Opening arguments Monday began in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office’s criminal fraud case against the Trump Organization. Prosecutors claimed that the Trump Organization defrauded tax authorities for 15 years, while the Trump Organization legal team attempted to cast blame solely upon former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg. Susan Hoffinger led with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office [...]
Human rights groups the Public Law Project, Bail for Immigration Detainees and Medical Justice Monday released a joint report calling upon the UK government to immediately end GPS electronic monitoring of immigration bailees. GPS monitors currently track approximately 2000 people for 24 hours a day. The tracking devices do not have an expiry date and [...]
The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear a request from the Turkish government to dismiss two civil lawsuits against it. The lawsuits allege that demonstrators were injured by Turkish security forces during a 2017 protest in Washington, DC. Turkey appealed on the basis of immunity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Foreign Sovereign Immunity [...]
The US Supreme Court Monday heard oral arguments Monday in two cases challenging the validity of race-conscious affirmative action programs in college admission. Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College challenge the universities’ use of race in admissions programs under both [...]
Yael Iosilevich is a law student in the Buchmann Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University and JURIST’s Staff Correspondent in Israel. Today, Tuesday, 1.11.2022, Israelis are heading to the polls to vote in the country’s fifth round of general elections in three and a half years. What has caused this political turmoil, you ask? [...]
Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Monday authorised prosecuters to resume their investigation into atrocities committed in Afghanistan since May 1, 2003, following a two-year hiatus. The Chamber examined materials submitted by Afghanistan and found “that Afghanistan is not presently carrying out genuine investigations.” Additionally, “he limited number of cases and individuals [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday charged Californian David Wayne DePape with federal assault and kidnapping for allegedly attacking Paul Pelosi, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband. Depape was arrested on Friday. The DOJ’s criminal complaint details that San Francisco Dispatch received a 911 call from Mr. Pelosi who stated a male named David, [...]
Marisa Wright is a US National Correspondent for JURIST, and a 2L at Harvard Law School. The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday morning in two cases challenging the validity of race-conscious affirmative action programs in college admission. Through their questions to the parties, the justices signaled how they may ultimately vote in [...]
Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. This dispatch is from Sambhav Sharma, JURIST’s Deputy Dispatches Editor and a law clerk at the Supreme Court of India. He files from New Delhi. It is that time of the year again when smoke blankets major parts of India, especially [...]
As the US Supreme Court considers oral arguments in the cases of Students for Fair Admission vs. Harvard College and the University of North Carolina, JURIST’s latest explainer offers a breakdown of the parties, the legal issues, and the factual allegations at play in the case. What are the cases about? A race-neutrality advocacy group [...]
