The Mexico Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that four members of the nonprofit Sociedad Mexicana de Autoconsumo Responsable y Tolerante (SMART) will be allowed to grow and smoke marijuana. This decision marks a significant step in the potential path for full legalization of marijuana in Mexico. SMART is a group that wants to weaken the [...]
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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Wednesday. In Shapiro v. McManus the court is hearing a challenge to the Three Judge Court Act , which requires the convening of a three-judge district court to decide certain important lawsuits such as those concerning voter redistricting. The court ruled in Goosby v. Osser [...]
The Colombian government should prioritize the rights of indigenous and Afro-descendant communities above corporate interests, Amnesty International (AI) said in a report Wednesday. According to AI, the armed conflict in the country has caused members of these communities and peasant farmers to lose their lands, resulting in forced displacement and land misappropriation. The indigenous and [...]
JURIST guest columnist Daniel Crane of the University of Michigan School of Law discusses the rulings surrounding NCAA athlete amateurism… On September 30, 2015, a divided panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit weighed in on the growing controversy regarding the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) rules limiting compensation of student [...]
The French government on Wednesday lifted the prohibition on blood donations by gay men. French Minister of Social Affairs, Health and Women’s Rights Marisol Touraine , announced that “onating blood is an act of generosity, citizenship, which cannot be conditioned to sexual orientation. … Today we allow every citizen, regardless of sexual orientation, the right [...]
Voters in Ohio on Tuesday rejected a proposal to legalize the medical and recreational use of marijuana. The measure would have decriminalized the use of marijuana by permitting retail sale of various marijuana-infused products, allowing those 21 years of age or older to grow up to four flowering marijuana plants and creating a new state [...]
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday night halted the execution of Missouri death row inmate Ernest Johnson pending the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Johnson’s appeal. Johnson’s attorney argues that his client will suffer undue pain and a seizure from execution by lethal injection as he has a [...]
A Cambodian court on Wednesday indicted three men in the beating of two opposition lawmakers last week. The men, Chay Sarith, Mao Hoeun and Suth Vanny, were charged with two counts of intention to commit violence and one count of intention to commit property damage. The suspects turned themselves in on Tuesday. The lawmakers, Nhoy [...]
Houston voters rejected the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance on Tuesday by a margin of 61 to 39 percent. Ordinance No. 2014-530 , known by its opponents as the “bathroom bill,” prohibited discrimination based on sex, race, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and other protected characteristics. The ordinance focused on protection in employment, housing, city [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Evan Jaffe of St. John’s University School of Law Class of 2016, is the fourth author in a twelve-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Jaffe discusses whether economic and social class can replace race in the university admission process to increase diversity in the [...]
