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Commentary Fear Deployed: Are you scared yet?
Fear Deployed: Are you scared yet?
Benjamin G. Davis
February 20, 2017 10:55:11 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin G. Davis of University of Toledo College of Law discusses the use of fear as a mechanism for social control... Fear is deployed in the United States as a means of social control. The ICE raids...

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Commentary End of Life Liberty in California
End of Life Liberty in California
Kathryn L. Tucker
February 20, 2017 10:19:37 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Kathryn L. Tucker Executive Director of End of Life Liberty Project (ELLP) discusses the End of Life Option Act adopted by California... California adopted the End of Life Option Act (EOLOA) in October 2015, establishing statutory permission...

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Commentary Top Takeaways from the Common Rule Amendments
Top Takeaways from the Common Rule Amendments
James G Hodge
February 18, 2017 08:46:12 pm

JURIST Guest Columnists James G. Hodge, Jr., Sarah Arnold and Sarah Wetter of The Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, discuss premier takeaways from the recent amendments to the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects...

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Commentary Travel Ban Challenges Present a Non-Reviewable Political Question
Travel Ban Challenges Present a Non-Reviewable Political Question
Victor Williams
February 18, 2017 06:59:24 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Victor Williams discusses separation of powers between the Executive and Judicial branches, and how this relates to the travel restrictions imposed by Donald Trump... Among President Donald Trump's fundamental constitutional duties are implementing war strategy as Commander-in-Chief...

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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
Yvonne Lindgren
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 World Bank’s View Through the Looking Glass
The World Bank’s View Through the Looking Glass
Jessica Evans
February 14, 2017 02:34:16 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Jessica Evans of Human Rights Watch, discusses ongoing litigation regarding the World Bank's International Finance Corporation's immunity to civil suit ... A few days ago, I had the rare opportunity to watch an arm of the World...

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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
Uche Ewelukwa Ofodile
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 Non-Discrimination Trumps Executive Order
Non-Discrimination Trumps Executive Order
Karla McKanders
February 10, 2017 10:57:43 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Karla McKanders of the University of Tennessee College of Law Immigration Clinic discusses the immigration and constitutional questions surrounding Executive Order 13769 ...Since Donald Trump signed Executive Order 13769, titled "Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry...

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Commentary Murr v. State of Wisconsin: Esoteric Regulatory Takings Question Could Affect All Homeowners
Murr v. State of Wisconsin: Esoteric Regulatory Takings Question Could Affect All Homeowners
Brian T. Hodges
February 9, 2017 12:34:31 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Brian T. Hodges of The Pacific Legal Foundation, discusses Murr v. State of Wisconsin and its potential effect on regulatory takings jurisprudence ... The US Supreme Court is set to resolve a critically important question of regulatory...

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Commentary Trump's Immigration Order Signals Sharp Departure from Other Post-WWII Presidents
Trump's Immigration Order Signals Sharp Departure from Other Post-WWII Presidents
Margaret Hu
February 6, 2017 10:40:37 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Margaret Hu of Washington and Lee University School of Law, discusses President Trump's break from post-WWII precedent on refugee policy ...As "leader of the free world," every post-World War II US President has expressed some form of...

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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.

UN calls for UK, France and Israel to leave Egypt

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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