Reverand Rob Schenck, a former prominent anti-abortion leader, told Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts that he was informed of the outcome of the 2014 Supreme Court case Burwell v. Hobby Lobby weeks before the decision was disclosed to the public. The New York Times published a letter from Schenck to Roberts on Saturday. In [...]
Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. She reports from Nairobi. Where do I start? A lot has happened since the presidential elections back in August. Currently, Kenya is in a really sad state. Inflation is becoming too much for the public and poverty is steadily on the rise. Food is expensive, oil [...]
The Biden administration Friday filed an application with the US Supreme Court to vacate an injunction preventing the federal student loan forgiveness plan from going into effect. The application is an appeal of the November 15 order by the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to temporarily suspend the federal student loan forgiveness [...]
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. Thursday moved to vacate 188 misdemeanor convictions tied to eight New York City Police Department officers. This request represents part of an ongoing review by the DA Office’s Post-Conviction Justice Unit of more than 1,100 cases connected to a list of 22 former NYPD officers. Bragg noted that the [...]
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Friday was sentenced in San Jose, CA by US District Judge Edward Davila to 135 months (11.25 years) in prison and three years of supervised release following her prison sentence. Judge Davila also ruled that $121 million is the reasonable total loss to investors in the consumer healthcare technology startup that claimed its [...]
The US District Court for the Nothern District of Florida Thursday blocked part of a Florida law that limits what professors at public universities can say about racism and sexism. Chief Judge Mark Walker condemned the blocked provisions, stating: The law officially bans professors from expressing disfavored viewpoints in university classrooms while permitting unfettered expression [...]
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Thursday announced terrorism charges against Gérald Nicolas, a 51-year-old resident of Lévis, Quebec. The RCMP allege that he planned a terrorist act to overthrow the Haitian government. The charges follow an investigation by the Integrated National Security Enforcement Team, which revealed that Nicolas planned to stage an armed revolution [...]
Starbucks employees organized a national strike Thursday in the largest coordinated action of the Starbucks union movement to date. Intentionally planned for November 17, Starbucks’ “Red Cup Day,” workers in 112 stores across 32 states withheld their labor during one of the coffee company’s busiest days. The strike, dubbed the “Red Cup Rebellion,” comes just [...]
The US Department of State Thursday released a letter stating that Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohhammed bin Salman should have immunity in a US case regarding his role in the murder of Saudi-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Biden Administration’s suggestion for bin Salman’s immunity was filed with the court on Thursday and [...]
The New Zealand Law Society Thursday released the results of their Gender Equality Charter, reporting on developments in gender equality among legal workplaces in New Zealand in the past year. The most notable improvements included a 35 per cent increase in the delivery of unconcious bias training and a 14 per cent increase in the [...]
