JURIST Guest Columnist Dennis J. Ventry, Jr., of the University of California Davis School of Law (UC Davis School of Law) discusses how a recent Supreme Court decision on whistleblower laws ultimately undermines the corporations they are meant to protect… In Digital Realty Trust Inc. v. Somers , the U.S. Supreme Court voted 9-0 to [...]

At the UN Human Rights Council Wednesday, 45 nations condemned the increasingly authoritarian actions taken by the regime in Cambodia. Last fall, opposition leader Kem Sokha was jailed and is being held in terrible conditions in an isolated prison. Shortly thereafter, his party was officially dissolved by the supreme court. The party’s previous leader Sam [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged Eastern Caribbean countries to repeal colonial “buggery” laws . Among a variety of requests, HRW urged the countries, including Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, to repeal all laws that criminalize consensual activity among sex couples, [...]

Several Republican legislators in Pennsylvania filed resolutions on Tuesday to impeach Democratic Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justices Max Baer, David Wecht, Debra Todd, Christine Donohue, and Kevin Dougherty . The resolutions claim that the Justices should be impeached due to misbehavior in office. The resolutions were filed following a memorandum submitted by Pennsylvania House member Cris [...]

A committee of independent experts under the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday urged the Polish parliament to reject a proposed bill that would further restrict abortion rights in Poland. The bill would ban abortion in situations where there is a severe fetal anomaly, one of only three legal grounds for termination of pregnancy available [...]

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb on Wednesday signed SB 419 , legislation that permits immigrants representing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipients to obtain “professional or occupational” licenses within the state. Specifically, § 6.5(c) of the bill states: “An individual who is authorized by the federal government to work in the United States is [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a Utah election law allowing candidates to bypass the traditional caucus-convention system and requiring signatures for State House and Senate seats for the primary election ballot. The Utah Republican Party (UPR) challenged two provisions of SB54 , saying it violated the party’s right [...]

The US Supreme Court held Wednesday in Marinello v. United States that the federal government must prove a defendant was aware of pending tax-related proceeding in order to convict them under federal law, which makes it a felony to corruptly or by force intimidate or impede any officer acting in their capacity with this proceeding, [...]

The US Supreme Court held Wednesday in Ayestas v Davis that the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit applied the wrong standard when they denied Carlos Ayestas funding for investigative services in his habeas petition. Ayestas was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in a Texas court. He argues that he was [...]

The United States Senate on Tuesday voted in favor of a motion to proceed with consideration of House Bill 1865 aimed at curbing online sex trafficking. House Bill 1865 was first introduced on the floor of the House of Representatives on April 3, 2017. The bill passed the House on February 27, 2018 and was [...]