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Commentary Africa Rulings Move LGBT Rights Forward
Africa Rulings Move LGBT Rights Forward
Anneke Meerkotter and Graeme Reid
August 4, 2015 06:36:34 pm

JURIST Guest Columnists Anneke Meerkotter of the Southern Africa Litigation Centre and Graeme Reid of Human Rights Watch discuss how recent court rulings in Botswana, Kenya and Zambia illustrate significant progress in human rights in general and in LGBT rights...

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Commentary Supreme Court Decision Ensures Fair Playing Field In Marketplace of Ideas
Supreme Court Decision Ensures Fair Playing Field In Marketplace of Ideas
David A. Cortman
August 4, 2015 08:00:35 am

JURIST Guest Columnist David A. Cortman, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, discusses the implications of the Supreme Court decision in Reed v. Town of Gilbert... 

The government is relatively good at some things: protecting its citizens through police and...

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Commentary Call Me Caitlyn: Expanding the Circle of Human Concern
Call Me Caitlyn: Expanding the Circle of Human Concern
Peter J. Hammer
August 1, 2015 01:13:59 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Peter Hammer, of Wayne State University Law School, discusses the controversy surrounding Caitlyn Jenner and rights for transgender individuals...Please call me by my true names, so I can wake up, and so the door of my heart...

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Commentary A Challenge to Judicial Independence in India: The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
A Challenge to Judicial Independence in India: The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
Manoj Mate
July 23, 2015 08:00:24 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Manoj Mate of Whittier Law School discusses the National Judicial Appointments Commission...Over the past months, the political whirlwinds surrounding efforts by Narendra Modi's BJP government to change India's judicial appointments system have given way to a storm...

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Commentary Animus and Dignity: Justice Kennedy's Anti-Stereotyping Principle in Obergefell v. Hodges
Animus and Dignity: Justice Kennedy's Anti-Stereotyping Principle in Obergefell v. Hodges
Jeremiah Ho
July 22, 2015 05:49:26 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Jeremiah A. Ho of the University of Massachusetts School of Law, discusses the substantial federal question underlining in Obergefell v. Hodges... Last month the US Supreme Court ruled on marriage equality in Obergefell v. Hodges and ushered...

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Commentary Protecting Michigan’s No-Fault Insurance Act
Protecting Michigan’s No-Fault Insurance Act
David Christensen
July 18, 2015 01:37:07 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist David Christensen of Christensen Law discusses the benefits of Michigan's No-Fault Insurance Act and the need to protect it... Michigan has the most comprehensive no-fault auto insurance laws in the nation, but a series of no-fault reform...

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Commentary How the Legal Community Can Lead the Way  to Support Military Families
How the Legal Community Can Lead the Way to Support Military Families
Elizabeth Jamison
July 16, 2015 08:00:24 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Elizabeth Jamison, Esq. of the Military Spouse JD Network discusses the plight of the military spouse attorney and the need for changes to the current licensing structure ... Earlier this year a series of online threats from...

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Commentary Taking Justice to a New Level: The Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic
Taking Justice to a New Level: The Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic
Geraldine Mattioli-Zeltner
July 9, 2015 08:04:54 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Geraldine Mattioli-Zeltner, the advocacy director of the International Justice Program at Human Rights Watch, discusses how a Special Criminal Court, created by the interim authorities of the Central African Republic, has the potential to strengthen the fight...

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Commentary Obergefell and Equal Marriage: A Few Points for a Long Debate
Obergefell and Equal Marriage: A Few Points for a Long Debate
Amaury A. Reyes-Torres
July 8, 2015 10:55:38 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Amaury A. Reyes-Torres, of Ibero-American University, discusses the recent Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage in the US... The Supreme Court of the United States ("SCOTUS") issued its anticipated opinion on Obergefell v. Hodges . Regardless of...

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Commentary Using Immunity to Entrench Impunity
Using Immunity to Entrench Impunity
Netsanet Belay
July 6, 2015 10:00:22 pm

JURIST Guests Netsanet Belay and Solomon Sacco of Amnesty International discuss two recent cases in which states have used diplomatic immunity as a pretext for not executing arrest warrants for visiting public officials who are wanted for crimes under international...

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Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy

Fascist leader Benito Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy on October 31, 1922 after being appointed by King Victor Emmanuel II. Mussolini came to power after his paramilitary "blackshirts" marched on Rome to take control of the country's government. Italy would be under Mussolini's authoritarian rule until 1943, after which he was arrested and subsequently freed by the Nazis. Mussolini would rule a breakaway republic in Italy's north until his execution by anti-fascist partisans in 1945. Learn more about Benito Mussolini.

Nevada admitted to US after telegraphing Constitution

On October 31, 1864, Congress admitted Nevada as the 36th state in the US. With President Lincoln coming up for re-election and looking for support for his proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution, Nevadans had moved quickly to meet the legal requirements for statehood, ultimately sending the entire text of the proposed state constitution to Washington by telegraph, creating in the longest—and most expensive—telegram on record to that date.

India PM Indira Gandhi assassinated

On October 31, 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two security guards, precipitating riots throughout the country.

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