On February 12, the High Court of Kenya struck down Section 95(1)(b) of the Penal Code as unconstitutional. The Section made it a crime to “create a disturbance in a manner likely to cause a breach of peace,” meaning a person could be arrested for causing public commotion, shouting loudly, or behaving in a way police believed [...]

On February 11, the US House of Representatives passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act) (H.R. 7296) in a 218-213 vote, marking the latest federal effort to impose stricter voter registration requirements. Sponsored by Representative Chip Roy, the SAVE Act would require prospective voters to show both proof of US citizenship and an [...]

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 state suppression hearings on the case. Last month, a 90-minute suppression hearing was held in Luigi Mangione’s federal case to determine if [...]

On the morning of February 11, Attorney General Pam Bondi faced a divided House Judiciary Committee, defending recent actions of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in a hearing primarily anchored in the Department’s compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405). Signed into law on November 19, 2025, following a near-unanimous 427-1 vote in the US House [...]

Ghana and Zambia announced a landmark bilateral agreement to implement visa-free travel for their citizens, marking the first such arrangement between the two nations. Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama confirmed the deal during a three-day state visit to Lusaka on February 4, following a reception by Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema. Official reports published on February 5 [...]

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 state suppression hearings on the case. Luigi Mangione’s state trial is set to begin on June 8, Judge Gregory Carro of the [...]

Pitasanna Shanmugathas is a third-year student at the University of Windsor Faculty of Law. Montreal-based author and activist Yves Engler was found guilty Friday by Quebec Court Judge Karine Giguère on three charges of harassment and obstruction of justice stemming from an e-mail campaign directed at a Montreal police detective. The verdict could significantly restrict [...]

Victor Qiu is a JURIST Washington, D.C. correspondent and an attorney. The views expressed in this article are his own and in his personal capacity. On the morning of Wednesday, January 21, I attended the oral argument for Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Lisa D. Cook at the US Supreme Court. When I arrived [...]

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 [...]