JURIST Guest Columnist Louis René Beres of the Purdue University College of Liberal Arts discusses President Donald Trump’s recent antics and how they will affect the potential for nuclear action… Increasingly, Donald Trump is showing palpable signs of debility. Most worrisome, in this sobering display, is the president’s conspicuously proud disregard for science, history, diplomacy, [...]

President Donald Trump signed the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act on Saturday that will allocate $2.1 billion in government funds to the Veterans Choice Fund, and an additional $1.8 billion to core VA health programs and medical facility leases. Trump signed the bill in response to the budget shortfall in the Department of Veterans [...]

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed SB 189 on Friday removing the statutes of limitations on certain sexual abuse crimes. The legislation amends chapter 38, sections 3-6, of the Illinois Criminal Code to eliminate a time guard for reporting felony sex crimes and sex crimes against children. Under the previous code a victim of these sex [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Colin Whitlow, Head of Content at CrowdJustice, discusses the legal battle between “sanctuary cities” and the federal government and how one directly related issue has received notably less attention: whether sanctuary cities may incur civil liabilities in the event that an undocumented immigrant commits a crime… The legal and political conversation around [...]

According to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights , a protest in opposition of the reelection of President Uhuru Kenyatta for a second five-year term has resulted in at least 24 people dead on Saturday. Kenya police used live ammunition and tear gas against citizens and opposition officials in order to quell the protest [...]

Here’s the international legal news we covered this week: The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Wednesday that Judge Scott Silliman should have recused himself in a case concerning multiple defendants who were charged with aiding in the 9/11 attacks. Venezuela’s National Constituent Assembly (ANC) created a Commission for Truth, [...]

Here’s the domestic legal news we covered this week: The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled against a state cigarette tax on Thursday. The Washington Supreme Court upheld Seattle’s tax on guns and ammunition sales on Thursday. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Wednesday that Judge Scott Silliman should have recused [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist David M. Crane of the Syracuse University College of Law discusses how President Trump is using the conflict with North Korea to divert attention from his own shortcomings… Tyrants need a war. Looking back over the past hundred years one finds that tyrants come to power in conflict and remains in power [...]

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled against a state cigarette tax on Thursday. The plaintiffs—cigarette companies, distributors, and smokers—argued that the $1.50 tax violated the state constitution. The majority agreed, saying that since the tax was a revenue bill, it must originate in the House, be passed at least five days before the legislative session ended, [...]

The Washington Supreme Court upheld Seattle’s tax on guns and ammunition sales on Thursday. The two individual gun owners and organizations bringing the suit argued that the tax was actually a state regulation on guns, which is prohibited by a Washington state law . The six-justice majority affirmed the lower court’s decision in favor of [...]