The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday upheld the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act but enjoined the Secretary of Health and Human Services from the enforcing the mandate until the Supreme Court weighs in on some of the issues, currently pending in a similar case. While the ACA requires [...]
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed legislation Thursday that will effectively cut funding to Planned Parenthood in the state by millions of dollars, although the two bills do not target Planned Parenthood by name. The first new law severs state funding, under Title X, for public providers of abortions. The money will be diverted instead to [...]
Chicago residents filed a class action lawsuit Thursday accusing the city of Chicago of knowingly contaminating the city’s water supply when replacing lead water pipes in the city. The elevated, unsafe levels of lead in the drinking water have persisted since 2008 when the city began construction on the old lead pipes, delivering water to [...]
The Oregon legislature approved a law to create the highest minimum wage rate in the country Thursday. The system works according to the specific economic need in a particular region, taking the cost of living of each into account. This unique procedure makes Oregon’s the first proposal to pass rates not uniform across the state.The [...]
The Kentucky Senate approved a bill on Thursday that would create distinct marriage license forms for opposite-sex and same-sex couples. The bill in its current form provides that opposite-sex couples register themselves as “bride and groom” while same-sex couples register as “first and second party.” Though former Democratic governor Steve Beshear removed the words “bride” [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a class action suit against Kansas on Thursday on behalf of six individuals challenging Kansas’ voter registration law. Since 2011, Kansas has been one of only four states that requires proof of citizenship for voter registration. The ACLU claims that Kansas’ controversial law violates the National Voter Registration [...]
UNICEF reported Friday that the Ukraine conflict has severely affected children living in the area. The constant violence and fear has resulted in one in three children suffering psychologically. The UN reported nearly a quarter billion children have been internally displaced and more than 20 percent of the schools have been destroyed. Last year, 20 [...]
JURIST Guest Columnists James G. Hodge, Jr. of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University (ASU), John L. Hick of the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Dan Hanfling of the UPMC Center for Health Security and Sarah Wetter of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, ASU, discuss the intersection of [...]
Khmer Rouge former head of state, Khieu Samphan, on Wednesday challenged the 2014 life sentence imposed by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) for crimes against humanity. Samphan stated that he was simply fighting for “social justice” in Cambodia and said , “I shall shout loudly that I never wanted to agree [...]
The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Thursday strongly condemned the violence that took place Wednesday night between Shilluk and Dinka youths at one of its Protection of Civilians sites in South Sudan . Due to the civil war in the country, 198,440 Sudanese people reside at various UN protection sites, and more than [...]
