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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Tuesday. In Lynch v. Dimaya the court is deciding whether 18 USC § 16(b) , which defines a crime of violence, is unconstitutionally vague. Section...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in three cases. In the three consolidated cases of Ziglar v. Turkmen, Ashcroft v. Turkmen and Hasty v. Turkmen , the court will decide whether government...

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday ruled that a group of former top US officials may be held liable for the abuse of hundreds of detainees held for minor immigration...

JURIST Guest Columnist Tung Yin of Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon discusses recent terrorism trials...On August 7, 1998, al Qaeda terrorists simultaneously attacked the US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania with massive truck bombs, killing a combined...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reached a settlement Thursday in a case against the US government challenging the constitutionality of detaining Muslim men as material witnesses without sufficient cause. The case alleged that following...

Angela Johnson, University of Notre Dame Law School

Susan Herman, Brooklyn Law School

Shale gas deposits have been identified across the US and drilling efforts had begun as early as the 1940s. As natural gas extraction intensified in the early twenty-first century and environmental concerns gained publicity, some landowners filed lawsuits, particularly in...

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on Monday upheld the mandatory retirement provision for judicial officers. The complaint , originally filed by six Pennsylvania judges, alleged that the mandatory retirement provision in the Pennsylvania Constitution...

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in an appeal from two US citizens who were detained and tortured by US forces in Iraq. In Vance v. Rumsfeld , the...