JURIST Guest Columnist Amaury Reyes-Torres of Iberoamerican University (UNIBE) in Mexico, discusses Baskin v. Bogan and argues that the opinion presents an alternative approach to the equal protection standard of review for discriminatory acts… The right to equality or the right to equal protection of the laws is essential in a democratic society. This right [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that an Arizona law that acted to deny bail to individuals in the US illegally and charged with a range of felonies was unconstitutional. Proposition 100 , passed in 2006, prohibited bail for individuals charged with both “committing a serious felony offense, and who [...]
The Arkansas Supreme Court struck down the state’s voter identification law on Wednesday, finding it unconstitutional. Act 592 required “proof of identity in the form of a voter-identification card or a document or identification card showing the voter’s name and photo issued by the United States, the State of Arkansas, or an accredited postsecondary educational [...]
Rights experts from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights announced the findings of a report on Wednesday alleging a number of summary executions and forced executions carried out against civilians by Congolese national forces during operation ‘Likofi’ between November 2013 and February 2014. The UN Joint Human Rights Office in the [...]
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in two cases fraught with procedural issues. In Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc. the court must decide whether to allow the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to continue to qualify every issue bearing on the scope of an invention claim as [...]
The brother of Clayton Lockett, whose prolonged execution last April caused Oklahoma to suspend its death penalty to review procedures, filed a lawsuit against the state of Oklahoma Monday. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma , contends that the execution , which lasted nearly 45 minutes, was [...]
A US federal appeals court on Tuesday said that Texas may enforce its voter ID law despite a lower judge’s ruling that the law is unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of thUS Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit temporarily reinstated the law but declined to rule on its merits, stating that the state’s November election [...]
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday placed a hold on a Texas law that would have forced several abortion clinics to close. The bill requires any physician performing an abortion to have active admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the location where the abortion is performed and requires that all abortion clinics [...]
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday condemned the targeted attacks on human rights groups and activists by armed groups in Libya. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has received reports of intimidation, abductions, murders and harassment. Due to these actions by armed forces, many rights [...]
The Ukrainian government on Tuesday passed five anti-corruption laws in an effort to cure past issues and work towards developing more transparency in government affairs. The anti-corruption law package addresses issues with Bureau corruption, creates principles of anti-corruption policy and prevents citizens from laundering money to fund terrorists or the proliferation of weapons of mass [...]
