A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on Tuesday delayed enforcement of an Alabama abortion law until March 2014. The Women’s Health and Safety Act , signed in April, requires abortion clinics to meet unprecedented medical standards that supporters argue will protect women from unsanitary conditions. These standards require [...]
Federal bankruptcy judge Steven Rhodes issued a stay Wednesday on all litigation against Detroit during the city’s bankruptcy. Rhodes asserted that his court has exclusive jurisdiction over the case . While Wednesday’s decision did not determine whether Detroit will ultimately receive Chapter 9 protection, it allows the case to proceed on the merits and gives [...]
A regional court in Russia on Wednesday denied an appeal by Maria Alekhina, a member of the feminist rock band Pussy Riot . Alekhina filed the appeal after a court denied her parole in May. Alekhina and her fellow band mates, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samutsevic, were sentenced to two years in prison for “hooliganism” [...]
The California Supreme Court on Tuesday denied the San Diego County clerk’s request to halt same-sex marriages in the state, following the US Supreme Court June ruling in Hollingsworth v. Perry . The decision was issued without comment in a single sentence, stating, “The request for an immediate temporary stay or injunctive relief is denied.” [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a lower court’s decision to block components of South Carolina’s immigration law . Relying on the Supremacy Clause, the court ruled that the plaintiffs have an implied right of action to seek injunctive relief from the act on federal preemption grounds. The court [...]
The Hague Court of Appeal on Tuesday blocked the extradition of a Dutch-Pakistani terror suspect to the US because of “uncertainty regarding the US involvement in the torture of K.” Sabir K. was arrested in Pakistan In 2010 and tortured by Pakistani secret service before being expelled to the Netherlands in 2011. He is accused [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Steven Aiello, LLB Candidate, University of London, considers foreign aid and how it applies to Egypt in a two-part series. Here, he examines whether or not the situation is a coup and how this affects foreign aid …
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) policy allowing the importation of a drug used in the execution of state prisoners was illegal. The court did not give deference to the federal agency’s policy of neither approving or reviewing shipments of [...]
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling that blocked enforcement of a 2003 law regulating the promotion of tobacco products. The 2003 law requires shops that sell tobacco to display health warnings and limit the size of advertisements. Health for Millions, a non-governmental organization, appealed the 2005 ruling blocking the [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Monday that the rebel group 23 March Movement (M23) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is receiving assistance from Rwanda despite continued human rights abuses by the M23, including rape, executions and forced recruitment of young boys. HRW based its report on interviews with former M23 fighters [...]
