JURIST Guest Columnist Jillian Blake, an attorney at Blake & Wilson Immigration Law, PLLC, discusses the violation of basic judicial and human rights principle regarding to the creation of the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement office… In late April the Trump Administration announced the creation of VOICE, or the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement office, [...]

US President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order directing the Commerce Department and the US Trade Representative to review all US trade agreements and membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) to determine the cause of the US trade deficit. The order calls for a comprehensive review of whether previous free trade agreements [...]

Turkish authorities removed more than 3900 people from their positions in the civil service and military pursuant to a new national security law published on Saturday. Those removed included prison guards, clerks, academics, and employees of the religious affairs ministry, all of whom the government alleged had links to terrorist organizations. This is the latest [...]

The Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday gave Muslim Brotherhood leader Wagdy Ghoneim a death sentence in absentia. He was found guilty of forming an outlaw cell from 2003 to 2015, for obstructing the constitution and state institution, assaulting citizens, and harming national unity. Ghoneim currently lives in Turkey and has rejected the ruling stating that [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Thursday that calculating salaries based solely on prior salaries does not violate the Equal Pay Act even when it results in women being paid less than men for the same job. The case involves a math consultant working for a school district in Fresno [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Mohamed Abdelaal, a professor at Alexandria University School of Law and Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, discusses how the revival of the Emergency Law No. 162 of 1958 can negatively impact the rule of law in Egypt…. Egypt’s longtime former president Hosni Mubarak, who was forced to step down [...]

The Mexican Chamber of Deputies approved a bill on Friday allowing the use, production and distribution of marijuana for medical and scientific purposes. The bill was approved by the other chamber of the legislature in December and will now be sent to President Enrique Pena Nieto for his signature. The change in policy came after [...]

South African President Jacob Zuma signed the anti-money laundering Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment (FICA) on Saturday to combat tax evasion and money laundering in the country. The global Financial Action Task Force (FATF) organization had threatened to oust South Africa if the amendment had not been passed before June 20. Supporters say the law is [...]

Turkey blocked the website Wikipedia on Saturday deeming it a threat to national security. Opponents say Turkey’s choice to block the website further supports rights groups and Turkey’s Western allies opinion that the country prohibits freedom of speech and other basic rights. Turkey supported its decision stating a law permits it to block access to [...]

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to lift restrictions placed on offshore oil drilling. According to a statement , about 94 percent of the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) was either off-limits to or not considered for oil and gas exploration and development under previous rules. Trump blamed federal regulations for [...]