Bill C-38, An Act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes, passed by Canada's House of Commons on June 28, 2005 . Excerpt:WHEREAS the Parliament of Canada is committed...
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States brief ~ Colorado Supreme Court upholds juror questioning of witnesses
Leading Monday's states brief, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled today that allowing jurors to submit questions to witnesses is not a per se violation of a defendant's right to a fair trial in criminal cases. One defendant's...
Leading Wednesday's states brief, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld the state's slot-machine gambling law . While rejecting some parts of the law, the court found that the process used by the legislature to enact the law was constitutional....
Pentagon report finds no religious discrimination at Air Force Academy
A Pentagon report released Wednesday detailed troubling relgious insensitivity at the US Air Force Academy , but found no overt acts of religious discrimination. The Department of Defense investigated the constitutionality of certain religious practices and...
Ford settles civil rights suit with black employees over access to skills program
US District Judge S. Arthur Spiegel has approved the settlement of a civil rights lawsuit between Ford Motor Company and its black employees, granting these employees access to an apprenticeship program. In February, the...
Meltdown at the Milosevic Trial: A Much Delayed Rush to Judgment
JURIST Guest Columnist William Schabas says that the seemingly-interminable trial of Slobodan Milosevic at The Hague is a poor model for international justice, and in the long run may not serve the purpose for which it was undertaken... The trial...
States brief ~ Eighth Circuit to reconsider MO fee on disabled parking permits
Leading Monday's states brief, the United States Supreme Court today ordered a federal appeals court to reconsider whether the state of Missouri can charge the disabled $2 for portable disabled parking placards. The placards allow disabled persons to park...
In a 6-3 decision Monday the US Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a black inmate on death row who claimed that Texas prosecutors purposely eliminated black jurors to fill the jury with whites. Justice Souter, writing for the...
The Washington-based monitoring group Human Rights First has released a new report detailing a significant rise in violent hate crimes against Jews, Muslims, and immigrants in Europe. In France, anti-Semitic hate crimes rose...
