The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (NLCHP) released a report on Tuesday finding an increased criminalization of homelessness in cities across the US despite a lack of housing options. Such criminalization includes local ordinances that ban sleeping in vehicles, panhandling and camping on the streets. The report specifically targeted four cities—Denver, Honolulu, Dallas, [...]
The city of Cleveland on Wednesday submitted a revised use-of-force policy to a federal judge on Wednesday. Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. of the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio is overseeing an agreement by the city to reform the police department. The agreement between the city and the US Department of Justice [...]
The Russian Foreign Ministry released a statement Wednesday expressing the government’s decision to withdraw its signature from the Rome Statute, effectively leaving the International Criminal Court (ICC) . In its statement, the government expressed disdain over the ICC’s current investigation into possible crimes committed by Russian forces in South Ossetia in 2008. The statement also [...]
The US House of Representatives passed the Iran Sanctions Extension Act Tuesday, aimed at expanding the duration of the 1996 sanctioning of Iran. The Act is a reaction to a nuclear agreement reached between Tehran and several other nations, including the US, under the Obama administration. The agreement sought to lessen the burden of long-standing [...]
One survivor and nine families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Tuesday filed an appeal to the Connecticut Supreme Court seeking to have the court reinstate their lawsuit against Remington. The families claim that Remington, manufacturer of the gun used in the massacre, violated state law by advertising and selling [...]
Justice Timothy Kerr of the Queen’s Bench on Monday entered an injunction ordering prison officers back to work after the officers stopped work complaining of an increase in violence. The 24-hour protest was in reaction to increasing violence in the prison system and was intended to spur changes to protect prison workers. The Ministry of [...]
The Indian Supreme Court declined Tuesday to stay the demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes initiated by the government. However, the court requested that the government file an affidavit detailing the steps taken to ease inconvenience to the public, particularly long lines at banks and ATMs. The request for a stay came [...]
The German Federal Constitutional Court on Tuesday rejected a request by the Bundestag Committee of Inquiry into NSA Activities that the German government release the US National Security Agency (NSA) Selector List of spy targets in Germany. The NSA and the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) had been working together for various intelligence endeavors when [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist William G. Ross of Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law discusses reform of the electoral college system… Hillary Rodham Clinton’s victory over Donald J. Trump in the popular vote this presidential election has revived perennial proposals for the abolition or reform of the Electoral College. Although there are sound reasons for both [...]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee , as well as an ex-staff member, reached an agreement to provide requested material to the SEC in relation to an insider trading investigation. New York district judge Paul Gardephe ordered the government authorities to comply with subpoenas issued [...]
