔌💡nature.comPower price stability and the insurance value of renewable technologies - Nature EnergyIncreasing solar photovoltaic and wind generation capacity beyond European 2030 targets could make electricity prices more stable, with reductions in sensitivity to fluctuations in the price of natura... 5382137
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanCharles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 02/09/2025The Law Society of Alberta has disbarred both John Carpay and Jay Cameron of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms for hiring a private investigator to surveil Manitoba Court of King's Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal. documents.lawsociety.ab.ca/wp-content/u...documents.lawsociety.ab.ca 1622688
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanCanadian Hammer 🇨🇦 🔨 @canadianhammer.bsky.social · 22/08/2025“Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty” … or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾 www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...digitaljournal.comMicrosoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereigntyMicrosoft representative says US CLOUD Act comes before other country's sovereignty. 1632898979
Benjamin Perryman @bperryman.bsky.social · 20/08/2025The Illusion of Thinking ml-site.cdn-apple.com/papers/the-i...ml-site.cdn-apple.com 100
Benjamin Perryman @bperryman.bsky.social · 30/07/2025"This was not a single lapse in judgment by a single individual. This was a systemic collapse.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caSask. judge stays immigration fraud convictions after 'systemic collapse' during border agency investigation | CBC NewsGurpreet Singh was found guilty of 10 charges, all of which were related to his preparation of false letters of employment. Those charges have now been stayed because a CBSA agent working on Singh's c... 011
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanAdil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 08/07/2025The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Haibatullah Akhundzada, Supreme Leader of the Taliban, and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, Chief Justice of the Taliban, for the crime against humanity of persecution on gender grounds. www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati... 32111
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanEgale Canada @egalecanada.bsky.social · 30/06/20251/ We're hiring two (2) Staff Lawyers! The Staff Lawyer (Public Legal Education) will primarily work to enhance public understanding of the litigation efforts of Egale Canada as well as other key legal issues for 2SLGBTQI communities in Canada. 143
Benjamin Perryman @bperryman.bsky.social · 17/04/2025The injunction order in 2019 concerned "accreditation" and the opportunity to "attend and cover" the debates, including the post-debate scrum. The Court did not comment on the number of questions a media outlet should be permitted to ask as part of that coverage. www.canlii.org/en/ca/fct/do...canlii.org 102
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanVanessa MacDonnell @vanessamacdonnell.bsky.social · 14/03/2025SCC majority concludes that the use of the balance of probabilities standard in prison disciplinary proceedings violates Charter ss 11(d) and 7 - presumption of innocence. Important decision for prison law with some stare decisis thrown in for good measure. decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-...decisions.scc-csc.ca John Howard Society of Saskatchewan v. Saskatchewan (Attorney General) - SCC Cases 124
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanCanadian Bar Association @cba-news.bsky.social · 07/03/2025As the voice of the legal profession in Canada, the Canadian Bar Association stands in firm support of the rule of law, judicial independence and the right to counsel—principles that are fundamental to any democracy. 123
Benjamin Perryman @bperryman.bsky.social · 07/03/2025A very permissive public interest standing decision -- ¶124-125 110
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanVanessa MacDonnell @vanessamacdonnell.bsky.social · 07/03/2025The Federal Court has dismissed the application in MacKinnon challenging the Jan 2025 prorogation of Parliament. Decision here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/m95bv.... Analysis to follow!dropbox.com 01411
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanJamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 06/03/2025This letter violates the First Amendment. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...washingtonpost.comD.C. U.S. attorney tells Georgetown he won’t hire from any school with ‘DEI’Trump appointee Ed Martin made the claim in a letter to the Georgetown University law school dean. Martin has called the school a “locus” of anti-Trump activity. 601782442
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 09/02/2025The way an executive branch that respects the rule of law objects to a district court ruling it doesn’t like is to *appeal* it, not to imply that the ruling just shouldn’t be followed. 894309868
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanAdil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 28/01/2025"It’s the clear view of my Office, Mr. President, as reflected in the report that is before the Council that, as we speak, international crimes are undoubtedly being committed in Darfur. They’re being committed as we speak." www.icc-cpi.int/news/stateme...icc-cpi.intStatement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC to the United Nations Security Council on the Situation in Darfur, pursuant to Resolution 1593 (2005)Mr. President, thank you so much for the opportunity to brief the Security Council once again today, and I would also wish to express my thanks to His Excellency, the Permanent Representative of Sudan... 0118
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanMike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 27/01/2025NEW lawsuit from transgender woman in US custody challenges Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ executive order - storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 111385287
