JURIST Guest Columnist Masoud Mortazavi, St. John's University School of Law, Class of 2015, is the author of the fifth article in a twelve-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Mortazavi discusses the...
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Botched executions & evolving standards of decency: What can we learn from Wood's death?
JURIST Guest Columnist Sacha Baniel-Stark, New York University School of Law Class of 2016, discusses the botched execution of Joseph Wood and analyzes the dissenting opinion from the denial of Wood's motion to stay his execution, which argued that capital...
Federal appeals court blocks Arizona immigrant driver's license policy
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday blocked an Arizona policy barring certain immigrants from obtaining a driver's license. The decision reversed a ruling by the US District Court...
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe vetoed a bill on Friday that would have codified the rights of students to pray voluntarily in school and at school events. The bill would also codify students' right to organize prayer...
Federal appeals court upholds NYC ban on religious services in schools
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday upheld a regulation by the New York City Board of Education banning religious groups from holding worship services in school buildings. The ruling reverses a...
Mississippi governor signs bill allowing businesses to refuse service for "religious reasons"
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant on Thursday signed the controversial Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law, which prevents the state from taking any legislative action that would place a "substantial burden" on a person's exercise...
Mississippi lawmakers on Tuesday passed the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act , pursuant to which the state would be prohibited from taking action that "burdens" a citizen's right to religious exercise if Governor Phil Bryant ...
State Religious Freedom Laws: Understanding the Purpose and Impact
Joseph La Rue, Alliance Defending Freedom
Women's health providers challenge Arizona abortion restrictions
Lawyers for Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday challenging an Arizona law limiting the use of abortion-inducing drugs. Bryan Howard, the president of Planned Parenthood,...
Arizona House approves bill allowing unannounced inspections of abortion clinics
The Arizona House of Representatives approved a bill on Tuesday that would allow for unannounced inspections of licensed abortion clinics. The Republican-backed measure , which passed in the House 34-22, would delete a provision in...