The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday ruled that Washington state may force pharmacies to provide emergency contraceptives, such as Plan B. The decision overturns as 2012 ruling by the US District Court for the Western District of Washington that deemed a Washington law that requiring pharmacies to sell such medications [...]
The European Commission (EC) on Thursday opened formal proceedings looking into whether the Walt Disney Company and other prominent US film studios committed antitrust violations. The EC is extending the Disney proceedings that were already opened on January 13, 2014 to Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, NBC Universal and Paramount Pictures. They are [...]
Turkish officials briefly blocked access to Twitter in an attempt to prevent sharing of images from Monday’s deadly Suruc bombing, and to stop Twitter users from calling for protests against the government. The ban on Twitter was both installed and lifted the same day. Turkey has since vowed to increase security at the Syrian border [...]
The Obama Administration confirmed Wednesday in a press briefing that they are drafting a plan to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay before President Barack Obama’s time in office runs out. President Obama has been promising since his inception as President to close the prison. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest delivered the briefing, [...]
US Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Wednesday announced the federal indictment of Dylann Roof, the man charged with killing nine black church members attending Emanuel AME Church in Charleston last month. 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 [...]
The Extraordinary African Chambers in Senegal on Wednesday suspended the trial of former Chadian leader Hissène Habré on charges of crimes against humanity, torture and war crimes.The suspension of the trial is reportedly due to the need for court appointed attorneys to prepare Habré’s defense. Habré has denied the chargses against him and even attempted [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed the April 2014 decision of the US District Court for the District of North Dakota striking down an extremely restrictive North Dakota anti-abortion law. The Human Heartbeat Protection Act , signed into law in 2013 Republican Governor Jack Dalrymple , would have made [...]
An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif to five years in prison on during a retrial graft charges. Nazif served during the presidency of Hosni Mubarak until the start of the Egyptian Uprising in 2011, and was convicted of using his position to make illicit gains in excess of 64 million [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Manoj Mate of Whittier Law School discusses the National Judicial Appointments Commission… Over the past months, the political whirlwinds surrounding efforts by Narendra Modi’s BJP government to change India’s judicial appointments system have given way to a storm of constitutional contestation. Since 1993, India’s top judges, including the chief justice and senior [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Jeremiah A. Ho of the University of Massachusetts School of Law, discusses the substantial federal question underlining in Obergefell v. Hodges… Last month the US Supreme Court ruled on marriage equality in Obergefell v. Hodges and ushered in the decision that the fundamental right to marriage applies not only to opposite-sex couples [...]
