JURIST Guest Columnist Moeen Cheema, Associate Lecturer at the Australian National University College of Law, says that the Pakistan Supreme Court's December ruling in the NRO case reopens a long-running clash between the country's executive and the judiciary, a conflict that the executive cannot constitutionally win…. On December 16, 2009, the Supreme Court of Pakistan [...]

A judge for Nigeria's Federal High Court on Wednesday ordered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to assume executive powers due to the prolonged absence of President Umaru Yar'Adua , who has been in Saudi Arabia receiving treatment for a heart condition since November. The court ruled that Nigeria's 1999 Constitution , which allows the president's executive [...]

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 5-4 that the trial on the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban may not be broadcast because the court did not follow proper procedure when enacting a rule permitting the broadcast. Last week, Judge Vaughn Walker of the US District Court for the Northern District of [...]

Hollingsworth, et al. v. Perry, et al., US Supreme Court, January 13, 2010 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Proposition 8.

Starr v. Sony BMG, US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, January 13, 2010 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on antitrust issues.

United States v. Vulcan Society, et al., US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, January 13, 2010 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on civil rights issues.

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. In American Needle Inc. v. NFL , the Court heard arguments on whether the National Football League (NFL) and its member teams are a single entity that is exempt from rule of reason claims under Section 1 of the Sherman Act . The NFL [...]

Lawyers for convicted terrorism conspirator Jose Padilla argued Tuesday before the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that their client's conviction should be overturned. Padilla's appeal centers on a number of purported judicial errors , most prominently the lack of an evidentiary hearing to determine if Padilla was being tortured while in custody, [...]

One month after hackers attempted to access Chinese human rights activists' e-mail accounts through the Google Gmail service, the company announced on Tuesday that it would rethink its involvement in the Internet market in China, possibly pulling out of the country. Among the possible changes in policy being considered are a cessation of search result [...]

A panel of three federal judges on Tuesday approved a revised plan filed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for reducing prison overcrowding in the state. The new plan includes revisions made possible because of legislative enactments, including summary parole for lower-level offenses to reduce the amount of inmates re-entering the prison [...]