JURIST Guest Columnist Julie R. Colton of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law discusses how the newfound legalization of same-sex marriage can raise more questions than it answers, particularly with respect to common law marriage… Even though the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell that bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional back in 2015, [...]
Jared Genser, lawyer for detained Baquer and Siamak Namazi, on Monday released the opinion from the UN Working Group on arbitrary detention , which concluded that Iran was illegally detaining the father and son without legitimate reason. The non binding opinion was issued by the panel of five experts on international humanitarian law. The panel [...]
Indian officials in Delhi indicated Monday that they have not received any data from China for the Brahmaputra river this monsoon season, in violation of an agreement signed between the two countries in 2013. The Brahmaputra River, beginning in Tibet and having a southern flow into India and Bangladesh, is notorious for flooding the lower [...]
Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court on Monday temporarily suspended the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) independence referendum vote that was set to take place September 25. The move follows the Council of Iraq’s vote on Tuesday that denied the referendum petition of Kurdistan to permit its independence. The council voted to keep Kurdistan in its region despite [...]
Six immigrants filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging the Trump administration’s decision to end the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) , arguing that the Trump administration did not follow proper administrative procedure. The case, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California , is the first brought by [...]
Here’s the international legal news we covered this week: The Office of the Attorney General of Indonesia announced Thursday that it would rescind a policy that banned lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals from becoming employees. On Thursday, Tunisia’s presidency spokeswoman, Saida Garrach, announced that the country’s ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslim men [...]
Here’s the domestic legal news we covered this week: A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled Friday that the Trump administration cannot withhold grants to so-called “sanctuary cities,” issuing a nationwide injunction. A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled Friday that [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled Friday that the Trump administration cannot withhold grants to so-called “sanctuary cities,” issuing a nationwide injunction. US Attorney General had said in March that cities failing to enforce immigration laws may be cut off from Department of Justice (DOJ) grants, and [...]
US Senator Elizabeth Warren on Friday introduced a bill and announced an investigation into the recent Equifax breach. The proposed legislation is said to give consumers the ability to freeze their credit for free when such attacks take place. This is a response to the massive breach of Equifax, which left the data of 143 [...]
The Office of the Attorney General of Indonesia announced Thursday that it would rescind a policy that banned lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals from becoming employees. The controversial policy had been denounced by human rights groups, who have expressed concern that the LGBT community has faced continued persecution at the hands of the [...]
