The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday upheld a lower court decision overruling the state of Nebraska’s long-time ban on same sex partner foster parenting. In doing so, the court compared the ban to signs reading “‘whites only’ on the hiring office door.” The 1995 ban was first challenged in this case in 2013, brought by [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Ali Khan discusses the potential deportation of the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the US, and international documents’ and treaties’ prohibition on state actions like deportation… Threats of deportations are evolving into a global phenomenon as nativism, racism, and xenophobia sweep the world. All over the world, nations are turning against [...]
A Tunisian Court sentenced British DJ Dax J to a year in prison on Thursday for public indecency and offending public morality after the artist played a remix of the Muslim call to prayer in a nightclub. The nightclub was subsequently shut down and charges were filed against the club’s owner and the organizer of [...]
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has expressed alarm at the deteriorating condition of South Sudan’s security in light of the recent attacks carried out in the the town of Pajok. UNHCR said that homes have been looted by roving militia and the elderly and disabled who could not flee from the conflict were shot [...]
US Speaker of the House Paul Ryan on Friday called for President Donald Trump to consult Congress on potential further action following a military strike on Syria. While Ryan says that it was within the President’s to authorize the launch, he further stated that now is the appropriate time “for the administration to consult with [...]
Neil M. Gorsuch has been confirmed in a 54-45 vote by the Senate as the 113th justice of the US Supreme Court. Gorsuch was a judge on the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Colorado before becoming President Donald Trump’s nominee to fill the seat left vacant following the death of Antonin Scalia. [...]
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands called on judges to hold South Africa accountable for failing to arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir when he visited the country in 2015. Two arrest warrants have been issued for Al-Bashir involving numerous charges including “crimes against humanity, war crimes, and crimes of genocide.” [...]
Members of the Ohio Legislature on Thursday introduced Senate Bill 128 which would give nuclear power plants in the state credits they could sell because they don’t create air pollution. The program is set to last eight periods, that are each two years long. In order to qualify for the credits, it must be shown [...]
The US Department of Justice said in a press release on Thursday that it paid victims over $800 million from the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund . The money has compensated the survivors and families of victims of the Iranian hostage crisis, the Kenyan bombings, the attack on the U.S.S. Cole, and other [...]
Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn signed a military-backed constitution into law on Thursday. The new constitution installs an electoral system for selecting the 500 members of Thailand’s parliament. In this system, the Thai people will vote for one of 350 candidates. Those votes are than added together to determine which political parties will gain the remaining [...]
