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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 6h

Canada is a constitutional monarchy, the premier is legally and constitutionally appointed by the king or his representative: Injunction filed to force incoming #Quebec PQ govt to take oath to King. #cdnpoli #constitution #monarchy www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Injunction filed to force incoming PQ government to take oath to King | CBC News

A constitutional lawyer has filed an emergency injunction in an attempt to force the incoming Parti Québécois government to swear allegiance to King Charles.

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 7h

Supreme Court Canada #criminallaw sentencing of Indigenous offenders decision this Friday. Case summary www.scc-csc.ca/cases-dossie... press release decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news...

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 12h

ICYMI, my latest for @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social: Strength of rule of law not measured in calm waters, says chief justice #SCC #cdnlaw

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Strength of rule of law not measured in calm waters, says chief justice

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 7h

Majority of women never report a rape or sexual assault. Women in politics face constant threats of violence, rape and death. She was “embarrassed” and just wanted to “forget it happened,” but chose to speak and report. She had bruises all over her body and vaginal bleeding for days. Read the story.

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 8h

Meanwhile in Gulf of Mexico the state of Alabama passed a law on Gulf of Mexico that restricts use of the term Gulf of Mexico in #education including journalists and public servants. See Bill of Rights #freespeech, Alabama #constitution which protects independence of some universities. #freepress

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Colin Miller @evidenceprof.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Kirstin Lobato was 18 when she was arrested for the murder of Duran Bailey. In 2017, a judge vacated her murder conviction, finding that Lobato’s lawyers failed to call experts to testify to time of death, which would have supported her strong alibi. Today, Lobato received a $29.5 million settlement

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 14h

Indeed - just wrote a paper that explores this very issue.

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Alison Boyce @alisonboyce.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Chief Justice Richard Wagner stated that Canada's democratic institutions need strong protection against deepening polarization, rapid technological change and uncertainty as the Supreme Court of Canada opened its new judicial year www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

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Chief justice stresses need to protect democratic institutions as pressures grow

Canada’s democratic institutions need protection in the face of unrelenting pressures, Chief Justice Richard Wagner said Monday as the Supreme Court of Canada opened a new judicial year.

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 8h

#Quebec election 2926 seats in legislature results and effect of proportional representation on party seats. Good colourful graphics, written in french only. #democracy #elections

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Michael Geist @mgeist.bsky.social · 12h

More than a dozen shootings and firebombings of Canadian synagogues and Jewish schools since October 7th. A Yom Kippur attack in Belleville. My reflections on why many Jews no longer trust that when attacked, friends and institutions will stand with them. www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/10/thre...

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Three Years After October 7th: Living With the Shockwaves - Michael Geist

In the immediate aftermath of the Hamas terror attacks on October 7th, Jewish communities around the world shared the shock of Israelis at the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. A year…

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Chris Sewrattan @sewrattanlaw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

R. v. Arana, 2026 ONCA 710 at para 35: Under s. 24(2), a breach here caused by an institutional routine practice inconsistent with longstanding constitutional case law brings the state conduct closer to bad faith and increases its seriousness. coadecisions.ontariocourts.ca/coa/coa/en/i...

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R. v. Arana - Court of Appeal for Ontario

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Indepth overview of statutory 'faint hope clause' and the Charter challenge to mandatory 1st degree murder sentence of life and a BC judge's 'reinstating faint hope' for reduced sentence for 1st degree murder now before BC appeal court. See R v Mariani 2025 BCSC 1298 www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/d...

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Create mass casualties like 9/11: #Flydubai co-pilot [hijacker terrorist] planned to crash plane [Boeing 737 max] into Tel Aviv airport or building. #terrorism www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Flydubai co-pilot planned to crash plane into airport, reports suggest

The Omani national was a "lone wolf" extremist, according to the reports.

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Video of ceremonial opening of Supreme Court Canada in new location at West Memorial Building Ottawa Oct 5. #scc #cdnpoli #justice [50min video] youtu.be/qtOqF9Pnt2Y?...

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Ceremonial opening of the judicial year (English)

YouTube video by Supreme Court of Canada

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"South Korea has already run the experiment. Its law requires the National Assembly to vote on presidential impeachment by anonymous ballot, and that rule has now removed two presidents." [@andycraig.bsky.social]

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A Democratic Senate Should Adopt Secret Impeachment Ballots on a Priority Basis

Such a change, requiring no constitutional amendment, would free senators to vote their judgment instead of their fears

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Full Supreme Court Canada decision of residential school testimonies. Canada (Attorney General) v Fontaine 2017 #SCC 47. www.canlii.org/en/ca/scc/do... #indigenous

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Unanimous 2017 Supreme Court Canada ruled collection of accounts for independent compensation assessment meant to be a "confidential and private process" and that "claimants and alleged perpetrators relied on the confidentiality assurance." #indigenous #privacy www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Almost 40,000 residential school records will be destroyed. Not all survivors think they should be | CBC News

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 2017 that the more than 38,000 records of residential school testimony collected through the IAP will be destroyed in 2027, unless individual survivors request the...

