The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said on Monday that it will not reconsider its ruling to uphold the government’s “net neutrality” rules that require internet providers to treat all online traffic equally. This means that the rules put in place by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under former President [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal challenging California’s 2012 ban on “gay conversion” therapy. The law , signed by California Governor Jerry Brown , became the first of its kind, barring the so-called therapy that aims to change the sexual orientation of patients under 18. Plaintiff Donald Welch had argued [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-3 Monday in Bank of America Corp. v. City of Miami that cities can use the Fair Housing Act (FHA) to sue banks for predatory lending practices. At issue were the questions of whether Miami qualified as the kind of party that could bring claims under the FHA and whether [...]
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein said Monday that Egypt’s recent security measures have been encouraging the very radicalization they were trying to control. In a press conference in Geneva, al-Hussein criticized the increased security measures Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has instituted since the bombings of Christian churches last month. [...]
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in Patchak v. Zinke and Merit Management v. FTI Consulting on Monday. In Patchak, the court will decide if Section 2(b) of the Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act violates the separation of powers created in the US Constitution by calling on federal courts to drop cases related to [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Jillian Blake, an attorney at Blake & Wilson Immigration Law, PLLC, discusses the violation of basic judicial and human rights principle regarding to the creation of the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement office… In late April the Trump Administration announced the creation of VOICE, or the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement office, [...]
US President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order directing the Commerce Department and the US Trade Representative to review all US trade agreements and membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) to determine the cause of the US trade deficit. The order calls for a comprehensive review of whether previous free trade agreements [...]
Turkish authorities removed more than 3900 people from their positions in the civil service and military pursuant to a new national security law published on Saturday. Those removed included prison guards, clerks, academics, and employees of the religious affairs ministry, all of whom the government alleged had links to terrorist organizations. This is the latest [...]
The Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday gave Muslim Brotherhood leader Wagdy Ghoneim a death sentence in absentia. He was found guilty of forming an outlaw cell from 2003 to 2015, for obstructing the constitution and state institution, assaulting citizens, and harming national unity. Ghoneim currently lives in Turkey and has rejected the ruling stating that [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Thursday that calculating salaries based solely on prior salaries does not violate the Equal Pay Act even when it results in women being paid less than men for the same job. The case involves a math consultant working for a school district in Fresno [...]
