The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit was right to require Alabama to allow Willie B. Smith, III to be accompanied by his pastor into the execution room to ease the “transition between the worlds of the living and the dead.” In order to prevent Smith’s [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed an affidavit on Thursday charging five individuals associated with the Proud Boys with conspiracy in connection to the insurrection in Washington, DC, on January 6. The affidavit establishes evidence that the five individuals conspired “to corruptly obstruct, influence, or impede an official proceeding before Congress, that is, the certification [...]

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Our law student correspondents in Myanmar continue to send reports of the latest developments on the ground, along with their perspectives and analysis of the legal issues presented by the February 1 military coup. This report examines the constitutionality of the military takeover under the 2008 Myanmar Constitution. It has been very [...]

The military government in Myanmar Friday ordered the mass release of over 23,000 prisoners in a move that concerned government opponents and international rights advocates who fear that the leaders of the February 1 military coup could be clearing room in the country’s detention centers for large numbers of political prisoners in the wake of [...]

House impeachment managers concluded their case Thursday, advocating for the conviction of former president Donald Trump in his second Senate trial. “The world is watching us and wondering whether our constitutional republic is going to respond the way it should,” impeachment manager Joaquin Castro emphasized as the Senate jurors consider convicting Trump of incitement of [...]

The Northern Ireland Court of Appeals on Tuesday held that Northern Ireland’s Executive Office was “under a legal duty to fund a pension scheme for people badly injured in The Troubles.” The court ruled that under the Victims’ Payments Regulations 2020, the NI Executive Office is required to fund payments and lump sums to ensure [...]

A bipartisan group of senior US senators, led by Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ), reintroduced legislation on Tuesday to help people from Hong Kong fearing persecution after the 2019-20 protests to gain refugee status in the US. The bill, entitled the “Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act,” aims to “ensure those Hong Kongers who [...]

Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was released Wednesday after spending a total of 1,001 days—almost three years—in prison. Al-Hathloul had been championing Saudi women’s rights since 2013 and lobbied especially for the right to drive, as well as for an end to male guardianship laws in the kingdom. While women were granted the right [...]

The Biden administration sent a letter to the US Supreme Court Wednesday informing them of the government’s change of position on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), with Joe Biden’s government believing the ACA is constitutional. This letter comes three months after the court heard oral arguments in California v. Texas and presents a [...]

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – One of our law student correspondents in Myanmar sends this update on the latest arrests of protesters and dissidents opposed to the new military government that seized power in the country in the February 1 coup: Right now, they’re targeting the lawyers. Dr. Ye Lwin (now former mayor of Mandalay city) is [...]