The US Department of Justice petitioned Wednesday to have the travel ban executive order by President Donald Trump reviewed more quickly. US Attorney General Jeff Sessions commented on the proceedings earlier this month, saying “his executive order provides a needed pause, so we can carefully review how we scrutinize people coming here from these countries [...]

The US Senate voted Tuesday to approve House Joint Resolution 69 , a bill to invalidate an August 2016 regulation protecting wildlife on federal lands from certain kinds of hunting. The “Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska” rule limited the hunting of predators including aerial [...]

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in County of Los Angeles v. Mendez and Water Splash, Inc. v. Menon . In County of Los Angeles , the court was asked to rule on a Fourth Amendment civil rights action filed by two victims of a police shooting. Two Los Angeles County sheriffs entered [...]

Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch on Wednesday concluded testifying in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee . Gorsuch largely avoided giving direct answers on many policy questions, likening it to campaign promises to which he does not want to be held. Democrats used the hearing to criticize the Senate’s failure to consider former [...]

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday signed into law a bill allowing individuals over the age of 21 to get enhanced concealed carry permits . Individuals who have concealed carry permits may apply for the enhanced permit and, after eight hours of additional training, may carry the concealed weapons at public colleges, airports, polling places, [...]

The US Supreme Court unanimously vacated and remanded a lower decision regarding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) on Wednesday. The court ruled that to meet IDEA standards, a school must offer an “individualized education program” that is tailored to each child’s needs, finding that students with disabilities must have the chance to make [...]

A second federal judge has signed off on a revised settlement in a suit that had accused the New York City Police of illegally surveilling Muslim communities in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks. Judges Chen and Haight were the judges for href=”https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/raza-v-city-new-york-complaint”>Raza v. City of New York and Handschu v. Special Services Division [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Fahira Brodlija, an LLM student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, discusses the recent ICJ response to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s request for a revised judgment from its 2007 lawsuit against Serbia regarding the application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in its case… [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has upheld a lower court ruling allowing a Texas school board to open their meetings with a student-led public prayer. By affirming the lower court ruling, the Fifth Circuit held Monday that the prayers are not unconstitutional as government-established religion. The case is a result of [...]

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld copyright protections for features incorporated into the design of useful articles. The court ruled 6-2 in Star Athletica, LLC v. Varsity Brands, Inc. in favor of Varsity Brands in a patent infringement lawsuit concerning patterns typically fit for cheerleading uniforms. The suit was brought to determine the proper [...]