A three-judge panel for the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin ordered the state legislature on Friday to redraw legislative district lines by November 1. The panel’s decision, which they stated was to spare the state voters from further enduring the current “unconstitutional reapportionment scheme,” was celebrated by state Democrats. However the [...]

The US District Court for the Western District of Texas continued the suspension of a Texas health department regulation on Friday which would require the burial or cremation of all fetal remains in Texas. The regulation is on hold until further notice and the constitutionality of the regulation will be determined at an upcoming trial. [...]

The US District Court for the Eastern District of NY in an emergency ruling Saturday stayed the execution, until further notice, of an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump , which would restrict access to the US for visa holders and refugees from certain countries. Trump signed the executive order: ‘Protecting the Nation [...]

Maine Governor Paul LePage on Friday signed the marijuana moratorium bill into law, just three days before recreational marijuana becomes legal in Maine. The bill allows personal marijuana use but restricts retail sales for one year, at which time the governor and legislature will have had time to set out a proper regulatory structure for [...]

Following Twitter’s release of two warrantless surveillance orders published on Friday, some legal experts have said the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) may have overstepped current legal guidelines for acquiring certain internet data. The two orders released by the social media site, known as national security letters (NSLs), requested certain data that could include email [...]

The State Duma , Russia’s lower house of the Federal Assembly, gave final approval to a bill Friday that decriminalizes “assaults that inflict physical pain but do not cause bodily injury that threatens the victim’s health.” If the bill passes the upper house and is approved by President Vladimir Putin, it would decrease the penalty [...]

The Supreme Court of India on Friday rejected a public interest litigation seeking an all-India ban on cow slaughter. The order sought a total ban on the slaughter of all cattle including calves or a writ of mandamus ordering the enactment of an uniform policy for banning the slaughtering and preservation of cattle. The court [...]

France published a decree on Thursday which, as of Friday, prohibits businesses from offering unlimited soft drinks. The decree, approved in 2015 by the French Parliament in an effort to reduce the nation’s obesity, bans the serving of unlimited beverages with added sugars or sweeteners for free or at a fixed price. While France already [...]

France’s Constitutional Council, struck down a section of the Law on Equality and Citizenship on Thursday that expanded the definition of parental authority in the Civil Code to include rejecting all cruel, degrading and humiliating treatment, including all recourse to corporal violence. The law did not include any punishment for violating the act, but was [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist James G. Hodge, Jr. of The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, discusses forthcoming “repeal and replace” strategies regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and how replacements for its provisions must focus on assuring equitable access to quality care… On his first day in office, President Donald J. Trump [...]