JURIST Guest Columnist William G. Ross of Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law discusses reform of the electoral college system… Hillary Rodham Clinton’s victory over Donald J. Trump in the popular vote this presidential election has revived perennial proposals for the abolition or reform of the Electoral College. Although there are sound reasons for both [...]

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee , as well as an ex-staff member, reached an agreement to provide requested material to the SEC in relation to an insider trading investigation. New York district judge Paul Gardephe ordered the government authorities to comply with subpoenas issued [...]

Egypt’s Court of Cassation on Tuesday overturned the death sentences of former President Mohamed Morsi and five fellow leaders of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. During the Egyptian Revolution in 2011, Morsi allegedly conspired with Hamas and Hezbollah militants to break himself and fellow Brotherhood members out of Wadi Natroun prison. In 2015, following the ousting [...]

Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday urged the Kenyan government to cease coercing refugees into leaving the Dadaab refugee camp and returning to Somalia. The Kenyan government announced its intention to close Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp, by the end of November. Dadaab is home to 280,000 refugees, including 260,000 Somali refugees. The report found [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Monday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a group of Detroit citizens seeking to stop the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) from discontinuing service to customers who are behind on their bills. The plaintiffs sought injunctive relief stopping water shut-offs and restoring [...]

Hong Kong’s high court on Tuesday prohibited two newly-elected lawmakers from taking their seats in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council following their recent refusal to declare allegiance to China. Upon taking their oaths last month, Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-Ching declared allegiance instead to the “Hong Kong nation” and began protesting against China for pro-democracy rights. [...]

The FBI released the 2015 Hate Crime Statistics on Monday, showing the number of hate crimes reported to police increased by about 6.7 percent last year, led largely by a 67 percent rise in crimes against Muslims. This 2015 release is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the FBI’s work to compile data about bias-motivated crimes, which [...]

US President Barack Obama on Monday acknowledged the difficulties he has encountered trying to shut down the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, blaming his failure on congressional restrictions. On his second day in office in 2009, Obama issued Executive Order 13492 , which ordered that prisoners be removed from Guantanamo and the facility be closed [...]

Reports of US war crimes committed during, and in the aftermath of, the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 provide a “reasonable basis” for further investigation, the International Criminal Court (ICC) determined in a report released Monday. The report says that members of the US military appear to have subjected at least 61 people to [...]

The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) on Tuesday urged the UN and African Union to intervene and stop an impending genocide in Burundi. The plea for intervention is based on a report by the FIDH detailing the rise of violence in Burundi since April 2015 when protests started over President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to [...]