JURIST Guest Columnist Andrea Miller, University of Minnesota Law School Class of 2015, explains how Judge Korman’s decision in Tummino v. Hamburg creates solid policy and legal precedent…
The Maine Legislature on Wednesday voted 127-17 in favor of a new law requiring police to obtain a warrant to track a cell phone, overriding a veto by Governor Paul LePage . The bill was one of four privacy laws up for vote in the final hours of the legislative period. LD 1377 and LD [...]
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced at a press conference Thursday that she will not defend Pennsylvania’s statutory ban on same-sex marriage. Title 23, Chapter 11, section 1102 of the Pennsylvania consolidated statutes defines marriage as ” A civil contract by which one man and one woman take each other for husband and wife.” Kane’s [...]
Two French human rights groups filed a lawsuit in Paris Thursday calling for an investigation into whether the US National Security Agency (NSA) PRISM program violated French privacy laws. The lawsuit, filed by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Human Rights League (LDH) , is based on articles 323-1, 226-18, 226-1 and [...]
The Supreme Court of India ruled Wednesday that elected representatives convicted of serious crimes must vacant their positions immediately and be disqualified from future elections. The court’s judgment struck down Section 8(4) of the Representation of the People Act , which permitted convicted members of the House of Parliament, Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council of [...]
The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) ended its policy of separating prisoners infected with HIV from the general population on Wednesday, making South Carolina the final US state to do so. The SCDC abolished the policy in an effort to revamp medical services and in consideration of a federal court order to end a [...]
The US Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) on Wednesday approved a version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) that prohibits employers from discriminating against workers on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. As federal law currently stands, employers are only prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, religion, sex, [...]
The Illinois Senate joined with the Illinois House of Representatives Wednesday to pass a bill that permits state residents to carry concealed firearms with limited restrictions. The bill prohibits carrying a firearm in schools, courthouses and government buildings and has restrictions based on mental health. Prospective carriers must be 21 or older, pay a fee, [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday ruled that Apple violated the Sherman Act and various state statutes in an e-book price-fixing conspiracy. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) accused Apple of working with major publishers to increase the price of their e-books. Five publishers, Hachette [...]
Egyptian authorities on Wednesday ordered the arrest of Mohammed Badie, spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood , as well as nine other leading Islamists, in an escalation of the crackdown against protesters of Egypt’s current military-backed leadership. Badie is accused of inciting violence in Cairo on Monday in which more than 50 people were killed. [...]
