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Commentary Impact of the New Abortion Act Passed by the US House of Representatives
Impact of the New Abortion Act Passed by the US House of Representatives
Krista Grobelny
February 15, 2017 10:42:59 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist, Yvonne Lindgren, of Indiana Tech law School discusses the implications of the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2017" and how it will affect poor women and women of color...On January...

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Commentary The Emergence of Evidence Opens the Door for Another Lawsuit by Bosnia and Herzegovina Against Serbia
The Emergence of Evidence Opens the Door for Another Lawsuit by Bosnia and Herzegovina Against Serbia
Krista Grobelny
February 6, 2017 12:55:26 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Fahira Brodlija of The University of Pittsburgh School of Law, LLM Class of 2017, discusses the implications of revising a lawsuit between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia...According to the former prosecutor of The Hague International Criminal Court...

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Commentary Antitrust and the Mylan Conspiracy
Antitrust and the Mylan Conspiracy
Krista Grobelny
January 15, 2017 10:15:59 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Daryl Lim of The John Marshall School of Law discusses the implications and predictions of the recent Mylan investigations after 20 US states file lawsuits...In an age of divisive politics, there has been a surprising amount of...

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Commentary What the Federal Court Decision Against Blanket Drug Testing Means for Students
What the Federal Court Decision Against Blanket Drug Testing Means for Students
Krista Grobelny
January 7, 2017 12:45:02 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Reid T. Murdoch, Esq., Board member of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, analyzes a major Eighth Circuit ruling prohibiting blanket drug testing of college students...Blanket drug testing of college students is officially unconstitutional, a US Court of...

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Commentary Actually, We Can't Just All Get Along—Cooperation and Individualization under IDEA
Actually, We Can't Just All Get Along—Cooperation and Individualization under IDEA
Krista Grobelny
December 5, 2016 04:50:13 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Karen Czapanskiy of the University of Maryland Francis King Cary School of Law discusses the road not taken in the recent Supreme Court case on in-school service dogs for special needs children... In Fry v. Napoleon Community...

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Commentary Fatal Attraction&#8212The International Criminal Court and Politics
Fatal Attraction&#8212The International Criminal Court and Politics
Krista Grobelny
November 30, 2016 09:27:46 am

JURIST Guest Columnist David M. Crane of Syracuse University College of Law discusses the need for the International Criminal Court to utilize politics to ensure its future...Several years ago, I gave a speech where I stated that prosecutor who does...

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Commentary China's New Cybersecurity Law is a Call to Action for Congress
China's New Cybersecurity Law is a Call to Action for Congress
Krista Grobelny
November 26, 2016 07:29:22 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Markus Rauschecker of University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law discusses the effects of a new Chinese cybersecurity law and the need for response by the US Congress...China's Standing Committee of the National People's Congress...

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Commentary Criminalizing Visual Poverty&#8212the Effects of Making Homelessness a Crime
Criminalizing Visual Poverty&#8212the Effects of Making Homelessness a Crime
Krista Grobelny
November 21, 2016 02:24:38 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Sara Rankin of Seattle University School of Law discusses the effects of criminalizing homelessness in the US...As a lawyer, I am particularly interested in how we take our impulses and fears and codify them into our laws...

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Puerto Ricans granted US Citizenship

On March 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones-Shafroth Act, granting Puerto Rico status as a United States territory and granting all of its residents US citizenship. The Bill furthermore constructed a government and a bill of rights for the island and allowed its residents to serve in the US military. In 1952, the rights of Puerto Rico and its residents were further extended when the island promulgated its own constitution.

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Lord Mansfield (William Murray), Chief Justice of the King's Bench and developer of English commercial law, was born in Scone, Scotland, on March 2, 1702. Learn more about Lord Mansfield.

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