JURIST, the law student-powered international legal news organization, continues its 30th Anniversary celebration throughout 2026 with a special webinar series focused on the rule of law, human rights, and international justice. The second webinar in the series will feature Justice Richard J. Goldstone, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and former Chief [...]

South Korean lawmakers passed the Special Act on Investment in the United States on Thursday, pledging an investment of USD 350 billion (roughly 517 trillion won). Previously, President Donald Trump urged the Korean Legislature to enact the “Historic Trade Agreement” in a Truth Social post, in which he also threatened to reinstate South Korean “reciprocal” [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Transportation (DOT) on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in an effort to block the state from enforcing carbon dioxide (CO2) and zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandates, on the grounds that federal law prohibits state regulation in this area. The federal lawsuit [...]

Fiji, Hungary, Namibia and the United States on Thursday each filed declarations of intervention to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case against Israel in relation to the situation in the Gaza Strip. The interventions illuminate the legal issues the court will be facing at trial. One such key issue is what constitutes [...]

The Trump administration appealed to the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, asking it to uphold on attempt to end temporary protected status (TPS) for more than 350,000 Haitians. The appeal came five days after the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued an order denying the administration’s request to end TPS for [...]

The District of Columbia’s Board on Professional Responsibility filed charges against US Justice Department (DOJ) Pardon Attorney Ed Martin, which were made public Tuesday. In a rebuke of Martin’s conduct in his interactions with Georgetown University Law Center (GULC) through a series of letters dated February and March of 2025, the board alleged that Martin [...]

Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic sued the US Defense Department (“Department of War”) Monday after the Department declared the company a “supply chain risk” and threat to national security. Filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, the complaint alleges that the designation violated the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), First Amendment, [...]

A federal judge ruled Saturday that all of Kari Lake’s official actions in her brief appointment as CEO of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) “shall have no force or effect.” The motion for summary judgment ruling was a victory for the employees of Voice of America, a government-funded media broadcaster that sued after [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday introduced a proposed rule that would establish a formal procedure for reviewing complaints and allegations of professional misconduct against department attorneys before they are taken up by state disciplinary authorities. The proposal, which comes amid increasing scrutiny of the department’s attorneys and their adherence to ethical obligations in implementing Trump [...]

A coalition of 24 US states on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s implementation of new global tariffs following the Supreme Court’s February decision striking down his earlier tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Thursday’s complaint, filed in the US Court of International Trade, argues that President Trump unlawfully applied [...]