Jurist
DONATE NOW
  • News ▾
    • All Legal News
    • US Legal News
    • World Legal News
    • This Day @ Law
  • Dispatches ▾
    • All Dispatches
    • Afghanistan
    • Canada
    • EU
    • Ghana
    • India
    • Iran
    • Israel
    • Kazakhstan
    • Kenya
    • Myanmar
    • Pakistan
    • Peru
    • Sri Lanka
    • UK
    • Ukraine
    • US
  • Commentary ▾
    • All Commentary
    • Faculty Commentary
    • Professional Commentary
    • Student Commentary
  • Features ▾
    • All Features
    • Explainers
    • Long Reads
    • Multimedia
    • Interviews
  • Topics
  • Rule of Law ▾
    • Materials
    • Podcasts
  • About ▾
    • FAQ
    • Staff
    • Awards
    • Apply
    • Journalist in Residence
    • Board of Directors
    • Contact Us
  • Donate ▾
    • Why Support JURIST?
    • Donate
    • Honor Roll
News UK Parliament begins official process triggering Brexit
UK Parliament begins official process triggering Brexit
Jonathon Churchin
January 26, 2017 12:37:22 pm

The House of Commons of the UK Parliament completed its first reading of HC Bill 132 on Thursday in accordance with Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which would empower the prime minister to trigger...

READ MORE ▸
News Federal judge approves $1.2 Billion settlement for VW dealers
Federal judge approves $1.2 Billion settlement for VW dealers
Jonathon Churchin
January 24, 2017 12:59:20 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday approved a $1.2 billion settlement with Volkswagen (VW) dealers. The 650 US dealers will receive payments over the course of...

READ MORE ▸
News HRW: Zimbabwe widows deprived of property rights
HRW: Zimbabwe widows deprived of property rights
Jonathon Churchin
January 24, 2017 12:20:08 pm

Widows in Zimbabwe are routinely evicted from their land by relatives after the death of their husbands, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Tuesday. The report documents interviews with 59 widows, throughout all 10...

READ MORE ▸
News Federal judge orders Defense Department to release Abu Ghraib photos
Federal judge orders Defense Department to release Abu Ghraib photos
Jonathon Churchin
January 19, 2017 04:31:21 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled Wednesday that the Department of Defense must release a cache of photos taken at Abu Ghraib and other sites in Iraq...

READ MORE ▸
News Rights groups express concern over Facebook censorship
Rights groups express concern over Facebook censorship
Jonathon Churchin
January 19, 2017 03:49:08 pm

Seventy-seven advocacy groups penned a letter to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg Wednesday asking for transparency in the social media website's censorship of speech. The groups are concerned with Facebook's censorship of people of color's posts, mainly regarding political...

READ MORE ▸
News UK top court allows suit against government in MI6 torture case
UK top court allows suit against government in MI6 torture case
Jonathon Churchin
January 17, 2017 12:13:35 pm

The UK Supreme Court ruled Tuesday against the UK government in a case of torture by MI6 agents in Libya in 2004. All seven Justices ruled in favor of Abdul Hakim Belhaj and his...

READ MORE ▸
News Amnesty: EU security laws targeting Muslims
Amnesty: EU security laws targeting Muslims
Jonathon Churchin
January 17, 2017 11:19:59 am

The increased "securitization" of Europe has disadvantaged ethnic and religious groups, particularly Muslims Amnesty International (AI) said in a report Tuesday. AI looked at human rights analyses drawn from 14 EU member states. The group warned of...

READ MORE ▸
News Senate takes first step to repeal ACA
Senate takes first step to repeal ACA
Jonathon Churchin
January 12, 2017 02:55:59 pm

Senate Republicans on Thursday took the first step required to begin the process of repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by passing a resolution by a vote of 51 to 48, allowing the process not to be subjected...

