JURIST Guest Columnist Edward White of the American Center for Law and Justice says that in upholding the ACA under the government’s taxing power, the Supreme Court effectively rewrote the law and unduly exceeded its authority…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed into law a bill that labels all non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that engage in political activity as “foreign agents” and requires them to register with the Justice Ministry before receiving any foreign funding. Opponents of this new law, which was passed by the Russian Federation Council on Wednesday, say [...]
A UN special committee, composed of representatives from Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Senegal, on Thursday condemned Israel’s treatment of child detainees. The committee detailed law enforcement practices such as violent raids on homes without warrants, use of solitary confinement, and interrogators pressuring children to become informants. These findings prompted the UN to call for Israel [...]
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday stated that the violence against minority Rohingyas and other Muslim has increased since a state of emergency was declared in the western Myanmar State Rakhine. Benjamin Zawacki, Amnesty International’s Myanmar Researcher, commented that “Declaring a state of emergency is not a license to commit human rights violations.” AI reported that [...]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled Friday that Senegal must promptly either put on trial or extradite to Belgium Chadian ex-president Hissene Habre . The court’s legally binding order also noted that Senegal had failed to make serious efforts to prosecute Habre, 69, who has been been under house arrest in Senegal since 2005. [...]
The UN Security Council on Friday extended the UN monitoring mission in Syria for an additional 30 days. The mandate for the UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) , deployed as part of the peace plan of UN Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan , received a unanimous vote for a 30-day extension in the Security [...]
The Liberian Senate on Thursday approved a bill that prohibits same-sex marriage in the West African nation. The bill, sponsored by Senator Jewel Howard Taylor , makes same-sex marriage a second degree felony subject to a fine or a short term of imprisonment. Senator Joseph Nagbe , who supported the bill, warned same-sex couples who [...]
Newly elected Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Thursday ordered the release of 572 people who had been convicted by the military. Morsi, Egypt’s first elected civilian president, had formed a committee to review all the cases of prisoners who had been sentenced by military courts since the beginning of the revolution that toppled former president [...]
The Butts County Superior Court on Thursday denied requests to halt the execution of Georgia death row inmate Warren Hill. Hill was convicted of two counts of murder but argues he should not be executed because he is mentally disabled . Georgia is the only state in the US that requires proof of mental retardation [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) declined to lift an injunction on Thursday against Samsung in its patent dispute with Apple over Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet. A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California had granted an injunction against Samsung blocking the sale of its [...]
