The US Senate Judiciary Committee began the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Monday. This is the first of four days. During the first three days, Jackson will appear in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the final day will entail testimony from others. President Joe Biden nominated Jackson, a judge [...]

US Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas wrote a six-page concurring opinion for the Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari Monday in Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission v. Woods, stating that the court should decide whether religious organizations may practice hiring discrimination against LGBTQIA+ Americans and people of diverse faiths. According to his brief, Matthew Woods [...]

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Monday confirmed 925 civilian deaths in Ukraine since Russia’s February 24 invasion of the nation. This figure includes 75 children and 850 adults.  870 civilians died on Ukrainian-controlled land, and 55 were killed on territory controlled by the “self-proclaimed ‘republics'” of Donetsk and Luhansk. [...]

Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Sunday an immediate ban on exports of alumina and aluminum ores to Russia as a part of Australia’s ongoing sanctions against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine. The Morrison Government announced the new ban in a media statement Sunday. Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, Australia has imposed [...]

Citing martial law, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Sunday signed a decree combining all national tv channels into one platform in accordance with the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council’s decision to implement  a “unified information policy.” Around-the-clock information will run on the consolidated platform called “United News.” The decree also provides that privately-owned media companies [...]

The Biden administration Monday formally announced its determination that Myanmar’s military had committed acts of genocide and crimes against humanity against Rohingya Muslims. Secretary of State Antony Blinken ordered his own “legal and factual analysis” of the atrocities committed against the minority group. He announced the determination on Monday at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum [...]

Judge David Bunning of the District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky ruled Friday that former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis violated the constitutional rights of same-sex couples when she denied them marriage licenses during the summer of 2015. Davis became infamous in 2015 for refusing to issue same-sex couples marriage licenses despite the [...]

Mélanie Cantin is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Ottawa, and a 1L at the Unversity of Ottawa. The Canadian program aiming to respond to the expected influx of people fleeing Ukraine is now officially live on the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) website. A  news release has details and clarifications about the previously announced [...]

From New Delhi, India Chief Correspondent Neelabh Bist is inspired by the yearly Holi festival to reflect on the courage shown by JURIST law student correspondents and reporters standing up for truth around the world.  This past Friday, India celebrated its festival of colours – Holi. But beyond the wide palette of colours which fill [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on recent changes to laws affecting the banking and financial sector of Afghanistan. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our Correspondent’s name. The text has [...]