READ MORE ▸
News Illinois man files suit following arrest for flag burning
Illinois man files suit following arrest for flag burning
Jonathon Churchin
January 12, 2017 01:38:05 pm

A 22-year-old Illinois man filed a lawsuit Wednesday after he was arrested for posting a video of him burning a flag, calling the state's law unconstitutional. Byron Bryton Mellot posted six pictures on social media of him burning...

READ MORE ▸
News UN report: children in Afghanistan facing malnutrition
UN report: children in Afghanistan facing malnutrition
Jonathon Churchin
January 10, 2017 12:42:13 pm

A new report released Monday by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) shows that children in Afghanistan are bearing the brunt of the nutritional crisis, despite attempts at administering food aid. OCHA...

READ MORE ▸
  1. Newest
  2. Newer
  3. 8
  4. 9
  5. 10
  6. 11
  7. 12
  8. Older
Law students to join jurist
GET OUR DAILY DIGEST
LinkedIn YouTube Instagram Facebook RSS Twitter
Latest DISPATCHES
US appellate court upholds injunction on federal funding cuts to medical research

US appellate court upholds injunction on federal funding cuts to medical research

Kenya dispatch: High Court halts Kenya-US health deal over constitutional concerns

Kenya dispatch: High Court halts Kenya-US health deal over constitutional concerns

Latest COMMENTARY
The Lionesses of Afghanistan Are Still Fighting

The Lionesses of Afghanistan Are Still Fighting

by Anonymous
Sliding Toward Aggression: America’s Venezuela Campaign and the Unraveling of International Law

Sliding Toward Aggression: America’s Venezuela Campaign and the Unraveling of International Law

by David M. Crane | Founding Chief Prosecutor of the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone
Latest FEATURES
‘The Powerful Already Know the Truth’ — An Interview with Academic Noam Chomsky

‘The Powerful Already Know the Truth’ — An Interview with Academic Noam Chomsky

The Charges Against Nicolás Maduro: What the Indictment Alleges

The Charges Against Nicolás Maduro: What the Indictment Alleges

THIS DAY @ LAW

President Carter authorizes Chrysler bailout

On January 7, 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed the Chrysler Corporation Loan Guarantee Act of 1979 (Public Law 96-185) into law. The act granted to Chrysler $1.5 billion to save the company from bankruptcy. Twenty-eight years later in 2008, President George W. Bush authorized $17.4 billion to again bailout Chrysler in addition to the other two major American automobile manufacturers, Ford and General Motors.

Anglo-Irish Treaty ratified

On January 7, 1922, Dáil Éireann ratified the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Signed on December 6 of the preceding year, the treaty ended the Irish War of Independence against Great Britain. The British Parliament voted to approve the treaty on December 16, 1921. Ratification was completed on January 14, 1922, when the House of Commons of Southern Ireland became the third and final party to approve the document. The Anglo-Irish treaty effectively split the island into its current state. While the lower counties of Ireland were granted autonomy under the treaty, Britain insisted that the six Protestant counties of Northern Ireland be allowed to determine their own future. On the day after the treaty was signed, these counties elected to remain part of Great Britain. Today, they remain part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

New York State Assembly expels five socialist assemblymen

The New York State Assembly, the state's lower house, expelled five duly elected assemblymen from the Socialist Party over their political affiliation on January 7, 1920. The US was in the midst of the first Red Scare, a panic resulting from the ascendancy of the Bolsheviks in Russia, which resulted in the repression of socialists across the country. The result of the expulsion vote was 140-6. Thus, Assemblymen August Claessens, Samuel A. DeWitt, Samuel Orr, Charles Solomon and Louis Waldman were removed from their posts. Learn more about the expulsions from the Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York.

Rehnquist sworn in as US Supreme Court Justice

On January 7, 1972, the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist was sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Read a short profile of Chief Justice Rehnquist here.

Jurist
Home Attributions Disclaimer Privacy Policy Contact Us
Copyright © 2026, JURIST Legal News & Research Services, Inc.
JURISTnews is a collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh