A federal judge on Friday found Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio in contempt of court for “intentionally” disobeying orders to stop the racial profiling of Latinos. Arpaio, who has dubbed himself “America’s toughest sheriff,” had been ordered by the court in 2013 to cease extreme tactics aimed at ending illegal immigration, which have included “saturation patrols” [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday that they will begin a comprehensive review of the North Charleston Police Department in South Carolina following the killing of unarmed black motorist Walter Scott. The review is to be conducted by the DOJ’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services in an effort to alleviate tensions [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Husky International Electronics, Inc. v. Ritz that “actual fraud,” as it relates to the discharge of debt under the bankruptcy code, may be committed by purposeful concealment and does not require overt misrepresentation. Overturning a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit , the [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to a law that bans protests on the marble plaza in front of the courthouse. In their decision to deny the petition in Hodge v. Talkin , the court left in place a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) , along with several other organizations, asked a federal court on Monday block the enforcement of a North Carolina law that they claim targets transgender people for discrimination. The ACLU, the ACLU of North Carolina and Lambda Legal filed a motion for preliminary injunction in the US District Court [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Manning that a securities fraud case may proceed in state court. In an opinion authored by Justice Elena Kagan, the court decided that the jurisdictional test under Section 27 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 “is the same [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday remanded the class action case Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins to the lower court for further review. In a 6-2 ruling, the court found that the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit erred in its analysis of whether the plaintiff had standing. The question before the court was [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday remanded a group of cases challenging the birth control mandate in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to the lower courts for further proceedings. The cases, consolidated as Zubik v. Burwell , question whether the mandate violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act by forcing religious nonprofits to act in violation [...]
JURIST Contributing Editor Jeffrey F. Addicott of St. Mary’s University School of Law continues the discussion on the legality of waterboarding… This article is written in response to certain scholars that published their views in a recent JURIST article concerning my views on “waterboarding,” also published in JURIST. Anticipating the opprobrium that my initial piece [...]
Former Argentinian president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was charged in federal court last Friday for manipulating the economy in order to resolve the country’s low foreign reserves. The ruling judge found that Kirchner, along with the former finance minister, former central bank chief and 15 other charged officials, conspired to sell $17 billion in futures [...]
