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Commentary What the Kraft and Heinz Merger Teaches Us About Protecting American Jobs
What the Kraft and Heinz Merger Teaches Us About Protecting American Jobs
Dave Rodkey
May 25, 2016 11:49:52 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Christina Alam of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law discusses the negative effect corporate mergers have on preserving American jobs... While some public figures paint horror stories of how immigrants steal American jobs, subtler, but yet...

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Commentary Exaggerated Claims of “Judicial Nullification” in Gun Cases
Exaggerated Claims of “Judicial Nullification” in Gun Cases
Dave Rodkey
May 20, 2016 05:58:50 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Eric Ruben of the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law responds to a recent JURIST article about the Second Amendment and firearm industry immunity....Eight years after the Supreme Court struck down...

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Commentary Judicial Nullification Continues: Connecticut Judge Defies Law Prohibiting Suits Against Gun Manufacturers
Judicial Nullification Continues: Connecticut Judge Defies Law Prohibiting Suits Against Gun Manufacturers
Dave Rodkey
April 29, 2016 12:25:41 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Joyce Lee Malcolm of the George Mason School of Law discusses judicial precedent for Second Amendment rights...The decision of Connecticut judge Barbara Bellis to ignore federal law by permitting gun manufacturers to be sued for criminal use...

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Commentary Newtown Families' Suit Against Gunmakers Will Likely End in Dismissal
Newtown Families' Suit Against Gunmakers Will Likely End in Dismissal
Dave Rodkey
April 25, 2016 11:35:07 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Nicholas Johnson of the Fordham University School of Law discusses the recent suit filed by the families of the Newtown victims...Some of the families who survived the horror of the Newtown, Connecticut, shooting are suing the manufacturer...

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Commentary Indigenous Rights, Canada's National Energy Board and the Supreme Court of Canada
Indigenous Rights, Canada's National Energy Board and the Supreme Court of Canada
Dave Rodkey
April 11, 2016 07:46:58 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Dwight Newman of the University of Saskatchewan discusses what is happening with recent leave decisions related to Indigenous rights and Canadian energy regulation.... The Supreme Court of Canada's decision to grant leave to appeal in the Clyde...

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Commentary President Kagame Can Preserve His Legacy by Retiring in 2017
President Kagame Can Preserve His Legacy by Retiring in 2017
Dave Rodkey
February 12, 2016 02:20:37 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist James Tugee of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law discusses how Rwandan President Paul Kagame can save his legacy by retiring, despite recent amendments extending his term limits... On December 18, 2015, Rwandans voted in a...

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Commentary The Future of Abortion Rights and Regulations
The Future of Abortion Rights and Regulations
Dave Rodkey
February 8, 2016 09:55:05 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Kermit Roosevelt of the University of Pennsylvania Law School discusses abortion rights in America ...In 1973, over 40 years ago now, the US Supreme Court entered the abortion fray in Roe v. Wade. Roe offered the nation...

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Commentary In Deciding DAPA Dispute, Will the Justices Reach Constitutional Questions?
In Deciding DAPA Dispute, Will the Justices Reach Constitutional Questions?
Dave Rodkey
January 27, 2016 11:22:48 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Glenn C. Smith of the California Western School of Law discusses the latest challenge to President Obama's immigration policy...Speculation about whether the US Supreme Court would wade into controversial issues involving immigration policy and presidential power—in an...

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Commentary Disparaging Trademarks and the First Amendment
Disparaging Trademarks and the First Amendment
Dave Rodkey
January 13, 2016 08:00:50 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Robert A. Sedler of Wayne State University Law School discusses the validity of censoring disparaging trademarks...The Constitution changes everything. When the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) refused to register as a trademark the name of an...

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Commentary Mayors Suggest More Mandatory Minimum Sentences to Curb Gun Violence
Mayors Suggest More Mandatory Minimum Sentences to Curb Gun Violence
Dave Rodkey
December 21, 2015 10:02:21 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Ashley Merritt of the Valparaiso University School of Law discusses the effectiveness of mandatory minimum sentencing laws on deterring gun violence... In response to a disturbing rise in homicides and violent gun crime, Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard...

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Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia

On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.

First US wartime conscription law took effect

On April 1, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first wartime conscription law passed in the United States went into effect. It included a clause allowing a person to pay $300 to avoid military service, a controversial "rich man's" exception that precipitated the July 1863 New York City Draft Riots.

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