Joshua Villanueva is JURIST’s Washington, DC Correspondent and an LL.M. candidate in National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations Law at The George Washington University Law School. The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Wolford v. Lopez on Tuesday, centering on whether Hawaii may effectively “flip the default” on public carry by licensed gun owners on [...]
Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari approved the removal of Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri from the Islamabad High Court in December, following a landmark court ruling that concluded he did not hold a valid law degree at the time of his appointment. The unprecedented de-notification—the formal revocation of his judicial appointment—has sparked a constitutional crisis exposing [...]
Since November 1, 2024, international graduates in Canada seeking to apply for a Post-Graduate Work Permit (PGWP)—a work permit that allows recent graduates to gain Canadian work experience—are required to submit proof of language test results within 180 days of graduating. Despite these requirements, many students could not upload language proficiency documents because there is [...]
Joshua Villanueva is JURIST’s Washington, DC Correspondent and an LL.M. candidate in National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations Law at The George Washington University Law School. Two groups, two slogans, and one Court. On one side of the plaza, opponents of Idaho’s and West Virginia’s transgender bans rallied behind a speaker who shouted into a [...]
Former Ghana Finance Minister Kenneth Ofori-Atta was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on January 6 in Washington, DC, where he remains in custody at the Caroline Detention Facility in the state of Virginia. His detention follows Ghana’s December 10 formal extradition request to the US Department of Justice for Ofori-Atta, who faces [...]
On January 3, 2026, the US military captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, First Lady Cilia Flores, at his compound in Caracas. The operation came after months of mounting pressures by US President Donald Trump, including a series of controversial boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific. US Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced [...]
Editor’s note: This story is part of ongoing coverage of the lead up to Mangione’s trial. Read Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Days 5-7, Day 8, and Day 9 of suppression hearings on the case. Luigi Mangione’s federal criminal trial could begin as soon as October 2026. On January 9, Judge Margaret [...]
A Kenyan High Court judge halted implementation of a landmark US-Kenya health cooperation agreement on December 19, pending a constitutional challenge. Justice Chacha Mwita of the High Court of Kenya at Milimani Law Courts issued the order suspending the framework signed on December 4 between the governments of Kenya and the United States, following a [...]
Editor’s note: This is Day 9 (final day) of JURIST’s coverage of Luigi Mangione’s suppression hearings. Read Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Days 5-7, Day 8. Luigi Mangione is accused of fatally shooting Brian Thompson, CEO of medical insurance company UnitedHealthcare, on December 4, 2024, outside a Manhattan hotel in New York [...]
On November 19, the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)—a regional court with jurisdiction over human rights violations in the bloc’s member states—ordered Ghana to file its defense by December 19 in the case of Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo v. The Republic of Ghana. Former Ghana chief [...]
