Supreme court hears arguments on jurisdiction, joinder, standing
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday on Perry v. Merit Systems Protection Board, Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc. and California Public Employees’ Retirement System v. ANZ Securities, Inc. In Perry,...
US District Judge Nelva G. Ramos found Monday that a controversial Texas voter ID law was passed in part with discriminatory intent. The plaintiffs argued that the law burdened minority voters who are more...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) introduced a motion to withdraw in a Texas Federal Court Monday, reversing its previous stance that SB 14 , a Texas voter ID law, was created with an intent to discriminate...
The Texas Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that would effectively ban so-called sanctuary cities, requiring cities to be in compliance with federal immigration law. SB 4 would require law enforcement in cities and on college campuses to hold...
The Senate's Role in the Confirmation of Executive Officials
JURIST Guest Columnist William G. Ross of the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University discusses the role of the Senate in the confirmation of executive nominees under the new administration... Controversies involving many of the persons nominated by President...
The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari to 16 new cases . The Court granted review on a variety of civil and criminal cases. The civil cases include both substantive and procedural questions. Substantively, in Sandoz, Inc....
JURIST Guest Columnist Roger Byron, Esq. Senior Counsel for First Liberty Institute discusses how Felix v. City of Bloomfield illustrates inherent flaws in the Lemon v. Kurtzman Establishment Clause test ... The late Justice Antonin Scalia once described the infamous...
JURIST Guest Columnist Abed Awad of Awad & Khoury, LLP, discusses the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement...In 1880, English Captain Charles C. Boycott led an eviction campaign against tenants in Ireland. Appalled at the inhumanity of Mr. Boycott's ruthless actions,...
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday dismissed the last charge in a criminal case against former governor Rick Perry . The charge for abuse of official capacity under Texas Penal Code Sec. 39.02...
JURIST Guest Columnists James G. Hodge Jr. of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University and Doug Campos-Outcalt of the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix discuss the potential to legally limit anti-vaccination messages widely disseminated...
