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Commentary Ninth Circuit Ruling in Gun Permit Case Elevates Form Over Substance
Ninth Circuit Ruling in Gun Permit Case Elevates Form Over Substance
Glenn C. Smith
December 18, 2014 12:00:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Glenn C. Smith of California Western School of Law discusses the Ninth Circuit's denial of intervention in Peruta v. County of San Diego..."You snooze, you lose." At first blush, this maxim seems to capture the essence of...

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Commentary The Fifty-Year Tune Up: Two Words, A Historic Change
The Fifty-Year Tune Up: Two Words, A Historic Change
Nick Stratouly
December 17, 2014 05:00:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Nick Stratouly, St. John's University School of Law Class of 2015, is the author of the eighth article in a twelve-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Stratouly discusses gaps...

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Commentary New Qualifications to Produce Better Police
New Qualifications to Produce Better Police
Cliff H. Mason II
December 10, 2014 06:25:33 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Cliff H. Mason II, Valparaiso University School of Law, Class of 2016, examines police procedure in the wake of several high profile police-involved deaths and discusses new qualifications aimed at raising the standards for police recruits...What if...

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Commentary Cleveland Police Evade Ohio's Mandatory DNA Collection Law
Cleveland Police Evade Ohio's Mandatory DNA Collection Law
Danielle Ardner
December 10, 2014 04:00:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Danielle Ardner, Valparaiso University Law School, Class of 2016, discusses how Cleveland police are obstructing Ohio's mandatory DNA collection law...It was 15 years before serial rapist and murderer Larry McGowan had his DNA properly collected in Ohio...

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Commentary Mich-issippi Burning: Marriage Equality, Anti-Gay Animus and Majoritarian Politics
Mich-issippi Burning: Marriage Equality, Anti-Gay Animus and Majoritarian Politics
Peter Hammer
December 7, 2014 11:54:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Peter J. Hammer, of Wayne State University Law School, discusses the socioeconomic disparities that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals experience in Michigan ...In an increasing number of domains, from worker rights, to marriage inequality, to state-imposed...

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Commentary Why the Supreme Court's Decision Not to Decide Same-Sex Marriage Made a Mess in Kansas
Why the Supreme Court's Decision Not to Decide Same-Sex Marriage Made a Mess in Kansas
Jeffrey Jackson
December 6, 2014 01:14:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Jeffrey D. Jackson, of the Washburn University School of Law, discusses the complexities of applying state and federal court orders to state marriage laws ...On October 6, 2014, the US Supreme Court denied certiorari on all...

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Commentary Ireland v. UK: Revisiting the Treatment of the 'Hooded Men'
Ireland v. UK: Revisiting the Treatment of the 'Hooded Men'
Philip Leach
December 6, 2014 11:30:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Philip Leach, of Middlesex University and the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC), discusses how the Irish government has urged the European Court of Human Rights to reopen the 1978 case Ireland v. UK ...The Irish...

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Commentary Lèse-majesté in Thailand: The Rule of Law Crisis
Lèse-majesté in Thailand: The Rule of Law Crisis
Jean-Marie Kamatali
December 3, 2014 09:00:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Jean-Marie Kamatali, of Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law, discusses the use and misuse of lèse-majesté...Despite increasing domestic and international pressure on Thailand to repeal or revise the provision of its criminal code on lèse-majesté, the...

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Commentary Revenge Porn and Free Speech: Let's Not Throw Out the Baby with the Bathwater
Revenge Porn and Free Speech: Let's Not Throw Out the Baby with the Bathwater
Faisal Kutty
December 2, 2014 02:59:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Faisal Kutty of Valparaiso University School of Law discusses the offenses of non-consensual publication of obscene materials and possible implication of the laws banning such offenses ..."I was just so afraid. I didn't know how this would...

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Commentary Stolen Asset Recovery: The Case of Ukraine
Stolen Asset Recovery: The Case of Ukraine
Anton Moiseienko
December 2, 2014 11:18:50 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Anton Moiseienko, PhD Student at Criminal Justice Centre, Queen Mary University of London, discusses the problem of recovery of stolen state assets and describes what obstacles Ukraine may face in its pursuit of the governmental assets diverted...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

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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