A nine-judge panel of the Supreme Court of India ruled Thursday that privacy is a “constitutionally protected value.” The ruling could have drastic consequences for the government—particularly the country’s biometric identification program, Aadhaar . The judgment outlined the history of privacy and fundamental rights, not only in India but other countries as well. The court [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas on Wednesday blocked Texas from enforcing a revised voter identification law . Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos had previously found that a 2011 law , which required voters to present a form of government-issued ID, discriminated against blacks and Hispanics. The revised law [...]
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) requested that the US government, high-level politicians and public officials “unequivocally and unconditionally reject and condemn racist hate speech and crimes in Charlottesville and throughout the country.” Although the committee did not call out President Donald Trump by name, it specified that the response to [...]
Missouri Governor Eric Greitens issued a stay of execution for Marcellus Williams who was scheduled to be executed on Tuesday. Williams was sentenced to death in 2001 after being convicted of the first-degree murder of Felicia Gayle. Greitens decided to grant the stay of execution due to newly discovered DNA evidence, which Williams claims proves [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Jessica George of St. John’s University discusses the need for a cause of action to remedy fraudulent voting processes … Equal opportunity initiatives will always remain a hotly contested issue that incites passionate political action – so much so that it even inspires wealthy businessmen to lead a political crusade against affirmative [...]
The Los Angeles Superior Court issued a verdict on Monday in favor of a consumer who allegedly developed ovarian cancer after using a drug manufacturer’s talc-based products. Defendant Johnson and Johnson currently faces about 4,800 claims regarding the company’s failure to warn consumers of cancer risks linked to such products. In the current case, the [...]
The UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) published a report on Tuesday urging the Iraqi government to ensure the rights of those individuals sexually victimized by Islamic State (IS) forces. According to the report, thousands of women and girls have been subjected to physical and mental abuses as result of sexual assault, abduction, slavery, displacement, [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Louis Rene Beres of Purdue University discusses President Trump’s potentially problematic access to and control over America’s nuclear arsenal, an issue relatively unaddressed amidst the constant discussion of Trump-related scandal… Strictly speaking, insanity is not a proper medical or psychiatric term, but rather a more-or-less acceptable legal description. Nonetheless, as a convenient [...]
Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong confessed at a trial on Tuesday to attempting to overthrow the Chinese government. Jiang has been in custody since November of last year. At the trial, he stated that Western laws led him to attempt to overthrow the country’s Communist government and that he helped fabricate tales of torture [...]
The Supreme Court of India ruled Tuesday that Islam’s instant divorce law, which allowed Muslim men to divorce their wives by saying the word “talaq” three times, was unconstitutional. The case was heard by five judges of the court and resulted in a vote of 3-2. The court found that the practice was gender discriminatory [...]
