A federal court ruled Thursday that a Connecticut campaign finance law discriminated against minor party candidates in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments . The state's Campaign Finance Reform Act , which provided public funding to candidates in elections for state offices, established a Citizens' Election Program under the supervision of the State Elections [...]
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Mexican Director General for Protection of Mexicans Abroad Daniel Hernandez told a Mexico City audience Friday that discrimination against Mexicans in US has increased, specifically citing the case of Cirila Baltazar Cruz, a Mexican immigrant from Oaxaca, who lost custody of her child while in the US because of alleged child neglect. According to documents [...]
Green Party of Connecticut, et al. v. Garfield, et al., US District Court for the District of Connecticut, August 29, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on campaign finance.
National Cable and Communications Association, et al. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al., US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, August 28, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more legal coverage of the FCC.
The Uruguayan House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would allow same-sex couples to adopt. The House voted 40-13 in favor of the bill , which has been opposed by both the Roman Catholic Church and opposition political leaders with only a single vote on the bill from the opposition parties. The bill [...]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Friday for the prosecution of opposition leaders who allegedly conspired to orchestrate widespread protests after the country's disputed June 12 presidential election . Ahmadinejad spoke in front of thousands before Friday prayers in Tehran, calling for pro-reformists to be dealt with decisively . The president's comments, directed toward opposition candidates [...]
East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta has rejected a call from Amnesty International (AI) to establish an independent international criminal tribunal to investigate and prosecute those responsible for human rights abuses stemming from the country's 1999 referendum for independence from Indonesia, ABC News reported Friday. AI released a report Thursday claiming that officials responsible for human [...]
US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Thursday new restrictions on controversial searches of laptop computers at the US border. DHS issued directives to the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that "enhance and clarify oversight for searches of computers and other electronic media." DHS also [...]
The registrar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday rejected a petition seeking treason charges against former president Pervez Musharraf , finding that the applicant lacked standing and that the Supreme Court was not the appropriate forum for such a petition. The petition was filed by Senator Syed Zafar Ali Shah of the Pakistan [...]
Anna Mandel, Boston College Law '11, writes about her experience at the Latvian Constitutional Court…. In the United States, state and federal courts are not bound by the precedents or laws of other jurisdictions. For example, the Supreme Court of Texas is not bound by the decisions of the Supreme Court of California. While courts [...]
