Attorneys for the federal government on Monday filed a motion with the US District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma to dismiss a complaint challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) . Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt had filed a suit in January against the federal health care law arguing that “Congress [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Preston Findlay, a representative for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, argues that the Supreme Court should hold that US courts have the power to handle appeals stemming for international child abduction cases…
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down two state laws, HB 2780 and HB 1970 , limiting abortion rights for physicians and patients for unconstitutionality. The first law mandated that physicians must require that any patient seeking an abortion undergo an ultra-sound, whereby the image of the fetus was to be described and placed [...]
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967 Richard Falk called on Israel Wednesday to fully implement and continue to support the recent conflict-ending ceasefire agreement with Palestinians in Gaza. Falk concluded a week-long mission evaluating the overall impact of Israel’s prolonged occupation and [...]
An Arizona judge ruled Monday that Arizona’s medical marijuana law is constitutional and instructed the state to permit dispensaries to open. Judge Michael Gordon of the Maricopa County Superior Court rebuffed arguments from Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne that federal laws barring the use of marijuana preempted the state law allowing medicinal marijuana which was [...]
An Israeli court has approved the nation’s first same-sex divorce even though the country does not officially recognize same-sex marriage. The court ruled Sunday that the couple, who were married in Canada and live in Israel, should be recognized as married and should be allowed to sever the relationship . Not allowing the separation, the [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay addressed the growing issue of global business’ role in gross human rights abuses in a statement on Tuesday. In addressing the Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights, Pillay detailed the importance of taking steps to implement the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights . Pillay [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday upheld a federal rule requiring mobile-data providers to offer roaming agreements to other providers on “commercially reasonable” terms. In April 2011 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted the data roaming rule , which allows users to connect to another provider’s mobile-data services [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of California on Tuesday refused to issue an injunction to block a pending law preventing mental health providers from engaging in sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) with minors. Claiming that the challenge to the law is “not likely to prevail” Judge Kimberly Mueller refused [...]
Iranian lawyer and prominent human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh on Tuesday ended a 49-day hunger strike in protest of her prison conditions and a travel ban imposed on her family. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights had Navi Pillay expressed concern for Sotoudeh’s deteriorating health and urged the Iranian government to lift the travel ban, [...]