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Supreme Court Canada justice Suzanne Côté talks advocacy, key cases, rule of law. Known as a “ferocious, extremely well-prepared and fearless” in private practice. Likes writing in English “because it’s really punchy.” In depth story. #SCC www.law360.com/ca/articles/...

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Exclusive: SCC’s Côté J. talks advocacy, key cases & rule of law as her 12th anniversary approaches - Law360 Canada

Supreme Court of Canada Justice Suzanne Côté says she finds intervener advocacy on Zoom to be as effective as oral submissions made in the courtroom, but she is also alive to contrary arguments made b...

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

JUST IN: A judge in D.C. has barred DOJ from re-charging Davey Hearn over the Reflecting Pool damage, saying Trump's commentary and pressure on prosecutors had permanently tainted the case. www.democracydefendersfund.org/wp-content/u...

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Alison Boyce @alisonboyce.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

SCC dismisses application for leave to appeal in family law case dealing with Hague Convention and whether there is a grave risk the child’s return would expose the child to physical or psychological harm. Gabriele Joseph Taddeo v. Cassandra Rose Ouellet decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news...

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Judgments on Leave Applications - SCC Cases

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The scourge of #AI ravaging intelligent human minds punishing them for human capacity to think independently, write and spell correctly.

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So did some quick digging and the Economist is still British, the largest shareholder is a Canadian billionaire Stephen J. R. Smith with 26%.

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Supreme Court Canada will hear 31 cases during its fall session. Will be first session for #SCC Justice Glenn Joyal. Cases discussed: BC class actions, habeas corpus in NS prisons, Ontario Place law, federal firearms regulation challenge. www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/general...

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SCC fall session: high court to hear appeals on firearms, Ontario redevelopment law, inmates’ rights

The session will be SCC Justice Glenn Joyal’s first since he joined the high court this summer

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#AI: Court ruled that human voice legally protected in #Japan after high-profile #anime voice #actor took #TikTok to court over videos he says feature an artificial intelligence clone of his “lustrous” baritone. 'An infringement on [humans] publicity rights.' www.courthousenews.com/japan-court-...

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Japan court rules human voice is protected in TikTok AI case

The lawsuit is believed to be the country's first seeking to defend an individual's vocal identity against AI-generated copies.

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hey #bluesky @bsky.app My 'discover' and 'popular with friends' feed have disappeared and the note said to contact you. Error 503 I think.

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Charter of Rights s7 s15. and trafficking drugs for 'benevolent purpose.' Full decision: R v Kalicum 2026 BCSC 1855 www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/2...

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Isn't the Economist and American magazine? Is there no British equivalent.

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Alison Boyce @alisonboyce.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

AI‑hallucinated cases were bad enough. Now we’re seeing hallucinated witnesses and testimony. A New Mexico lawyer admitted ChatGPT wrote his briefs—complete with invented people, facts, and citations—and he didn’t verify any of it.

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh. It takes so much work to get rid of these AI platforms, even on your browsers and social media. And you have to hunt down the google version now. And sometimes the sneak back on. This should help www.easytweaks.com/stop-copilot...

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A pilot on [FlyDubai] flight from United Arab Emirates to #Israel stabbed another pilot and then apparently tried to crash jetliner carrying around 170 people. Most of rudder ripped off during extreme descent. Warplanes were scrambled. #UAE #aviation www.courthousenews.com/a-pilot-on-a...

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A pilot on a flight carrying Israelis stabbed another and apparently tried to crash, Netanyahu says

Video footage showed two men on the plane's floor, bloodied and wounded. Two people appeared to be providing medical treatment, while two others guarded the cockpit.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 30/09/2026

When Quebec first purported to unilaterally amend the Constitution of Canada, few seemed to care. I dove headlong into writing a scholarly treatment calling out the BS: digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ohlj/vol60/i... Now QC politicians falsely claim the prov can abandon core institutions of gov't.

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Provincial Constitutions, the Amending Formula, and Unilateral Amendments to the Constitution of Canada: An Analysis of Quebec’s Bill 96

This article critically analyzes provincial authority to unilaterally amend the Constitution of Canada. Via an assessment of the purported amendments in Quebec’s Bill 96, which would recognize Quebece...

