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Commentary Sex, Lies and “Severe Impact”: In Defense of Judge Aaron Persky
Sex, Lies and “Severe Impact”: In Defense of Judge Aaron Persky
Nicholas M. Wooldridge
June 18, 2016 05:30:04 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Nicholas M. Wooldridge discusses judge Aaron Persky's sentencing of convicted Stanford sex offender Brock Turner...Brock Allen Turner was convicted of three felony counts related to his digital penetration of an unconscious victim behind a dumpster at a...

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Commentary After Texas: What&#8217;s at Stake for the Rest of the Country in <span class="casename">Whole Woman&#8217;s Health v. Hellerstedt</span>
After Texas: What’s at Stake for the Rest of the Country in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt
B. Jessie Hill
June 13, 2016 01:02:44 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist B. Jessie Hill of Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, discusses the newest Supreme Court abortion rights case...Only a few weeks remain in...

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Commentary Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movements
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movements
Abed Awad
June 11, 2016 02:44:23 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Abed Awad of Awad & Khoury, LLP, discusses the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement...In 1880, English Captain Charles C. Boycott led an eviction campaign against tenants in Ireland. Appalled at the inhumanity of Mr. Boycott's ruthless actions,...

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Commentary Climate Justice &amp; International Migration Issues: An Intersectional Approach
Climate Justice & International Migration Issues: An Intersectional Approach
Mahmudul Hasan
June 11, 2016 01:04:03 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Mahmudul Hasan, an LLM student at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, discusses the impact of climate change on vulnerable world populations and its relation to international migration and refugee situations...As global climate change and the resulting implications...

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Commentary What the Kraft and Heinz Merger Teaches Us About Protecting American Jobs
What the Kraft and Heinz Merger Teaches Us About Protecting American Jobs
Christina Alam
May 25, 2016 11:49:52 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Christina Alam of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law discusses the negative effect corporate mergers have on preserving American jobs... While some public figures paint horror stories of how immigrants steal American jobs, subtler, but yet...

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Commentary Exaggerated Claims of &#8220;Judicial Nullification&#8221; in Gun Cases
Exaggerated Claims of “Judicial Nullification” in Gun Cases
Eric Ruben
May 20, 2016 05:58:50 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Eric Ruben of the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law responds to a recent JURIST article about the Second Amendment and firearm industry immunity....Eight years after the Supreme Court struck down...

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Commentary Waterboarding is &quot;Torture&quot;? &#8212; The Agenda-Driven Argument
Waterboarding is "Torture"? — The Agenda-Driven Argument
Jeffrey Addicott
May 16, 2016 10:53:45 am

JURIST Contributing Editor Jeffrey F. Addicott of St. Mary's University School of Law continues the discussion on the legality of waterboarding...This article is written in response to certain scholars that published their views in a recent JURIST article concerning my...

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Commentary Judicial Nullification Continues: Connecticut Judge Defies Law Prohibiting Suits Against Gun Manufacturers
Judicial Nullification Continues: Connecticut Judge Defies Law Prohibiting Suits Against Gun Manufacturers
Joyce Lee Malcolm
April 29, 2016 12:25:41 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Joyce Lee Malcolm of the George Mason School of Law discusses judicial precedent for Second Amendment rights...The decision of Connecticut judge Barbara Bellis to ignore federal law by permitting gun manufacturers to be sued for criminal use...

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Commentary Evenwel Upholds Republican Form of Representative Government
Evenwel Upholds Republican Form of Representative Government
Joaquin G. Avila
April 29, 2016 09:59:09 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Joaquin G. Avila, a voting rights attorney, discusses the Supreme Court decision regarding voter populations...Evenwel v Abbott was correctly decided. The Court basically held that states are not required to use eligible voter population data to create...

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Commentary Newtown Families&apos; Suit Against Gunmakers Will Likely End in Dismissal
Newtown Families' Suit Against Gunmakers Will Likely End in Dismissal
Nicholas Johnson
April 25, 2016 11:35:07 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Nicholas Johnson of the Fordham University School of Law discusses the recent suit filed by the families of the Newtown victims...Some of the families who survived the horror of the Newtown, Connecticut, shooting are suing the manufacturer...

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South Africa born

On May 31, 1910, the Union of South Africa was created. Exactly fifty-one years later in 1961, the Republic of South Africa was born. Learn more about the history of South Africa from the country's government.

Tulsa race riot began

On May 31, 1921, the Tulsa race riot was touched off after a black elevator operator was alleged to have attacked a white woman in an elevator in downtown Tulsa. Armed whites attacked, burned and looted the local black business community of Greenwood in violence that killed more than 300 people and destroyed more than 1200 homes. Learn more about the Tulsa race riot. A special commission set up by the Oklahoma legislature decades afterward submitted this report [PDF] on the riot in 2001.

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