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Commentary Overcriminalization & Mass Incarceration: SCOTUS’ Decision in the Hobbs Act Case Will Increase Both
Overcriminalization & Mass Incarceration: SCOTUS’ Decision in the Hobbs Act Case Will Increase Both
Stephen Cooper and Donnie W. Bethel
June 26, 2016 03:48:16 pm

JURIST Guest Columnists Donnie W. Bethel and Stephen A. Cooper discuss how recent Supreme Court's decision related to the Hobbs Act only serves to further take up space and resources in the federal prisons... People of all persuasions, political parties...

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Commentary Undisclosed Fraud Sinks Third-Party Benefits Lawsuit
Undisclosed Fraud Sinks Third-Party Benefits Lawsuit
David Christensen
June 26, 2016 02:39:24 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist David Christensen of Christensen Law discusses recent developments in Michigan auto law that affect third-party benefits... For the past 40 years, plaintiffs' attorneys seeking no-fault benefits for their clients have relied on the innocent third-party rule. This...

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Commentary Louisiana's Designation of Anti-Police Bias as a Hate Crime Category
Louisiana's Designation of Anti-Police Bias as a Hate Crime Category
James B. Jacobs
June 20, 2016 12:06:12 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist James B. Jacobs of New York University School of Law discusses the recent changes to hate crimes in Louisiana... Federal and state hate crime laws enhance criminal punishment for offenders motivated by certain widely condemned biases, the...

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Commentary The Right to Choose: Trial by Jury, or Judge
The Right to Choose: Trial by Jury, or Judge
Tim Lynch
June 20, 2016 11:13:27 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Tim Lynch of The Cato Institute discusses the right of defendants to choose between a trial by jury or trial by judge...Trial by jury is one of the most celebrated rights in the American Constitution, but what...

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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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US Supreme Court ruled Indians not US citizens

On November 3, 1884, the US Supreme Court ruled in Elk v. Wilkins that John Elk, an American Indian who had tried to vote in a federal election in Omaha, Nebraska, was not a US citizen entitled to the protection of the 14th and 15th Amendments of the US Constitution. Native Americans became eligible for citizenship in 1887 under the Dawes Act, but only in 1924, under the Indian Citizenship Act, were all Native Americans born in the US made citizens.

Last public execution at Tyburn Gallows in London

On November 3, 1783, the last public execution took place at Tyburn Gallows in London, when John Austin was hanged for highway robbery. From the hanging of William Fitz Osburn in 1196 until Austin's execution, Tyburn served as London's primary location for public executions.

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