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Commentary Security Screening: Science or Sorcery?
Security Screening: Science or Sorcery?
Tung Yin
April 13, 2015 03:33:13 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Tung Yin, of Lewis and Clark Law School, discusses the effectiveness of TSA screening policies and how those policies affect our privacy rights...In the fall of 2001, I went on the market to become a law professor,...

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Commentary Can You Fight Marijuana Laws with RICO Suits?
Can You Fight Marijuana Laws with RICO Suits?
Sam Kamin
April 6, 2015 03:50:54 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Sam Kamin of University of Denver Sturm College of Law evaluates the success of the marijuana suits brought by private businesses in recent months and argues that possible RICO suits will face obstacles due to the difficulty...

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Commentary The DOJ Opposition to the Proposed Sentencing Guideline Amendments: Fighting the Wrong Battles in Fraud Cases
The DOJ Opposition to the Proposed Sentencing Guideline Amendments: Fighting the Wrong Battles in Fraud Cases
Randall D. Eliason
April 4, 2015 02:14:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Randall D. Eliason of the George Washington University Law School discusses DOJ's recent opposition to relaxed sentencing guidelines ... On March 12, 2015, the US Sentencing Commission held a public hearing on its annual proposed amendments to...

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Commentary The Arab League Joint Military Force: Countering Extremism and Political Instability
The Arab League Joint Military Force: Countering Extremism and Political Instability
Professor Kevin Govern | Ave Maria School of Law
April 1, 2015 07:44:37 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern, of Ave Maria School of Law, considers the ramifications of the recent Arab League agreement to form a joint force in the context of historic efforts on joint defense and economic cooperation ... JURIST recently...

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Commentary Syria and North Korea: The Underground Connection
Syria and North Korea: The Underground Connection
Morse Tan
March 31, 2015 12:48:46 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Morse Tan of Northern Illinois University College of Law discusses North Korea and Syria nuclear programs and argues that the noticeable links between the two pose a significant threat to global security...More links North Korea and Syria...

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Commentary Lujan Eliminates Plaintiffs’ Standing In New Marijuana Cases
Lujan Eliminates Plaintiffs’ Standing In New Marijuana Cases
Roxane Peyser
March 30, 2015 04:56:04 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Roxane Peyser of the Law Office of Roxane Peyser in Lyons, Colorado discusses the issues in question concerning challenges to Colorado's legalization of marijuana...The requirement that a plaintiff have standing is derived from Article III of the...

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Commentary The Rules Have Not Changed Regarding Armed Conflict
The Rules Have Not Changed Regarding Armed Conflict
David M. Crane
March 30, 2015 03:21:19 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist David M. Crane of Syracuse University College of Law discusses enforcing the laws of armed conflict in an age of extremes... Shortly after three planes went into three buildings on September 11, 2001 the chief law enforcement...

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Commentary Rights Violations by ISIL: The Problem is Enforcement
Rights Violations by ISIL: The Problem is Enforcement
March 28, 2015 08:47:32 am

JURIST Guest Columnist John B. Quigley, of The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, discusses the possible implications of prosecuting ISIL under international law...The Human Rights Council of the UN addressed the question of rights violations by ISIL in...

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Commentary Obama's Gitmo Regrets Abound: The 9/11 Military Commission-Two Observers' Perspectives
Obama's Gitmo Regrets Abound: The 9/11 Military Commission-Two Observers' Perspectives
B. Shaw Drake and Mai El-Sadany
March 26, 2015 05:00:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnists B. Shaw Drake and Mai El-Sadany, Georgetown University Law Center, Class of 2015, discuss the military's violations of the due process of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay since 9/11...On March 18th President Obama said if he could relive...

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Commentary Human Trafficking: African Perspective
Human Trafficking: African Perspective
Tseliso Thipanyane
March 23, 2015 01:30:01 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Tseliso Thipanyane, of the Columbia University Law School and the Safer South Africa Foundation, discusses human trafficking and slavery issues in Africa and the causes ... More than two hundred years since the abolition of the Trans-Atlantic...

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International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism

November 9 is the International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism [UNITED factsheet]. On November 9, 1924, American gay activist Henry Gerber and several associates formed the Society for Human Rights, the first gay rights organization in the United States. The Society received a charter from the State of Illinois in December but was disbanded in July 1925 after a police raid which led to Gerber's arrest and trial (albeit not conviction). Pay a virtual visit to Henry Gerber House, now a registered Chicago landmark.

Supreme Court strikes down Massachusetts anti-draft law

On November 9, 1970, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 in Massachusetts v. Laird not to hear the case of the state's anti-draft law. Massachusetts had passed a law, which allowed its citizens to decline to fight in any undeclared war, even if the person was drafted. The law was passed in opposition to the draft and the war in Vietnam. The First Circuit found the war constitutional and thus struck down the law.

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