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Commentary California's Water Restriction and Its Beneficial Incentives
California's Water Restriction and Its Beneficial Incentives
April 21, 2015 09:48:22 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Griffen Thorne, Student at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, discusses water use restrictions in the State of California ... On April 1, 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown issued Executive Order B-29-15 ("EO"), which mandates...

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Commentary Polish Soldiers Acquitted of War Crimes for Nangar Khel Incident
Polish Soldiers Acquitted of War Crimes for Nangar Khel Incident
April 20, 2015 09:18:48 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Milena Sterio of Cleveland-Marshall College of Law discusses the recent acquittal of Polish soldiers connected to the incident at Nangar Khel ... In a recent ruling, a Warsaw military court acquitted four Polish soldiers of war crimes...

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Commentary Oklahoma University and the Free Speech Battle of the Decade
Oklahoma University and the Free Speech Battle of the Decade
April 15, 2015 09:00:15 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Cliff H. Mason II, Valparaiso University School of Law, Class of 2016, discusses whether a racist chant performed by fraternity members of the Oklahoma University is protected under the First Amendment, or the university president has the...

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Commentary Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Needle Exchanges and the Public's Health
Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Needle Exchanges and the Public's Health
April 14, 2015 11:09:18 am

JURIST Guest Columnists James G. Hodge Jr. and Gregory Measer of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, discuss the potential impact of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana and other states on protecting and promoting...

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Commentary Security Screening: Science or Sorcery?
Security Screening: Science or Sorcery?
April 13, 2015 03:33:13 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Tung Yin, of Lewis and Clark Law School, discusses the effectiveness of TSA screening policies and how those policies affect our privacy rights...In the fall of 2001, I went on the market to become a law professor,...

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Commentary Can You Fight Marijuana Laws with RICO Suits?
Can You Fight Marijuana Laws with RICO Suits?
April 6, 2015 03:50:54 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Sam Kamin of University of Denver Sturm College of Law evaluates the success of the marijuana suits brought by private businesses in recent months and argues that possible RICO suits will face obstacles due to the difficulty...

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Commentary The DOJ Opposition to the Proposed Sentencing Guideline Amendments: Fighting the Wrong Battles in Fraud Cases
The DOJ Opposition to the Proposed Sentencing Guideline Amendments: Fighting the Wrong Battles in Fraud Cases
April 4, 2015 02:14:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Randall D. Eliason of the George Washington University Law School discusses DOJ's recent opposition to relaxed sentencing guidelines ... On March 12, 2015, the US Sentencing Commission held a public hearing on its annual proposed amendments to...

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Commentary The Arab League Joint Military Force: Countering Extremism and Political Instability
The Arab League Joint Military Force: Countering Extremism and Political Instability
April 1, 2015 07:44:37 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern, of Ave Maria School of Law, considers the ramifications of the recent Arab League agreement to form a joint force in the context of historic efforts on joint defense and economic cooperation ... JURIST recently...

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Commentary Syria and North Korea: The Underground Connection
Syria and North Korea: The Underground Connection
March 31, 2015 12:48:46 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Morse Tan of Northern Illinois University College of Law discusses North Korea and Syria nuclear programs and argues that the noticeable links between the two pose a significant threat to global security...More links North Korea and Syria...

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Commentary Lujan Eliminates Plaintiffs’ Standing In New Marijuana Cases
Lujan Eliminates Plaintiffs’ Standing In New Marijuana Cases
March 30, 2015 04:56:04 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Roxane Peyser of the Law Office of Roxane Peyser in Lyons, Colorado discusses the issues in question concerning challenges to Colorado's legalization of marijuana...The requirement that a plaintiff have standing is derived from Article III of the...

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Congress passed War Powers Act

On November 7, 1973, Congress passed the War Powers Act, overriding President Nixon's veto. Read the War Powers Act and review a summary of Congress and the War Power: Constitutional Anchor or Anachronism?, a seminar held at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars on October 15, 2001.

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On November 7, 1956, the United Nations General Assembly approved Resolution 1001, which called on the United Kingdom, France and Israel to pull all of their military forces out of Egypt. The Resolution came during the Suez Canal crisis, during which Israel invaded Egypt with the support of the U.K. and France, after Egyptian President Gamal Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal. Read Resolution 1001.

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