Denver voters decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana
Denver voters have approved a measure that makes it the first large American city to legalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. The measure, which passed with 54 percent of the vote , allows adults 21 and...
JURIST Contributing Editor William G. Ross, a specialist in constitutional history and the appointment of U.S. Supreme Court justices teaching at Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, says that the US Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito will be...
JURIST Guest Columnist Scott Gerber of Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law says that although, in Harriet Miers, President Bush apparently put a premium on picking a Supreme Court nominee loyal to him, when the political chips were down...
US Immigration Judge Kenneth Hurewitz has ruled that Basuyouy Mamdouh Ebaid should not be deported because he would likely be tortured in his native Egypt. Ebaid was found on a terrorist watch list for praising Osama bin Laden [Wikipedia...
JURIST Guest Columnist Craig Bradley, a former law clerk to the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, says that Rehnquist's thirty-three year legal legacy is complex and must be examined from multiple perspectives... No one person can adequately assess Chief Justice...
Stevens calls two controversial Supreme Court decisions "unwise"
US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has continued to candidly voice his opinions by calling the outcomes of two prominent cases decided by the Supreme Court this term "unwise" while speaking at a bar association meeting...
Canadian Justice Minister faces pressure in US marijuana extradition case
Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler is under pressure to deny a US request to extradite Canadian marijuana activist Marc Emery in a case that is likely to spark debate over the countries' diverging drug...
States brief - Florida appeal court rules unused 2000 butterfly ballots may be destroyed
Leading Friday's states brief, Florida's 1st District Court of Appeal has ruled that unused butterfly ballots from the 2000 presidential election can be destroyed as they are not public records. Chief Judge Charles J. Kahn, Jr. wrote...
States brief ~ California Supreme Court allows domestic partner law to stand
Leading Wednesday's states brief, the California Supreme Court has let stand a new law granting registered domestic partners many of the same rights and protections of heterosexual marriages. Without comment, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of...
Federal law enforcment authorities in San Francisco have unsealed an indictment charging 19 people with drug trafficking and using three San Francisco medical marijuana dispensaries as fronts for organized crime. In marijuana raids conducted earlier this week ...
