With the recent Russia-Ukraine conflict dominating news headlines across the world, a more subtle development involving another violation of international law appears to have garnered little attention – the United Kingdom’s ongoing illegal occupation of the Chagos Archipelago, a group of islands located in the Indian Ocean about 1300 miles from Mauritius. This new development [...]
Oklahoma Republican governor Kevin Stitt Wednesday signed into law a bill that bans transgender women and girls from competing on sports teams consistent with their gender at public schools and colleges in the state. SB2, also known as the Save Women’s Sports Act, requires sports teams at public schools to be designated based on biological sex, [...]
The US Supreme Court Tuesday heard oral arguments in Torres v. Department of Safety, a case focusing on whether the Congressional war powers allow Congress to authorize suits against nonconsenting States. In the case, former state trooper Torres resigned from his job with the Texas Department of Safety when the department would not provide accommodations for [...]
US President Joe Biden Tuesday signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law. The law, HR 55, makes lynching that results in death or serious bodily injury a federal hate crime. The Act also establishes a maximum sentence of 30 years for those convicted of lynching. The House of Representatives passed the bill 422 to [...]
The Netherlands Tuesday expelled 17 Russian intelligence officers, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Wopke Hoekstra. In a statement via Twitter, Hoekstra said the officers operated in the Netherlands “under diplomatic cover” and were “a threat to the security” of the nations. According to TASS, a Russian state-affiliated news outlet, the 17 officers were “accredited as [...]
Coca-Cola Monday announced they will not implement the controversial diversity requirements for external law firms working for the company following a backlash from their investors. The policy introduced in January 2021, set out that outside counsels would have to have 30% of their employees from diverse backgrounds, and half the billable time going to black lawyers [...]
The Supreme Court Monday heard oral arguments for Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon and LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Company. In Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon, the Court will decide whether an airline ramp supervisor is a “transportation worker” and therefore exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act. Latrice Saxon was a ramp supervisor for Southwest Airline. As [...]
The German Interior Ministry declared Monday that any individual who displays the pro-Putin letter “Z” would be liable for prosecution. The letter has been used in recent weeks to symbolize support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began on February 24. Displayed on Russian military tanks, it has been used as a means to [...]
Mélanie Cantin is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Ottawa, and a 1L at the Unversity of Ottawa. Indigenous delegations from Canada began their meetings with Pope Francis in the Vatican Monday. The groups of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people are seeking an apology from the Catholic Church for its involvement in the Canadian residential school system. [...]
The Supreme Court of Honduras Monday approved the extradition of former president Juan Orlando Hernández to the US, where he is facing charges of drug trafficking and firearms possession. Hernández sought to appeal a March 16 decision by a Honduran judge granting his extradition, but the Supreme Court upheld the ruling. The justices unanimously voted [...]
