Search Results for: 2015-05-21

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Ross v. Blake that an inmate could not file a court challenge against a prison guard without exhausting all administrative remedies. The question before the court was...

Three Taliban gunmen on Sunday attacked a court building in eastern Afghanistan, killing seven people including a newly appointed chief prosecutor. Authorities state that 21 others were injured in the attack before the gunmen were shot dead...

JURIST Guest Columnist Eric Ruben of the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law responds to a recent JURIST article about the Second Amendment and firearm industry immunity....Eight years after the Supreme Court struck down...

During an annual session last Friday, Missouri legislators passed a bill which will allow all state citizens to carry concealed guns without permits or completed gun training. Republicans supporting the bill argued that the law...

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have allowed the concealed carrying of handguns on college campuses. The bill, if approved, would have allowed anyone 21 or older with a concealed...

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case brought by Nebraska and Oklahoma against Colorado, challenging its marijuana laws. The lawsuit , filed directly in the Supreme Court , claimed...

JURIST Guest Columnists James G. Hodge, Jr. of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University (ASU), John L. Hick of the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Dan Hanfling of the UPMC Center for Health Security and...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday opened the confirmation of charges hearing against accused Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen . This is the first major hearing for a leader of the LRA, and...

Justice Minister Samuel Tembenu announced this weekend that there will be a moratorium placed on anti-homosexuality laws in Malawi, effectively suspending enforcement of these laws until a decision is made regarding repeal. Along with this decision came the...

JURIST Guest Columnist Alyssa Lebron of St. John's University School of Law Class of 2016 is the seventh author in a twelve-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Lebron discusses the long-term effects...