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Probably lighter wood because of lack of windows. The main Supreme Court Canada building has a lot of large windows.

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Canadian Bar Association @cba-news.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Four months after the Supreme Court created a new tort of intimate-partner violence, how is it working in practice? Joanna Radbord, Shelley Hounsell and Tiffany Paulsen join @alisoncrawford.bsky.social on the latest episode of Verdicts & Voices. 🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/4AkYrSC

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Trial judge held federal s5(2) Controlled Drugs and Substances Act violated Charter of Rights section 7 and 15. Charter claim seems based on accused 'providing people who use [illegal] drugs with a safer alternative to the toxic illicit supply.' BCSC Justice Catherine Murray was 'proud' of accused.

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Some pictures of the new Supreme Court Canada courthouse in West Memorial Building #Ottawa. The #SCC home while the original court building undergoes extensive renovations. [Source linkedin].

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Amicus of the Supreme Court Canada. Official #SCC mascot.

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Supreme Court Canada 'opening ceremony' for judicial year October 5th at new court location in West Memorial Building #Ottawa. Live webcast. #scc #justice #lawyers www.scc-csc.ca/about-apropo...

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Supreme Court Canada 8 Oct hearings: Charter and arbitrary detention, criminal law and online foreign betting, class actions, Charter religion and personal info, Habeas corpus and solitary confinement, Ontario Place and constitution, consumer protection. #SCC decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news...

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Hearing Schedule - SCC Cases

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#Students tore up the sidewalk, 60 people sent to hospital: Homecoming weekend at #University of #Guelph put people’s safety at “serious risk,” leading to “several” criminal charges and a strain on the city’s emergency department, according to officials. www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/gu...

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‘Chaos’ breaks out at Ontario university’s Homecoming celebration

Homecoming weekend at the University of Guelph posed a “serious risk” to the safety of students, neighbours and the broader community, and put a strain on the city’s emergency department, according to...

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Chris Sewrattan @sewrattanlaw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

R. v. Trowbridge, 2026 ONCA 673: A five-member panel of the Court of Appeal has changed the test for vitiating consent to sexual touching that causes serious bodily harm. coadecisions.ontariocourts.ca/coa/coa/en/i...

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Is 'deprivation' a term widely used in UK ... sounds like poverty or working poor.

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Woman accuses Idaho drag performer of exposing himself, uploads edited version of his act blurring out what she claims are his private parts. After he sues her for defamation, her appellate filings misstate and hallucinate Idaho law. Idaho Supreme Court upholds $1.1 million verdict in his favor.

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$1.1M Libel Award to Drag Performer Who Had Been Accused of Exposing Himself Upheld

Idaho Supreme Court finds false caselaw quotations, after jury found false factual assertions.

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Michael Geist @mgeist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

24 bullets, fired by an ex-soldier who blamed Jews for COVID, hit Belleville’s Sons of Jacob synagogue on Yom Kippur with congregants inside. Yet some say we can’t really know the motivation or whether the synagogue was targeted. Antisemitism is a sickness. www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/09/not-...

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Not If, But When: The Yom Kippur Terror Attack in Belleville - Michael Geist

I came out of Yom Kippur services on Monday evening to the news of a terror attack on Sunday night at the Sons of Jacob synagogue in Belleville, Ontario. Reports indicate that the shooter drove up in…

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Alison Boyce @alisonboyce.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

SCC grants leave to appeal in Manon Tanguay v. Kathleen Zicat, a family law case dealing with cohabitation agreements and precluding later unjust enrichment claim. decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-...

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Manon Tanguay v. Kathleen Zicat - SCC Cases

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“[European supreme court presidents] wanted to get North American point of view on questions of access to justice, but also … disinformation, misinformation, the rule of law and judicial independence,” supreme court Canada chief justice Richard Wagner. #EU #SCC #justice www.law360.ca/ca/articles/...

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Canadian justice system attracts EU interest amid rule of law threats abroad: top judge - Law360 Canada

Chief Justice of Canada Richard Wagner says Canada’s independent justice system and perspective on confronting global threats to the rule of law has attracted interest abroad. Speaking Sept. 22 at a N...

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David TS Fraser @privacylawyer.ca · 23/09/2026

This is really gross. The fact that the legal regulator dismissed it out of hand means it was a meritless attack on a political opponent. The complainant should resign from public office. halifax.citynews.ca/2026/09/23/n...

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N.S. justice minister complained to barristers' society about predecessor

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's former justice minister says her successor filed a code of conduct complaint with the province barristers' society over questions she asked as an Independent in the legislature...

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