North Carolina’s Republican Governor Patrick McCrory signed into law Senate Bill 4 Friday, which restricts the powers of the incoming governor Democrat Roy Cooper , who was also the state’s Attorney General until he was elected. The North Carolina General Assembly also passed House Bill 17 , yet to be signed by McCrory, which further [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision on Friday, requiring the state of Michigan to provide bottled water to the citizens of Flint. The court affirmed a ruling that required the state of Michigan to provide water to households without water filters. Michigan attempted to stay the order, [...]
The Thailand Parliament unanimously approved a controversial amendment to its Computer Crime Act of 2007 (CCA) on Friday, which rights groups fear will give the government unrestricted power to police the web and suppress criticism. The amendment, which is being criticized as leading to more extensive online monitoring by the government and an arbitrary invasion [...]
Attorneys general from 20 states filed an antitrust suit on Thursday alleging price fixing conspiracy against drug giant Mylan NV and five other drugmakers. The complaint alleges that the anti-competitive practices of Mylan and the other companies led to artificially high prices for two generic drugs—doxycycline hyclate delayed release and glyburide. The former is an [...]
The Turkish government has been silencing the media on a massive scale to prevent it from reporting on or criticizing the government’s “ruthless crackdown” on its enemies, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a 69-page report on Thursday. The report was prepared based on interviews with journalists, editors, lawyers, and press freedom activists, and a [...]
The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a death row inmate may challenge the use of a controversial lethal injection drug. The court ruled 5-4 that Charles Ray Crawford may pursue a challenge in state court under a federal civil rights statute . Crawford, convicted of the 1993 murder of Kristy Ray, is challenging the [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Texas on Thursday temporarily blocked new Texas regulations that would require the burial or cremation of aborted fetal remains. The new regulations, approved last week by the Texas Department of State Health Services , were set to take effect December 19 but were [...]
The Federal Court of Australia ruled against Australian Internet service providers (ISP) on Thursday, forcing them to block five named companies and all their related websites. All of the five named companies—Pirate Bay, Torrentz, TorrentHound, IsoHunt and SolarMovie—have websites that help people with illegally downloading or streaming movies and TV shows. The court gave the [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Kathryn L. Tucker Executive Director of End of Life Liberty Project (ELLP) discusses the Death with Dignity Act adopted by DC… The Death with Dignity Act adopted by the DC City Council in November 2016, establishes statutory permission for aid in dying (AID), the practice whereby a physician provides a mentally competent [...]
A bill renewing US sanctions against Iran for another 10 years because law Thursday without President Barack Obama’s signature. Obama has commented that the act will not affect the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) signed in July 2015 , under which world powers agreed to lift international sanctions against Iran in exchange for Iran curbing its [...]