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanAdil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 23/01/2025The ICC prosecutor has applied for arrest warrants for the Supreme Leader of the Taliban, Haibatullah Akhundzada, and the Chief Justice of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Abdul Hakim Haqqani, for the crime against humanity of persecution on gender grounds. 417676
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanVanessa MacDonnell @vanessamacdonnell.bsky.social · 10/01/2025My initial thoughts on the legal challenge to the Trudeau prorogation, now in blog form on @verfassungsblog.de. 0228
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanNicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 10/01/2025A group of over 60 German universities have left Twitter/X. These include the major Berlin universities: nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/01/10/h...nachrichten.idw-online.deHochschulen und Forschungsinstitutionen verlassen Plattform X - Gemeinsam für Vielfalt, Freiheit und Wissenschaft 8614180
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanGerald Butts @gmbutts.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Climate Change and the home insurance industry, mapped. 79033
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanHarini Sivalingam (she/her) @hsivalingam.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Today the new government in New Brunswick reversed the harmful changes to Policy 713. This would not have been achieved without the tireless efforts of 2SLGBTQIA+ organizations and advocates in New Brunswick and across the country. See our statement here: ccla.org/press-releas...ccla.orgCCLA Welcomes Changes to Policy 713 - CCLA 021
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanJacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 19/12/2024The Holt government in New Brunswick has revised Policy 713, the guidance on gender identity in provincial schools that the previous PC government changed last year to great controversy. Story coming later, but below is the key section from the PC 2023 version (L) and today's new version (R). 22511
Benjamin Perryman @bperryman.bsky.social · 19/12/2024atlantic.ctvnews.ca/more/n-b-lib...atlantic.ctvnews.caN.B. Liberal government revises Policy 713, parental consent no longer required for students’ preferred namesThe New Brunswick Liberals are reversing course on the previous government’s decision to change Policy 713. 101
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Whoa—the Montana Supreme Court holds that its state constitution protects the right to "a stable climate system," and strikes down a law that barred consideration of greenhouse gas emissions when permitting new fossil fuel projects. juddocumentservice.mt.gov/getDocByCTra... 288160843417
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanSandra Raponi @sraponi.bsky.social · 18/12/2024reuters.comMontana top court says youth have right to stable climateMontana's top court ruled on Wednesday the state's constitution guaranteed a right to a stable climate and invalidated laws barring regulators from considering the effects of greenhouse-gas emissions when permitting fossil-fuel projects. 172
Reposted by Benjamin Perrymanlmsossin.bsky.social @lmsossin.bsky.social · 10/12/2024www.thestar.com/news/ontario... - Such a huge loss for the Osgoode and legal communities!thestar.comAlan Young, lawyer and scholar known for landmark legal challenges, dies at age 69TORONTO - York University says Alan Young, a lawyer and legal scholar known for leading the challenge of Canada’s prostitution laws before the country's top court, has died at age 141
Reposted by Benjamin PerrymanVanisha Sukdeo @vanishasukdeo.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Alan Young, Legal Trailblazer and Beloved Osgoode Professor, Passes Away at 69 www.osgoode.yorku.ca/news/alan-yo...osgoode.yorku.caAlan Young, Legal Trailblazer and Beloved Osgoode Professor, Passes Away at 69 | Osgoode Hall Law School - York UniversityAlan Young, Legal Trailblazer and Beloved Osgoode Professor, Passes Away at 69 - Discover the global and local impact Osgoode Hall Law School is having in the media and legal culture. 0109
Reposted by Benjamin Perrymanannajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 05/12/2024We're hiring a lawyer as an Experiential Learning Team Lead - to help steward & build experiential learning opportunities at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law. Consider applying or please share the ad with people who might be a good fit! apps.ualberta.ca/careers/post...apps.ualberta.caExperiential Learning Team Lead - Careers@UAlberta.caUniversity of Alberta: Careers@UAlberta.ca 034
Reposted by Benjamin Perrymanannajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 17/11/2024And screening tonight (for free) in Halifax at the Bus Stop Theatre: busstoptheatre.coop/event/pride-...busstoptheatre.coopPride vs. Prejudice Film Screening - The Bus Stop TheatreJoin us for the first ever Atlantic Canadian screening of Pride vs. Prejudice: The Delwin Vriend Story! Delwin Vriend, an Albertan teacher, was fired from his job specifically because he was gay. This... 011
Benjamin Perryman @bperryman.bsky.social · 24/10/2024Québec Court of Appeal affirms finding that s. 636 of the Highway Safety Code is contrary to ss. 9 and 15(1) of the Charter because traffic stops without reason or suspicion enable unconstitutional racial profiling. courdappelduquebec.ca/jugements/de...courdappelduquebec.caPG Québec c. LuambaDroits et liberté - interception d'un véhicule — interception au hasard — absence de motif — pouvoir policier - profilage racial 000
Benjamin Perryman @bperryman.bsky.social · 23/12/2023CCLA granted standing to challenge changes to gender identity school policy in New Brunswick. www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7067769 012
Benjamin Perryman @bperryman.bsky.social · 22/10/2023Well worth a listen www.nbcnews.com/grapevine-po... 020
Benjamin Perryman @bperryman.bsky.social · 12/10/2023In addition to overriding the Charter and the Human Rights Code, #Saskatchewan Bill 137 extinguishes private law claims against adults who cause "loss or damage" to children 041