The US Supreme Court temporarily blocked Senate Bill (SB) 4 on Monday, a strict, new Texas immigration law criminalizing various immigration offenses. The Court’s order was in response to an administrative stay granted by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Saturday, allowing the law to be enforced. The applicants, the [...]

US President Joe Biden signed an executive order Monday, in conjunction with the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control’s announcement of sanctions against Zimbabwe, that terminated the 2005 national emergency declared in respect to Zimbabwe. Those sanctioned include Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, his wife and First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, and other government officials.  In the [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) raised concerns Tuesday over new Egyptian laws which they say will “entrench military power over civilian life.” The new law allows some police and civilian judiciary functions to be taken over by the military. It also further expands the use of military courts to prosecute civilians. Law No.3 requires the armed [...]

Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) held on Monday that a hearing on charges against Joseph Kony, a fugitive Ugandan militant who founded the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), can take place in his absence in October 2024. The hearing allows prosecutors to present their case in court, where a defense lawyer will [...]

The US Supreme Court struck down Colorado’s attempt to bar Donald Trump from appearing on its election ballot on Monday. In a unanimous per curiam decision, the court reversed a Supreme Court of Colorado decision that barred the former president from seeking election in the state due to an alleged violation of Section 3 of [...]

France’s parliament voted Monday to include the right to abortion in the Constitution of France. The draft law was registered in December 2023 and has been adopted by lawmakers with some amendments. This is a monumental move, marking the first time in history the right to abortion has been enshrined into a country’s constitution. The [...]

Belarusian law students enrolled at European Humanities University are filing reports with JURIST on current circumstances in Belarus under the constitutionally-disputed presidency of Alexander Lukashenka. Katsiaryna Vasilionak files this dispatch from Vilnius, Lithuania.    Andrey Gnyot was arrested on October 30, 2023, by the border service of the Republic of Serbia upon arrival in the [...]

Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg pled guilty Monday to two counts of perjury in the first degree and surrendered to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. The DA’s office is currently recommending five months in jail, but if he breaks the terms of his probation, he could face up to seven years in [...]

South Korea’s Second Vice Minister of Health and Welfare Park Min-soo announced Monday that the government has begun administrative actions against some 7,000 medical residents who have not returned to work despite the government’s earlier order.  Park Min-soo said that the government’s punishment measures include suspending the trainee doctors’ medical license for 3 months, delaying their [...]

South Korean police raided offices of the Korean Medical Association (KMA) on Friday. The raids come as walkouts by junior doctors in Seoul have continued despite backlash from the South Korean government. According to South Korean news site Yonhap News, police reportedly carried out raids on offices of the KMA in both Seoul and the [...]