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Commentary President Trump, Impeachment, and the "Higher Law": Part I
President Trump, Impeachment, and the "Higher Law": Part I
Sean Merritt
July 23, 2017 12:00:55 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Louis René Beres of Purdue University, in part one of this two part series, discusses how Higher Law supports the prospective impeachment of President Trump... "The legality of the Constitution, its supremacy, and its claim to be...

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Commentary Disciplining Lawyers for Harassment and Discrimination: A Time for Change
Disciplining Lawyers for Harassment and Discrimination: A Time for Change
Sean Merritt
July 11, 2017 01:22:49 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist L. Ali Khan of the Washburn University School of Law discusses the rationale behind some proposed changes to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct... The American Bar Association (ABA) has proposed a model rule to discipline...

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Commentary Continuing Chronicles of the Comey Confrontation
Continuing Chronicles of the Comey Confrontation
Sean Merritt
May 12, 2017 01:29:17 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Royal F. Oakes of discusses the recent firing of FBI Director James Comey and its implications for wider investigations into the Trump administration... The Comey affair is shaping up to be a brass knuckle, brazenly partisan showdown...

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Commentary Texas "Bathroom Bill" Offers Up More of the Same False, Tired Anti-LGBT Arguments
Texas "Bathroom Bill" Offers Up More of the Same False, Tired Anti-LGBT Arguments
Sean Merritt
April 17, 2017 07:45:50 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Dara Purvis of Penn State Law discusses some deficiencies of a recent Texas bill resembling North Carolina's "HB2"...In January, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick introduced Senate Bill 6 (SB6), another so-called "bathroom bill" aimed at preventing transgender...

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Commentary Agribusiness Consolidation, Food Security and the Challenges of Global Governance
Agribusiness Consolidation, Food Security and the Challenges of Global Governance
Sean Merritt
February 13, 2017 10:27:31 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Uche Ewelukwa Ofodile of the University of Arkansas School of Law discusses the implications of massive agribusiness mergers in relation to eradicating world hunger ...Cross-border and multijurisdictional mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, and strategic alliances are...

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Commentary First It's the Muslims: An Evolution to Dictatorship
First It's the Muslims: An Evolution to Dictatorship
Sean Merritt
February 3, 2017 06:27:41 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist David M. Crane of the Syracuse University College of Law discusses some alarming similarities between the early days of the Trump administration and the rise to power of Adolf Hitler... How did a great country with a...

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Commentary No Ordinary Lawsuit: <span class="casename">Juliana v. United States</span> is a Landmark Precedent  for Climate Change Legislation
No Ordinary Lawsuit: Juliana v. United States is a Landmark Precedent for Climate Change Legislation
Sean Merritt
January 6, 2017 06:02:16 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Gabriela Steier of the Duquesne University School of Law and Food Law International LLP discusses the possible effects of a landmark court decision in climate change litigation..."This is no ordinary lawsuit," wrote Judge Ann Aiken of the...

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Commentary &quot;Sanctuary Cities&quot; to Find Sanctuary in the Rehnquist and Roberts Courts
"Sanctuary Cities" to Find Sanctuary in the Rehnquist and Roberts Courts
Sean Merritt
December 30, 2016 04:24:37 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Hugh D. Spitzer of the University of Washington School of Law discusses US Supreme Court decisions which could derail the anticipated efforts by president-elect Trump to punish so-called "sanctuary cities" ... During the recent election campaign, candidate...

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Commentary The Iran Sanctions Extension Act: Enforcement Overkill
The Iran Sanctions Extension Act: Enforcement Overkill
Sean Merritt
November 28, 2016 06:52:13 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Professor John B. Quigley of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law argues that international changes to approaching and monitoring Iran's nuclear program have made recent congressional action unnecessary... The Iran Sanctions Extension Act was adopted...

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First US execution by gas

On February 8, 1924, Gee Jon, a Chinese man convicted of murder, was executed by gas in Nevada and became the first person in the United States to be put to death in that manner.

The Nevada state legislature had eliminated hanging and shooting as a method of execution in 1921, and had provided for execution by lethal gas instead. Nevada sent 32 convicts to the gas chamber between 1924 and 1979. Learn more about the history of executions by gas in Nevada.

Mary, Queen of Scots executed

On February 8, 1587, Mary I of Scotland was executed for involvement in a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England. Before execution, Mary denied three times assisting the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, and crown Mary as ruler of Great Britain. Mary's guilt or innocence is debated to this day. Learn more about the Babington Plot.

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