The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday, November 5, in a pair of cases challenging President Donald Trump’s authority to impose broad tariffs on nearly all imported goods. The consolidated cases, Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump and Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, Inc., ask whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) allows [...]
JURIST’s Sarisha Harikrishna interviews Dr Carrie McDougall, Associate Professor at the Melbourne Law School on the prosecution of the crime of aggression under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The prosecution of the crime of aggression, enshrined under Article 8bis of the Rome Statute has gained renewed interest within the international community [...]
In courtrooms from Birmingham, Alabama, to Santa Maria, California, Thomas Mesereau has faced some of the highest stakes in American criminal law. Renowned for his landmark criminal defense of pop icon Michael Jackson and over two decades representing clients on death row in the Deep South, Mesereau speaks with JURIST’s Senior Editor for Long-Form Content, [...]
Fawzia Koofi has survived assassination attempts, navigated Afghanistan’s turbulent political landscape, and negotiated directly with the Taliban. As a three-time elected member of Afghanistan’s parliament and now an International Relations & Geopolitics speaker, she has been one of the country’s most visible advocates for women’s rights and democratic governance. Now in exile, as the Taliban [...]
JURIST’s Sarisha Harikrishna interviews Megumi Ochi, Associate Professor at the College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, Japan, about the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s expansion of its framework to include intergenerational harm in providing reparations for victims of atrocities against humanity. The topic of intergenerational reparations at the ICC has generated significant discourse over the years, [...]
US President Donald Trump recently claimed he has “unquestioned power” under the Insurrection Act to deploy National Guard troops to San Francisco. The Insurrection Act grants the President authority to deploy military forces domestically to suppress insurrection or rebellion. Dating to 1807, it represents a narrow exception to the Posse Comitatus Act‘s general prohibition against [...]
Ghana’s bodies of water are being poisoned by mercury and cyanide. Babies are being born with severe health conditions. And now a chorus of voices is demanding the president invoke emergency powers to stop it. The culprit is galamsey—a local term for illegal small-scale mining that has transformed fertile farmland and pristine rivers across Ghana [...]
The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday, October 15, a case testing how far states may consider race when redrawing congressional districts to comply with the Voting Rights Act (VRA). In 2024, Louisiana enacted a new map creating a second majority-Black district. A three-judge federal court struck it [...]
Two years after the Hamas-led attacks on Israel of October 7, 2023, the enduring violent aftermath of the attacks has given rise to multiple international legal proceedings, illustrating both the reach of international justice mechanisms and their inherent limitations. The original Hamas attack killed some 1,200 people across Israel and resulted in 251 taken hostage. [...]
The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday, October 7, in Chiles v. Salazar, a case concerning Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy”—treatments that seek to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity—for minors. A Christian therapist is challenging the law, arguing that it violates her freedom of speech. This case follows a [...]
