The North Carolina Supreme Court Friday held that the court had no authority to strike down the state’s election redistricting map last year. In Harper v. Hall, the majority of the state’s highest court reasoned that the role of the court does not include political disputes that implicate policy issues. Chief Justice Paul Martin Newby explained [...]
Following a review by the Australian Government Thursday into Australia’s migration laws, Minister for Home Affairs Claire O’Neill declared the nation’s migration system as “broken.” This arises from Australia’s uncapped restrictions on temporary visa-holders, thereby doubling migrant numbers in the absence of a clear pathway for them to obtain permanent residency. O’Neil stated, “Our migration system [...]
The New York State Senate Tuesday passed the Tropical Deforestation-Free Procurement Act, a bill aimed at protecting tropical rainforests and human rights in other countries through state government relations with contractors. The bill will require state contractors who work with commodities derived from rainforests to certify that their products are not contributing to deforestation or [...]
Colorado Governor Jared Polis Friday signed four gun control bills into law, resulting in a rigid tightening of gun legislation in the state. The bills are aimed at preventing gun violence by raising the minimum age to purchase firearms, imposing a three-day waiting period on firearm purchases, expanding the state’s red flag law, and removing [...]
Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. It has been nearly two weeks since war erupted in Sudan, one of Kenya’s neighboring countries. As of Monday this week at least 460 people had been confirmed dead in Sudan while an estimated of 4063 people have been injured due to the ongoing clashes between [...]
The UK government announced Thursday the introduction of new police powers to stop slow-walking protests, set to take effect on May 3, 2023. The Home Office said that the new measures “will ensure hardworking everyday people will no longer be collateral damage to disruptive protests,” but the measures would restrict the tactics notable activist organizations [...]
UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Steve Barclay Thursday welcomed a High Court decision which found that the Royal College of Nursing’s (RCN) strike scheduled for May 2 is illegal. The decision comes only a few days after Barclay announced he would take legal action to prevent the strike. In a statement [...]
Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Tara O’Sullivan is a law student at Maastricht University. She files this dispatch from Maastricht, Netherlands. The EU has taken steps forward in the battle to irradicate the gender pay gap. This [...]
China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (SNPC) Wednesday passed revised amendments to the nation’s anti-espionage laws. The amendments are added to the Counter-Espionage Law of the People’s Republic of China of 2023. They are the first amendments to China’s espionage laws since 2014. Under previous law, threats to national security covered state secrets. [...]
The EU Wednesday released a draft of its proposed overhaul of drug manufacturing laws. The changes have caused controversy among manufacturers, with some stating they will leave the region if the laws take effect. However, according to an announcement made by EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides, the changes will provide EU citizens with “more accessible, affordable [...]
