Settlement allows people denied entry under original travel ban to reapply for visas
Individuals blocked from entering the US by President Donald Trump's original travel ban order can reapply for visas, under the terms of a settlement reached Thursday. Those who have a right to reapply are to be informed...
UN expert encourages working toward water and sanitation rights for all
The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to water and sanitation, Léo Heller , on Tuesday urged the international community involved in development cooperation to work toward ensuring that people everywhere have rights to water and sanitation ....
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday that Maryland's assault weapons ban is constitutional. A lower court ruling last year found that Maryland's Firearm Safety Act , violated the Second Amendment...
JURIST Guest Columnist Joyce Lee Malcolm of George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School discusses the impact that a recent court opinion will have on Chicago residents and their Second Amendment rights...This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States...
Israel soldier convicted of manslaughter for killing wounded Palestinian
An Israeli soldier who killed a wounded Palestinian in the West Bank city of Hebron in March was been found guilty of manslaughter Wednesday. The three-judge military panel in Tel Aviv ruled against Sgt Elor Azaria. Chief judge Col...
JURIST contributing editor Allen Rostron of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law discusses new gun laws enacted in Missouri and proposed in Pennsylvania and how they reflect an insatiable appetite for enacting pro-gun legislation even when gun rights are well secured under...
Ginsburg's Remarks About Trump are Part of a Trend Toward Inappropriate Extra-Judicial Speech
JURIST Contributing Editor William G. Ross of the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University discusses Justice Ruth B. Ginsburg's open public opinion concerning Trumps' candidacy for presidency... Since justices during recent years have been increasingly uninhibited about making extrajudicial...
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in two separate cases challenging bans on assault-style weapons. The court denied the appeals without comment, letting stand lower court rulings that had upheld the bans [JURIST...
JURIST Guest Columnist Eric Ruben of the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law responds to a recent JURIST article about the Second Amendment and firearm industry immunity....Eight years after the Supreme Court struck down...
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday that halted the enforcement of a provision of Washington, DC's strict gun laws. Judge Richard Leon of the US District Court for the District of Columbia stated...
