JURIST Guest Columnist Don Kates of The Independent Institute says that empirical evidence has shown that gun bans are not only ineffective at reducing violent crime, but may even be counterproductive…
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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Shelby County v Holder to determine whether Congress exceeded its authority when it renewed Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 . Section 5 requires jurisdictions with a history of preventing minority groups from voting to receive preclearance from the US Department of Justice [...]
JURIST Guest Columnists Eric Delio and George Thompson, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2013, analyze Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. and its potential impact… The recent US Supreme Court case, Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. , presented an [...]
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday decided in Amgen, Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds to permit a class action lawsuit by shareholders against Amgen , a biotechnology company. The court ruled that plaintiffs did not have to prove the materiality of their claims of misrepresentation and omission during the class-certification phase of [...]
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Monday signed into law the country’s most expansive education reforms in seven decades. In a deal reached by Nieto’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (IRP) and two opposition parties, the reforms will attempt to create a new system of school standards for hiring and promoting teachers based on merit. While the [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Charles Kels of the US Air Force Reserve and the Department of Homeland Security argues that legal experts should think twice before diluting the clarity of international armed conflicts…
The UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Richard Falk called Wednesday on the international community to investigate the death of Palestinian Prisoner Arafat Jaradat. Jaradat died while in interrogations at an Israeli facility. Initially, Israel claimed the cause of death was a heart attack, but this was not included in [...]
Businesses, cities, and other organizations filed two amicus curiae briefs with the US Supreme Court Tuesday in support of same-sex marriage . The groups urged the court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in US v. Windsor and Proposition 8 in Hollingsworth v. Perry . The businesses include financial institutions, medical centers, [...]
Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe on Tuesday vetoed the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act which would have banned all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy except in cases of rape, incest or to save the mother’s life. The bill was approved by the Arkansas House of Representatives last Thursday and approved by the Senate just [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that the US-based anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) are modern-day pirates, clearing the path for Japanese whalers to pursue legal action against them. The decision overturns a lower court ruling which found against whalers Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) , who claim [...]
