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Commentary Alice's Unintended Social Effect on Employment
Alice's Unintended Social Effect on Employment
Lawson Huyhn
October 7, 2015 08:14:52 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Lawson Huynh from St. John's University School of Law Class of 2016, is the second author in a twelve-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Huyhn discusses the impact a...

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Commentary Responding to the Refugee Crisis, Can Lawyers Help?
Responding to the Refugee Crisis, Can Lawyers Help?
Karla McKanders
October 5, 2015 10:59:56 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Karla McKanders of the University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Law discusses the European refugee crisis... This commentary explores actions lawyers can take to hold signatories to the 1951 Refugee Convention accountable for protecting refugee and asylum...

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Commentary In Kansas, A Battle of the Branches
In Kansas, A Battle of the Branches
William J. Rich
September 29, 2015 12:55:13 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist William J. Rich, of Washburn University School of Law, discusses the conflict between branches of the Kansas government that has been intensified in the case of Solomon v. Kansas... In 2014, the Kansas legislature altered the way...

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Commentary Gay Marriage and Michigan No-Fault Spousal Benefits
Gay Marriage and Michigan No-Fault Spousal Benefits
David Christensen
September 29, 2015 09:20:59 am

JURIST Guest Columnist David Christensen from Christensen Law discusses the impact of spousal benefits on the LGBT community...When the US Supreme Court ruled that states could not ban gay marriage earlier this year, it did more than just given them...

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Commentary Doctors, Patients, Guns and the Public's Health: Wollschlaeger II
Doctors, Patients, Guns and the Public's Health: Wollschlaeger II
James G Hodge
September 28, 2015 09:38:21 am

JURIST Guest Columnist James G. Hodge, Jr. of Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University discusses the significance of the outcome of Wollschlaeger II and its impact on the public's health... Without question significant access to guns...

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Commentary A Sino-American Cyber Security Agreement: Crisis Composed of Danger and Opportunity?
A Sino-American Cyber Security Agreement: Crisis Composed of Danger and Opportunity?
Professor Kevin Govern | Ave Maria School of Law
September 28, 2015 09:20:36 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law discusses the latest cyber security agreement between China and the US... It is a longstanding fiction that the Chinese word for "crisis" is composed of elements that signify "danger"...

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Commentary 1951 Refugee Convention: Moral Aspiration or Legal Obligation?
1951 Refugee Convention: Moral Aspiration or Legal Obligation?
Karla McKanders
September 28, 2015 08:47:26 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Karla McKanders of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville College of Law discusses the European refugee crisis... "They are people in genuine need of our protection. There is no wall you would not climb, no sea you would...

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Commentary US Military Deliberately Neglects PTSD-Inflicted Veterans: The Need for Reform
US Military Deliberately Neglects PTSD-Inflicted Veterans: The Need for Reform
Devin Cohen
September 23, 2015 08:00:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Devin Cohen from St. John's University School of Law Class of 2016, is the first author in a twelve-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Cohen discusses the problems surrounding...

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Commentary Intern Protection Laws May Be Hurting Interns
Intern Protection Laws May Be Hurting Interns
Harrison Thorne
September 15, 2015 08:00:21 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Harrison Thorne of UCLA School of Law discusses the possible implications that a recent decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit might bear on internships ... Employees are entitled to many benefits, including...

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Commentary Decoding the Politics Underlying the Resolution on Protection of the Family
Decoding the Politics Underlying the Resolution on Protection of the Family
Arvind Narrain
September 5, 2015 02:30:26 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Arvind Narrain of ARC discusses the intricacies of the definition of family in the international human rights arena and what this means for LGBTI people, women and children...A significant development in the 29th Session of the Human...

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White supremacists overthrow government in Wilmington, North Carolina

A group of white supremacists overthrew the government of Wilmington, North Carolina on November 10, 1898, killing at least dozens of Black people in the process. The city's Republican government resigned after the 500-2,000 strong white mob burned the offices of a Black-owned newspaper and terrorized black neighborhoods. The new state Democratic government passed laws in 1899 disenfranchising Black voters across North Carolina. Learn more about the 1898 Wilmington Coup.

Supreme Court limited free speech in wartime

On November 10, 1919, the US Supreme Court ruled in Abrams v. United States that the federal government could criminalize speech if it was of a type tending to bring about harmful results, in this case, resistance to the United States war effort. In a powerful dissenting opinion, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes countered that even during wartime, free speech could only be curtailed when there was clear and "present danger of immediate evil or an intent to bring it about."

Leonid Brezhnev dies

On November 10, 1982, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev died of a heart attack. He had served as leader of the USSR from October 1964 until his death. Following his death, the Soviet Union cycled through three more leaders during the 1980s until Mikhail Gorbachev allowed the country to dissolve in 1991. Read an obituary of Leonid Brezhnev from the New York Times.

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