The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction against Ohio's lethal injection process. The court ruled that the only question before them was whether the lower court abused its...
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Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards was sued on Monday over the public defender system over allegations it denies effective representation to the poor . Edwards was sued by the Southern Poverty Law Center ...
JURIST Guest Columnist Angela B. Cornell of Cornell Law School discusses the implications that a recent case in Kentucky will have on labor relations and labor rights...Departing from decades of labor and industrial relations practice in the U.S. and rejecting...
JURIST Guest Columnist William G. Ross of Samford University's Cumberland School of Law discusses reform of the electoral college system...Hillary Rodham Clinton's victory over Donald J. Trump in the popular vote this presidential election has revived perennial proposals for the...
The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Wednesday reopened a complaint by the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) against mortgage giant, Freddie Mac . The complaint, based on Third Amendment grounds, was originally filed in...
On Tuesday the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari for eight new cases. In Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Company , the Court is asked to determine whether the “sue or be sued” provision of...
Mich-issippi Burning: Marriage Equality, Anti-Gay Animus and Majoritarian Politics
JURIST Guest Columnist Peter J. Hammer, of Wayne State University Law School, discusses the socioeconomic disparities that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals experience in Michigan ...In an increasing number of domains, from worker rights, to marriage inequality, to state-imposed...
Kentucky governor to hire outside counsel to appeal same-sex marriage ruling
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear said Tuesday that the state will hire outside counsel to appeal a federal judge's order to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages to the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit [official...
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...
The US Supreme Court agreed Friday to rule on seven cases. In Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital , the court will consider whether a hedge fund could subpoena banks for information about...
