Gambian lawmakers on Tuesday ended a state of emergency and revoked the extension of power for Yahya Jammeh, who lost in the last election. Jammeh was defeated in a December election by Adama Barrow . The state of emergency and extension were instated last week as Jammeh attempted to hold onto power . Jammeh finally [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Tuesday declined a request for re-hearing en banc a 2016 case in which it quashed a warrant filed by the government under the Stored Communications Act (SCA) in order to access customer emails to corporations stored on servers outside of the country. The court decided [...]
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed presidential memoranda to progress construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipeline . The memoranda, which have the legal force of executive orders, also require that materials used in their construction be made in the United States. The Trump Administration argues that the pipeline projects will increase [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition for certiorari from Kody Brown and his four wives, famous for their reality television show Sister Wives . They were challenging the constitutionality of a little-used Utah statute that says bigamy is a third degree felony. They claimed the statute “infringed their First and Fourteenth Amendment [...]
US Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on Monday introduced the 2017 Patient Freedom Act as their proposed health care bill amidst the Republican movement to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) . While acknowledging room for improvement, the senators have presented their bill as a way to increase access to [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Keith Miller of Drake University Law School discusses the future of sports gambling in the United States… In a move that caught many people by surprise, on January 16 the United Supreme Court invited the Solicitor General to set forth the government’s view of the validity of a federal law that prohibits [...]
The UK Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that parliament must vote on leaving the EU. The 8-3 decision is not expected to change the ultimate outcome of Britain leaving the EU, but instead creates uncertainty as to when the process will begin. The court cited the UK constitution to support its ruling. The 2016 referendum is [...]
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney on Monday signed a bill into law making Philadelphia the first US city to bar employers from asking applicants about their past salaries. The bill is designed to help decrease the wage gap between men and women, as women on average earn 83 percent of men’s salaries . The Philadelphia ordinance [...]
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said Monday that a referendum on the government’s plan to pardon thousands of prisoners was needed after thousands protested the proposal. Many claim the proposed prisoner release is fueled by government officials’ agenda to aid corrupt politicians. The proposed referendum would ask Romanians whether they agree with the possible government measure. [...]
The Chui Regional Court in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Tuesday reinstated the life sentence for human rights defender Azimjan Askarov. The court found Askarov guilty again of stirring up ethnic hatred during deadly clashes between local Uzbeks and Kyrgyz in 2010 and of being involved in the murder of a policeman. The reinstatement of his sentence [...]
