The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Kloeckner v. Solis that a federal employee appealing a “mixed case” from the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) should appeal by suing in the appropriate district court, not appealing the decision to the Federal Circuit. The “mixed case” in this situation involved a wrongful termination claim that [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ruled Friday that North Carolina may not offer specialty pro-life license plates without offering a pro-choice alternative. In a challenge brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation (ACLU-NCLF) , Judge James Fox found that the “Choose [...]
A report by the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has found that atheists and other non-religious persons suffer persecution and discrimination all over the world, and that prosecutions of blasphemy have risen along with the popularity of social media. The report, “Freedom of Thought 2012: A Global Report on Discrimination Against Humanists, Atheists, and [...]
The US District Court for the Western District of Washington on Thursday ruled that the state’s most comprehensive underage sex trafficking law is unconstitutional, prompting legislators to drop their defense of the law. In particular, Judge Ricardo Martinez found that Senate Bill 6251 , which required Washington Internet websites to document that advertised escorts were [...]
The US answered to allegations that it has illegally detained juveniles in a prison in Afghanistan in a recent report given to the UN Committee on Rights of the Child . The report was released in response to several inquiries regarding US compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child . In response [...]
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Monday ordered the military to work with the nation’s police to maintain security until the referendum on Saturday. This order, which leads up to the already controversial referendum on Egypt’s constitution, gives the military the power to arrest civilians and transfer them into detention for prosecution. When considered with the [...]
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders on Friday urged China to end retaliatory efforts against Chen Guangcheng , a blind human rights lawyer who successfully fled the communist country earlier this year, by immediately releasing the activist’s nephew. According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) , Chen’s nephew, [...]
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday ended a controversial decree that had greatly expanded his presidential powers. Although the move was viewed as a concession to protesters who had called for the end of the decree , Morsi refused to push the constitutional referendum on Egypt’s draft constitution back from December 15, which the protesters [...]
JURIST Columnist Paul Johnson, Anniversary Reader at the University of York, in the second of two pieces on laws pertaining to homosexual acts in the Dependencies of the UK, argues that male, homosexual-specific criminal offenses in Isle of Man should be modernized to parallel the laws of the UK…
Brazilian Police announced Friday that they have arrested former Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Michael Misick, who has been in hiding since fleeing TCI 2009. Misick fled TCI following an inquiry into corruption on the small British territory which implicated him as having been engaged in widespread corruption and having stolen [...]
