JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Estimates of the number of protesters killed by police Wednesday in Myanmar surged through the day as protesters and their supporters assessed casualties to opponents of the Myanmar military coup after police and soldiers opened fire and violently broke up multiple marches and strikes across the country. Initial estimates early afternoon local [...]

UN human rights experts called on US officials to end environmental racism in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” on Tuesday, citing concerns over future development plans that could double the already elevated risk of cancer for area residents. Cancer Alley, which encompasses most of the St. James Parish, gets its name from the increased levels of cancer [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Allegheny County Judge Anthony Mariani, alleging that Mariani violated the public’s First Amendment rights by blocking virtual access to courtroom proceedings. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on behalf of the Abolitionist Law Center (ALC). [...]

Charlotte Newman, a Black manager at Amazon.com, filed a lawsuit Monday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia accusing Amazon of racial discrimination. Her complaint alleges that Amazon hires Black people for lower positions, despite their qualifications, and that the company promotes Black people at lower rates than white workers. Newman claims [...]

The Georgia House of Representatives approved a bill Monday, HB 531, restricting access to absentee ballots, early voting and ballot drop boxes. These new restrictions follow Joe Biden’s upset win of Georgia in November, as well as the wins of Senators Warnock and Ossof in January. Many have attributed the recent success of Democrats in [...]

Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order Tuesday lifting all COVID-19 restrictions in the state, including mask mandates and occupancy limits. The order rescinds previous executive orders and supersedes any inconsistent local orders. Businesses may still require face coverings and additional hygiene measures for employees and customers. The announcement comes as new variants of [...]

The modern Administrative State “wields vast power and touches almost every aspect of daily life.” Ensuring accountability for the officials who exercise this vast power is no simple task. But the Supreme Court has the opportunity to improve what Madison called the “chain of dependence”—so that “those who are employed in the execution of the law will be [...]

More than 300 demonstrators took to the streets of Dhaka on Monday to protest the death of a writer and commentator in prison, who had been charged under Bangladesh’s controversial Digital Security Act (DSA). The deceased, Mushtaq Ahmed, had been arrested last May after posting comments on social media in which he criticized the government’s [...]

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – At least 10 people were killed, scores injured and hundreds arrested Wednesday morning in Myanmar as police and soldiers used live-fire rounds, tear gas and smoke grenades to break up multiple pro-democracy protests against the February 1 military coup.  In Mandalay two protesters were killed when police dispersed a student strike there; [...]

Le Tribunal correctionnel de Paris a déclaré ce lundi l’ancien président français Nicolas Sarkozy coupable d’avoir tenté de corrompre un juge et trafic d’influence lorsqu’il était en fonction dans l’affaire dite « des écoutes ». Sarkozy a été condamné à trois ans de prison, dont deux avec sursis. Le parquet national financier (« PNF ») avait accusé [...]