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Our Supreme Court is now and has always been a political and ideological institution. But the Court fares the worst when it engages in naked partisan politics strongly favoring one side. Congress should take this political question out of the hands of the justices and remove Trump’s disqualification from state ballots pursuant to the last [...]

The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Monday against a pregnant woman who challenged the state’s abortion restrictions. A lower court had previously granted the woman, Kate Cox, permission to receive an abortion due to pregnancy complications, despite the state’s strict abortion ban. Before Cox could safely obtain the abortion, however, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton [...]

Last week, Tamils in Sri Lanka and across the globe observed Maveerar Naal, an annual commemoration honoring fallen Tamil separatist soldiers of the Sri Lankan Civil War. In the aftermath of their observance, the Sri Lankan government conducted widespread arrests against Tamils who had participated. By November 30, the government had arrested at least 10 [...]

The federal trial of Carlos Orense Azocar (Orense) began this week, where he faces accusations of shipping tens of thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the United States with suspected ties between Venezuelan oil and military leaders. With certain court documents sealed, Matthew Russell Lee of Inner City Press had access to the courtroom on Monday. [...]

In this first-of-its-kind JURIST “global dispatch” on a single topic, 15 law students and young lawyers from around the world, all of them JURIST correspondents from outside of Israel and Palestine, join together to offer a  panoramic view of how the current Gaza conflict is unfolding in their countries and regions. Beyond the headlines, they [...]

Violence broke out in Mozambique’s capital Maputo on Saturday between security forces and demonstrators protesting the results of the local elections. Confrontations were also reported in the cities of Nampula and Nacala. Security forces are said to have been using disproportionate force, including tear gas and live bullets, to disperse the protesters. At least three [...]

The National Unity of Hope (UNE) party raised concerns on Friday about the integrity of the recent presidential election, citing a number of alleged irregularities. UNE is led by former first lady Sandra Torres, who lost in this recent election. In a statement posted on social media, the UNE executive committee called on authorities to [...]

Members of the US House of Representatives introduced two resolutions on Friday, H.Res.547  and H.Res.538, that would expunge the impeachments of former President Donald Trump. Trump is the third US president to be impeached and the only president to be impeached twice. If passed, both resolutions would expunge Trump’s impeachments as if they had not [...]

The Afghanistan Independent Bar Association (AIBA) was founded in 2008 with the aim of promoting fair trials, enhancing public trust in the legal profession, fostering collaboration among justice sector stakeholders, fostering the next generation of committed legal professionals, and combating administrative corruption in a country ravaged by war. The Association spurred the rise of a [...]

US federal prosecutors Friday unsealed an indictment against ex-President Donald Trump and his former aide Waltine Nauta. Special Counsel Jack Smith, appointed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to oversee the investigation into Trump, charged Trump with 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information. Trump was also charged—alongside Nauta—with six additional counts, spanning [...]