A Pentagon official on Friday ordered the release of a Marine Corps general, who was sentenced last week to 21-days confinement to his quarters by Guantánamo Bay military commissions judge Air Force Col. Vance Spath. Marine Brigadier General John Baker, acting as chief defense counsel, argues that his conviction is invalid due to a lack [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist David M. Crane of the Syracuse University College of Law discusses recent harmful developments regarding the restriction of chemical weapons in international law… The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) should not ignore or walk away from the alleged use of any prohibited weapon, such as chemicals, as it signals it is permissible [...]
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said Friday that her office is seeking an investigation into potential war crimes in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Bensouda is asking the ICC to authorize an investigation into any war crimes and crimes against humanity from July 2002. The request asks for an authorization to investigate [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Sean M. Cleary of the Law Offices of Sean M. Cleary discusses the difficulty in establishing liability for driverless cars. . . Driverless cars are one of the most controversial topics that never ceases to raise doubts and concerns. While many of us hope that this is the answer to a less [...]
Here’s the international legal news we covered this week: Judge Carmen Lamela of Spain’s National Court on Wednesday jailed eight Catalan ministers by court order on charges of sedition . The court found that the ministers’ actions violated Article 544 , which establishes that individuals engage in sedition when they “impede, through force or extralegal [...]
Here’s the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Department of Justice on Friday appealed to the Supreme Court a decision from the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit permitting a pregnant minor in immigration detention to receive an abortion. US Army Sgt. The US House of Representatives Courts, Intellectual Property, [...]
The US Department of Justice on Friday appealed to the Supreme Court a decision from the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit permitting a pregnant minor in immigration detention to receive an abortion. The petition seeks to have the Supreme Court overturn the appeals court ruling and remand it to the District Court [...]
US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl avoided prison time but received a dishonorable discharge Friday for desertion and misbehavior before the enemy after abandoning his outpost in Afghanistan in 2009. Bergdahl was originally facing a potential life in prison sentence, though the prosecutors argued for Bergdahl to spend 14 years in prison for endangering the lives [...]
The US House of Representatives Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee announced Thursday they will be holding a hearing on November 7 that will examine “the issue of intellectual property rights owned by entities that claim sovereign immunity on the basis of the 11th Amendment or Native American tribal immunity.” The hearing will be [...]
Attorneys general from Delaware, Maryland, New York and Virginia on Wednesday joined California’s federal lawsuit against the Trump administration’s regulations that allow employers or health insurers with religious or moral objections to opt out of providing coverage for contraceptives in their health insurance plans. The lawsuit, first filed by California in early October in the [...]
