The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 407-10 to approve HR 4909 , a bill that seeks to increase funding for security and safety in schools. Titled “STOP School Violence Act of 2018,” the bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (the Omnibus Act). Among other things, the bill [...]
Indiana’s House approved a bill Wednesday that lifts prohibitions that kept those previously protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program from obtaining professional licenses for dozens of occupations including cosmetology and nursing. The bill now awaits the signature of Governor Eric Holcomb who recently expressed his support for the bill. In addition [...]
The US Senate on Tuesday approved the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act , which implements several changes to the laws implemented following the 2008 financial crisis. The purpose of the bill is: “To promote economic growth, provide tailored regulatory re- lief, and enhance consumer protections, and for other purposes.” The bill ultimately [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a Texas law banning sanctuary cities. The law, Senate Bill 4 (SB4) , “prohibits local authorities from limiting their cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, and it requires local officers to comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (‘ICE’) detainer requests.” The court held that [...]
The Supreme Court of India ruled Tuesday that foreign lawyers cannot practice law within the country. Parties included both law firms and individual lawyers from the UK, US, France and Australia. The court noted that Under the Advocates Act of 1961 , foreign lawyers cannot practice law in India without reciprocity. To be eligible to [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday upheld the US Department of Labor (DOL) fiduciary rule. The fiduciary rule placed fixed indexed annuities to fall under the Best Interest Contract Exemption (BICE) . The BICE, while allowing fiduciaries to receive compensation from annuities sold, places a standard on brokers and advisors, [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Louis René Beres of Purdue University discusses the true nature of President Donald Trump’s relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin… “I like chaos.” — United States President Donald Trump, March 4, 2018 Credo quia absurdum. “I believe because it is absurd.” In the very best case scenario, President Donald Trump is “merely” [...]
Authorities in Germany have announced the death of Oskar Groening, a former Nazi SS officer who was known as “the bookkeeper of Auschwitz.” Groening was sentenced last November to four years in prison for being an accessory to the murder of 300,000 people at Auschwitz during World War II. Previously, Groening’s lawyer had argued that [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland on Monday ruled that a transgender student must be permitted to use both the restroom and locker room that is “in alignment with their gender identity.” Max Brennan, the plaintiff in the matter, is a 15-year-old student at the St. Michaels Middle High [...]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday announced that he will immediately pull the Philippines out of the International Criminal Court (ICC) . In a 15 page letter to the media, Duterte declared that the Philippines will immediately withdraw its ratification of the Rome Statute , which established the ICC and was ratified by the Philippines in [...]
