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Commentary Supreme Court Granted Certiorari to Address Consolidated Affordable Care Cases
Supreme Court Granted Certiorari to Address Consolidated Affordable Care Cases
Jessica Waters
December 8, 2015 06:36:28 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Jessica L. Waters of American University discusses the implications of the Supreme Court granting certiorari to hear consolidated ACA cases... In early November the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in a group of consolidated cases challenging...

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Commentary A Child-Centered View of Foster Parenting by Same-Sex Couples
A Child-Centered View of Foster Parenting by Same-Sex Couples
James Dwyer
December 8, 2015 03:30:41 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist James Dwyer of the College of William & Mary School of Law discusses the controversy surrounding recent removal of a foster child from a same-sex couple...A November foster care review hearing in Utah captured national news...

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Commentary Here We Go Again: Another ACA Legal Challenge of Questionable Merit
Here We Go Again: Another ACA Legal Challenge of Questionable Merit
Robert I. Field
December 7, 2015 05:01:18 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Robert Field of the Drexel University Kline School of Law discusses the controversy surrounding the latest challenges to the Affordable Care Act ...The barrage of lawsuits challenging the Affordable Care Act (ACA) shows no signs of...

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Commentary Combating Terrorism in a Democracy: The Israel Experience
Combating Terrorism in a Democracy: The Israel Experience
Robbie Sabel
December 4, 2015 11:36:01 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Robbie Sabel, of the Hebrew University Jerusalem, discusses the continued violence in Israel ... In recent weeks Israel has been facing a wave of "individual" terrorism and the Israel Authorities are in a dilemma as to how...

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Commentary A Public Banking Model for the People
A Public Banking Model for the People
Keith King
December 2, 2015 08:50:12 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Keith King of St. John's University School of Law Class of 2016 is the sixth author in a twelve-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. King discusses the advantages of...

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Commentary Despite flaws, CISA represents progress for federal government action on cybersecurity
Despite flaws, CISA represents progress for federal government action on cybersecurity
Markus Rauschecker
December 1, 2015 08:06:23 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Markus Rauschecker of University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law discusses the recent Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act...Over the past few years, Congress made many attempts to pass cyber threat data sharing legislation. Until this year,...

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Commentary The US Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015
The US Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015
Frans von der Dunk
November 30, 2015 06:52:35 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Frans von der Dunk of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law discusses the recent US Space Launch Competitiveness Act... On November 25, 2015, President Obama signed into law the US Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act (H.R....

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Commentary ACA Challengers Think Third Time's A Charm
ACA Challengers Think Third Time's A Charm
Glenn C. Smith
November 26, 2015 07:28:09 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Glenn C. Smith of the California Western School of Law discusses the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act...All petitions to have a lower-court ruling reviewed by the US Supreme Court are long shots. Still, the recently-filed...

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Commentary Patent Ownership Disclosure and Real Party-In-Interest Regulation
Patent Ownership Disclosure and Real Party-In-Interest Regulation
Xiaoying Zhang
November 25, 2015 02:22:13 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Xiaoying Zhang of the University of Pittsburgh, School of Law discusses how patent ownership disclosure should be regulated... On June 4, 2013, the White House issued five executive actions designed to increase the transparency of the patent...

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Commentary France May Invoke NATO Article 5 In Wake of Paris ISIS Attacks
France May Invoke NATO Article 5 In Wake of Paris ISIS Attacks
Michael J. Kelly | Creighton University School of Law
November 18, 2015 12:15:10 pm

JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law argues that France has the legal right to invoke Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty following the Paris ISIS attacks...Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after the...

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