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McCullen v. Coakley: History in the Making
JURIST Guest Columnist Catherine Short of Life Legal Defense Foundation discusses the upcoming decision in McCullen v. Coakley... (More) |
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UN rights chief calls for Sri Lanka war crimes probe
The UN human rights chief on Sunday called for an international probe into alleged war crimes that occurred during the last phase of the 26-year Sri Lankan Civil War [CFR backgrounder; JURIST news archive] that ended in 2009. UN High Commissioner fo (More) |
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Alabama widower seeks same-sex marriage recognition
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on Thursday announced a lawsuit filed in US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on behalf of widower Paul Hard challenging Alabama's Marriage Protection Act and Sanctity Marriage Amendment (Sa (More) |
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Texas appeals court overturns decision voiding marriage of transgender widow
The Thirteenth Texas Court of Appeals on Thursday vacated a lower court's holding that Nikki Araguz, the transgender widow of a firefighter who died in 2010, was a man at the time of her marriage, thus invalidating the union. The lawsuit was origi (More) |
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Federal appeals court overturns California concealed weapons ban
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday struck down a California concealed weapons rule , ruling it violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms. The rule required concealed weapons applicants to show good cause to receive a (More) |
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South Sudan's Constitutional Bait-and-Switch
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Cope of Georgetown University Law Center argues that the crisis in South Sudan suggests that the international community might consider refocusing more of its attention on the role of constitutional structure ... (More) |
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Sri Lanka opposition party demands domestic war crimes investigation
The main opposition party in Sri Lanka, The United National Party (UNP) released a statement Thursday demanding the Sri Lankan government conduct an investigation into alleged war crimes that occurred during the 26 year Sri Lankan Civil War [CFR ba (More) |
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UN rights expert urges Tajikistan to end torture
The UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Mendez on Wednesday urged the Tajikistan government to implement policies and laws that have been previously adopted by the government in order to end torture and ill-treatment within the country. Mendez w (More) |
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Ethnic cleansing occurring in Central African Republic: AI
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday urged the international community [report, PDF; press release] to take immediate and effective action to halt the spread of sectarian violence and "ethnic cleansing" within the western part of the Central Afr (More) |
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HRW: traffickers torturing Eritrean refugees in Sudan and Egypt
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday released a report outlining the prevalent trafficking and torture of Eritrean refugees for ransom by Sudanese and Egyptian individuals that has been occurring since 2010. Victims stated in the report that traffi (More) |
World Press Freedom day
May 3 is World Press Freedom Day.
On May 3, 1845, Macon B. Allen, the first African American to practice law in the United States, was admitted to the Massachusetts bar.
Read a contemporary newspaper account of his admission.
