Hub Exclusive: Supreme Court Justice Malcolm Rowe warns about judicial overreach
“I’m familiar with Habermas and Marcuse. I have read them. I just don’t agree with them. It’s a misconception of society.”
“I’m familiar with Habermas and Marcuse. I have read them. I just don’t agree with them. It’s a misconception of society.”
We at The Hub thought it would be a good time to ask lawyers and law professors from across the country which impactful Supreme Court cases they will be keeping an eye on in 2024.
Federal use of Emergencies Act against Convoy protestors found illegal
The rule of law prevails in Emergencies Act debacle
To avoid making these kinds of mistakes in the next emergency, we should consider the recommendations made by a panel of experts led by former Reform Party Leader Preston Manning in the recent report prepared for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
A study conducted by SecondStreet.org indicates that in 2022–23, a five-year high of 17,032 Canadian patients died while waiting for medical procedures, some of which could have saved lives.
Media executives who once campaigned for the Online News Act with sugar-plum visions of Big Tech cash dancing in their heads were left to deal with some pretty serious lumps of coal.
After weeks of speculation, on November 27, Premier Danielle Smith announced Alberta’s intention to challenge the proposed Clean Electricity Regulations, an ambitious federal climate policy aimed at creating a net-zero electricity grid by 2035.
On November 26, the Canadian Press reported that Justice Minister Arif Virani was considering options for the criminalization of residential school denialism, a move first looked into by his predecessor, David Lametti.
The proposition upheld by the Divisional Court—that fear of burdening racialized candidates should lead the government to scrap a test meant to boost poor math scores throughout public schools—represents a nadir of bigotry of low expectations and threatens to entrench poor math outcomes for all students.
Law students protesting for Palestine are free to promote their activism at the expense of their future careers, just as prospective employers perusing the available talent pool are free to pass over any students who make such a choice.
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