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 [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday granted an interlocutory appeal by
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday announced legislation proposing restrictions on senior Cambodian government officials. The legislation identifies several ways in which the Cambodian government “continues to be undemocratically dominated” by the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Prime Minister Hun Sen , including the passage of laws allowing the government to revoke the charters [...]
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 methods, the application of law.” Spain’s Constitutional Court recently [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Pacifique Manirakiza of the University of Ottawa discusses the effectiveness of Burundi’s withdrawal from ICC… On October 27th, 2017 Burundi became the first State Party to withdraw from the Rome Treaty creating the International Criminal Court (ICC), in accordance with the provisions of Article 127. It is worth recalling that prior to [...]
Today, a three judge panel announced its intention to go forward with plans to appoint a special master over the objections of North Carolina state legislators. The legislators objected to the plans on Monday after the US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina ordered the appointment last week. The court ordered the [...]
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means released the proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Thursday. The bill was introduced by Committee Chairman Kevin Brady and co-sponsored by House Speaker Paul Ryan . Brady stressed that the bill was intended to help low and middle class Americans. “Our legislation is focused [...]
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday leveledd two criminal charges against the New York attack suspect, Sayfullo Habibullavic Saipov. Saipov appeared before Magistrate Judge Barbara Moses of the Southern District of New York but did not enter a plea on the counts of (1) provision of material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization; and [...]
A judge for the Guantanamo military commissions on Wednesday held Marine Brigaider General John Baker, the chief defense counsel, guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to 21 days confinement and a fine of $1,000. The conviction comes as a response to Baker’s refusal to testify about releasing three civilian defense attorneys —Rick Kammen, [...]
The Supreme Court of Liberia on Wednesday halted the run-off elections set for November 7, pending the court’s decision Thursday in a case brought by the first-round losing candidate for allegations of election fraud . The October 10 vote did not end with a majority for any candidate, but Liberian soccer star George Weah and [...]
