JURIST Guest Columnist David A. Cortman, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, discusses the implications of the Supreme Court decision in Reed v. Town of Gilbert… The government is relatively good at some things: protecting its citizens through police and fire departments, collecting and spending money (sometimes too good) and fixing potholes (on occasion). But [...]
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) asked internet service providers (ISPs) on Monday to block more than 800 pornographic websites under Section 79 (b) of the country’s Information Act . Certain sources within the DoT state that “ertain websites have been reviewed and found to be spreading anti-social activities as hyperlinks from these websites, some of [...]
US President Barack Obama on Monday announced a set of new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) power plant pollution regulations designed to improve air quality and reduce green house gas emissions. The so-called “Clean Power Plan” sets carbon and other pollutant emission standards for states and requires them to submit plans to meet the standards by [...]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Attorney General Salem Saeed Kubaish announced Sunday that the country has indicted 41 people for attempting to organize a terrorist organization. According to the announcement , the suspects created the ‘Al Manara Youth Group’ and collected guns, ammunition, and funding in an effort to start its own country based on [...]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton , along with a former state legislator, were indicted on felony securities fraud, it was reported on Saturday. Officials said that the three-count indictment against Paxton was handed up on Tuesday, and is to be unsealed on Monday when Paxton is expected to turn himself in to authorities at the [...]
The British and French governments have warned in a joint article by British Home Secretary Theresa May and French Minister of the Interior Bernard Cazeneuve that the world is facing a “global migration crisis.” The two government officials stressed that countries must make dealing with the increasing number of migrants a top priority. Britain and [...]
Iraq’s Parliament on Sunday warned that the UN decision to close many of the country’s health clinics will have a “profound effect” on its people. The parliament announced that the decision will affect over 3 million refugees within the country and at least half a million children. Abdulhussein Mousawi, a member of the parliament’s health [...]
An Egyptian court on Sunday postponed the announcing of a verdict for three retried Al Jazeera English journalists until August 29. Judge Ahmed Yousry, in justifying the retrial’s tenth adjournment , stated that the decision was made because the accused were not present for security reasons. Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed, Canadian national Mohamed Fahmy and [...]
A United Nations expert on Friday exposed the worsening situation in ISIL controlled territory where an estimated eight million people are currently living in fear. According to Ben Emmerson , the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, ISIL terrorists staged deadly ambushes against people [...]
Dylann Roof, the man charged with killing nine black church members attending Emanuel AME Church in Charleston last month, entered a ‘temporary’ not guilty plea Friday. Roof has been indicted on 33 charges including federal hate crimes and firearms charges for killing and attempting to kill African-Americans based on race and in an effort to [...]
