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Commentary Can He Do That? Trump’s Executive Order on the Outer Continental Shelf
Can He Do That? Trump’s Executive Order on the Outer Continental Shelf
Jay Austin
May 24, 2017 08:39:54 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Jay Austin of the Environmental Law Institute discusses President Trump's recent executive order concerning offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf ... Even before this week's dramatic events, the topic of "presidential power" had already been trending....

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Commentary North Korea’s Nuclear Desire
North Korea’s Nuclear Desire
James P. Rudolph
May 23, 2017 08:29:14 am

JURIST Guest Columnist James P. Rudolph discusses the consequences of waiting for North Korea to use its nuclear weapons ... North Korea's ambition to acquire nuclear weapons is a threat not only to Asia but to the United States as...

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Commentary Jokes, Indecency and the Federal Communications Commission
Jokes, Indecency and the Federal Communications Commission
Roy S. Gutterman
May 20, 2017 10:03:22 am

JURIST Guest Columnist, Roy S. Gutterman, of School of Public Communications at Syracuse University discusses the implications of late-night television political satire and the effect of FCC regulation on the First Amendment...Since the election late-night TV show hosts have been...

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Commentary Did Trump Commit High Crimes and Misdemeanors?
Did Trump Commit High Crimes and Misdemeanors?
Marjorie Cohn
May 17, 2017 09:30:58 pm

JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn, Professor Emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, discusses the legal framework of a potential Trump impeachment...Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has responded to the crescendo of outrage by appointing former FBI director Robert Mueller...

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Commentary Iraq after ISIS: Urgent Legal Reforms Needed
Iraq after ISIS: Urgent Legal Reforms Needed
Professor Oday Talal Mahmood | University of Mosul | IQ
May 16, 2017 08:05:46 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Oday T. Mahmood, an S.J.D. candidate for 2019 at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law discusses needed legal and constitutional reforms in Iraq post Islamic State... In 2014, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)...

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Commentary Continuing Chronicles of the Comey Confrontation
Continuing Chronicles of the Comey Confrontation
Royal F. Oakes
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 Australia's Forcible Deportations of  Unwell Asylum Seekers: Legal Obligations
Australia's Forcible Deportations of Unwell Asylum Seekers: Legal Obligations
Anna Talbot
May 10, 2017 04:16:46 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Greg Barns, Lecturer in Jurisprudence RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia) and Anna Talbot, Legal and Policy Adviser Australian Lawyers Alliance discuss the human rights of unwell asylum seekers at the refugee facility on Manus Island... On April 30th,...

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Commentary Victims of Rape and Law: How the Laws of the Arab World Protect Rapists, Not Victims
Victims of Rape and Law: How the Laws of the Arab World Protect Rapists, Not Victims
Mais Haddad
May 9, 2017 11:20:12 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Mais Haddad, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, discusses laws in Arab countries that protect rapists and further oppress rape victims.... In the Arab world, women are under systematic discrimination socially, politically and economically. This discrimination is...

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Commentary A Response to "The Fist in a Velvet Glove: Hardened Humanitarianism"
A Response to "The Fist in a Velvet Glove: Hardened Humanitarianism"
Ricardo Arredondo
May 5, 2017 06:34:40 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Ricardo Arredondo, a professor at University of Buenos Aires, responds to David Crane's commentary article in respect to the international law on the use of force... A few days ago Prof. Crane wrote a very interesting article...

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Commentary Amidst a Set-Back for Transparency, Citizen Led Accountability in North Carolina
Amidst a Set-Back for Transparency, Citizen Led Accountability in North Carolina
Catherine Read
May 4, 2017 01:56:38 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist David M. Crane and Catherine Read discuss the Supreme Court's decision on denying cert in the ACLU's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit... Last Monday, 24 April, it was easy to miss the important news that the Supreme...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Ford pardoned Nixon for Watergate

On September 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford, in a televised address to the American people, pardoned ex-President Richard Nixon for any offenses committed in association with the Watergate break-in. Read the full text of Ford's address.

Treaty of San Francisco signed, officially ending WWII in the Pacific

On September 8, 1951, the Treaty of San Francisco was signed between 49 nations and Japan, ending World War II in the Pacific region. In addition to dismantling the Japanese Empire, the accord also provided for compensation to be paid by Japan to prisoners of war and civilians who were victimized by Japan during the War. Communist China did not participate in the San Francisco negotiations and thus signed the separate Treaty of Tapei with Japan.

Ford pardoned Nixon

On Sepetmber 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford pardoned predecessor Richard Nixon for any crimes he may have committed or participated in while in office. Read President Ford's remarks explaining the pardon.

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