US Republican senators announced on Sunday that they are planning to introduce a bill further sanctioning Iran for testing ballistic missiles and attempting to “destabilize” the Middle East. Tehran recently increased international tensions after testing ballistic missiles with the inscription “Death to Israel”. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called Iran “a bad actor in the greatest [...]
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on Sunday that Iraqi forces, backed by the US, have begun their offensive push into the western sector of the city of Mosul, currently occupied by the Islamic State (IS). IS forces have been confined to the region since last year’s offensive that forced the IS to abandon the [...]
John Kelly , Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) , signed several memos on Friday detailing plans to facilitate the detention and deportation of immigrants in the US illegally. According to the guidelines, DHS hopes to further enforce immigration laws by increasing the number of immigrants targeted for primary removal and expediting removal [...]
JURIST Guest Columnists James G. Hodge, Jr., Sarah Arnold and Sarah Wetter of The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, discuss premier takeaways from the recent amendments to the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects (aka the “Common Rule”)… On January 19, 2017, the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Victor Williams discusses separation of powers between the Executive and Judicial branches, and how this relates to the travel restrictions imposed by Donald Trump… Among President Donald Trump’s fundamental constitutional duties are implementing war strategy as Commander-in-Chief and developing security-related foreign policy as Chief Executive. The president has inherent and exclusive Article [...]
US Magistrate Judge James Donohue on Friday ruled that Daniel Ramirez Medina , a Mexican immigrant-detainee, must be granted a bail hearing during the pendency of his immigration case . Ramirez Medina was granted permission to stay and work in the U.S. by the Obama Administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, but is [...]
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled against Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine in his state’s challenge to the certain tax aspects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The lawsuit, brought on behalf of several state subdivisions, alleged that the federal government tax on health insurance providers and certain self-insuring employers encroached on [...]
Following Bosnia-Herzegovina’s vow to appeal a 2007 International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling clearing Serbia of genocide during Bosnia’s civil war, many fear political crisis may be brewing in the Balkans. Serbia’s foreign minister, Ivica Dačić, said the move was “very dangerous” and could destabilize regional and bilateral ties between Serbia and Bosnia, two countries [...]
According to Texas election officials, hundreds of people were allowed to improperly cast ballots in the recent presidential election, evading the state’s stringent voter ID law, by signing affidavits in lieu of showing their photo ID. State election officers are now contemplating whether to ask local prosecutors to bring criminal charges for the violations of [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) joined a whistleblower lawsuit on Thursday against UnitedHealth Group . The suit claims that the country’s largest health insurer, and its affiliates, were overcharging the Medicare program millions of dollars. The suit also alleges that UnitedHealth Group was defrauding Medicare by claiming that their insurance members were treated for [...]
