The Supreme Court of Virginia on Friday struck down a voter-approved constitutional amendment authorizing partisan gerrymandering of the state’s congressional districts, ruling 4-3 that the legislature violated procedural requirements when proposing the change. In a majority opinion authored by Justice D. Arthur Kelsey, the court noted that the General Assembly’s October 31, 2025 vote to [...]

The Trump administration has built a network of third-country transfer agreements with more than 30 governments and used them to remove over 17,400 people, in some cases in defiance of federal court orders and after individuals had won their release through habeas corpus, according to data released Tuesday by Human Rights First and Refugees International. [...]

The Justice Department and Drug Enforcement Administration announced Thursday that FDA-approved marijuana products and medical marijuana products covered by a qualifying state-issued license have been moved to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, a significant loosening of federal restrictions on the drug for medical use. The order, issued by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, [...]

A federal judge on Monday dismissed President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and its parent company over an article linking him to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, ruling that Trump failed to adequately allege the newspaper acted with “actual malice” when it published the story. US District Judge Darrin P. Gayles [...]

A groundbreaking resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly has classified the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity, sparking renewed global dialogue on reparations and the lasting consequences of historical slavery. Spearheaded by Ghana and the African Union, the resolution emphasizes the critical need to confront past injustices and their continued [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors violates the First Amendment when applied to counselors who use only talk therapy, a landmark decision with sweeping implications for how states regulate speech by licensed health care professionals. The court voted 8-1 to reverse a lower court ruling that had [...]

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco (UNSAAC), are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Perú. All of them are from Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho (CIED), a research center in UNSAAC’s Faculty of Law dedicated to spreading legal information [...]

A recent discussion among legal and human rights experts has exposed the alarming scale of obstetric violence in Africa, a crisis that contributes to the continent’s disproportionately high maternal mortality rates. The findings, shared during a virtual panel, underscore the urgent need for systemic reforms in maternal healthcare. This dispatch was co-authored by Divyabharthi Baradhan [...]

Hong Kong media tycoon and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai will not appeal his national security conviction or the accompanying 20-year prison sentence, according to one of his lawyers and a Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) report on Friday. Lai was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment last month for two counts of conspiring to collude [...]

The Hong Kong Court of Appeal quashed the fraud convictions against Apple Daily newspaper founder Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and its administrative director, Wong Wai Keung, on Thursday. The appellate court rejected the findings of District Judge Stanley Chan, who convicted Lai and Wong of fraud in 2022. Judge Chan found that Lai operated a consultancy firm, in [...]