Ninth Circuit allows Montana campaign contribution limits for upcoming election
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that it will keep Montana's campaign contribution limits in place for the duration of the election season, extending a stay on a lower court...
JURIST Guest Columnist Jennifer Levi, Transgender Rights Project Director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, says that constitutional protections must be consistently upheld by our courts regardless of how marginalized or unpopular the person to whom they apply may...
Supreme Court adds 6 cases, reverses West Virginia redistricting ruling
The US Supreme Court added six cases to its docket on Monday, including a rare grant of certiorari in two pro se cases. In Levin v. United States , the court will consider whether...
West Virginia high court finds public campaign financing law unconstitutional
The Supreme Court of Appeals for West Virginia on Friday struck down a new West Virginia law that provides public financing for candidates in state Supreme Court elections. The case was brought...
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange filed suit in federal court on Thursday seeking approval of a redistricting plan passed by the Alabama state legislature in May. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for...
JURIST Guest Columnist Chris Elmendorf writing the seventh installment of the column authored by the faculty of the University of California, Davis School of Law, says that recent statistical findings may contribute to courts declaring Section 5 of the Voting...
Arbitration Agreements in the Wake of AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion
JURIST Guest Columnist Robert Marcelis, University of California, Davis School of Law Class of 2013, is a staff member of the Business Law Journal. He explains the holding AT&T v. Concepcion, discusses its implications on future cases and reviews Congress'...
Supreme Court to rule on University of Texas affirmative action policy
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Tuesday in Fisher v. University of Texas to determine whether the court's decisions interpreting the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth...
JURIST Guest Columnist Crystal Whalen, Texas Tech University School of Law Class of 2012, is a student attorney at the Regional Public Defender's Office for Capital Cases in Lubbock, Texas. She argues in favor of moving away from the death...
The US Supreme Court ruled Friday rejected Texas's interim redistricting maps. The emergency appeal challenged an interim map drawn up by the US District Court for the Western District of Texas while a...
