Plaintiffs Dr. Megan Mooney and Jane and John Doe, acting behalf of themselves and their daughter Mary Doe, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Texas Governor Greg Abbot, Commissioner of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Jaime Masters, and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). Plaintiffs seek a temporary injunction, permanent injunction, [...]

The basic international law One of the most fundamental rules of international law is that States are prohibited from using force to resolve their international disputes. Any State that uses force against the territorial integrity or political independence of another State violates this solemn rule of international law. Applying this rule, the use of force [...]

The spyware company NSO Group Sunday filed a defamation lawsuit against Calcalist, an Israeli financial news portal, over a series of investigative articles alleging that the Israel police used its Pegasus spyware to remotely access, control, and extract data from phones of Israeli citizens without a warrant. Following the report by Calcalist, Israel’s Justice Ministry [...]

Law students and young lawyers in Ukraine are filing for JURIST on the latest developments in that country as it defends itself against Russian invasion. Here, Kyiv-based lawyer and University of Pittsburgh LLM graduate Yaroslav Pavliuk reports. The full-scale Russian military aggression against Ukraine is being increasingly compared to Hitler’s invasion. Ironically (or intentionally!), Russian [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Texas and Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) from enforcing a directive to investigate families of transgender youth and the medical professionals who treat them. Last week Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed state health agencies [...]

A group, including a pair of Republican candidates for office, Monday submitted an emergency application for a writ of injunction, asking the Supreme Court to stop the implementation of a new congressional map in Pennsylvania. The application was submitted just a few weeks after the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ordered state election officials to implement [...]

The US Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear Haaland v. Brackeen, a case dealing with challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act. The appeal will include arguments from four consolidated cases. Though the suits were originally brought by different parties, all take issue with the Indian Child Welfare Act. The law was passed in 1978 in [...]

The Singapore Court of Appeal Monday dismissed an appeal against Section 377A of the Penal Code, which criminalises sex between men. The court held that since there wasn’t any credible threat of prosecution under the section, the applicants lacked the requisite standing to challenge its constitutionality. In October of 2007, the Parliament debated whether Section [...]

Latvia’s parliament, the Saeima, Monday voted unanimously to allow Latvian citizens to volunteer for military service in Ukraine. The vote comes in the midst of the military conflict between Ukraine and Russia. The vote concerned amendments to Latvia’s National Security Law. Traditionally, the National Security Law prohibits Latvian citizens from serving in foreign or outside [...]

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, announced Monday that he would open an investigation into the situation in Ukraine. In light of Ukraine’s acceptance of the ICC’s jurisdiction on an open-ended basis to address alleged crimes committed in its territory since 2014, Khan said the ICC could choose to exercise jurisdiction despite Ukraine [...]