The Supreme Court of New Jersey on Monday upheld a law that requires young drivers to display decals on their license plates in order to enforce driving restrictions. The restrictions are part of...
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JURIST Contributing Editor Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says that despite recent legislative efforts to prevent the enforcement of international law, state governments are obligated to do so by the US Constitution...Some states and members of...
Voter ID Laws Face State, National and International Obstacles
JURIST Guest Columnist Brendan Fischer, a law fellow for the Center for Media and Democracy, says that the Wisconsin voter ID law violates the state constitution and that voter ID laws in other states are facing challenges because of their...
The Oklahoma Supreme Court Tuesday upheld a state immigration law as constitutional except for a section denying bail to illegal immigrants charged with crimes. The court ruled 8-1 that HB 1804's denial...
Connecticut Senate approves marijuana decriminalization bill
The Connecticut Senate on Saturday approved by a 19-18 vote SB 1014 which provides for the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana. The vote was at 18-18 until Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman ...
The city of Tucson, Arizona has joined a lawsuit against the the state's new immigration law , a court filing revealed Tuesday. Tucson was originally named as a defendant along...
UK judge criticizes banning of Sikh ceremonial dagger in public places
Sir Mota Singh QC, Britains first Asian judge, said in an interview with BBC's Asian Network Monday that Sikhs should be permitted to wear their ceremonial daggers to school and other public places. Sikhism...
COSTA RICA: Illegitimate Restrictions on Freedom of Expression
Ekaterina Sivolobova, student at the Law Faculty of the University of Buenos Aires and legal intern at the Center for Justice and International Law in Buenos Aires, recently interviewed Costa Rican journalist Mauricio Herrera-Ulloa about his experiences appearing before the...
Indiana appeals court declares state voter identification law unconstitutional
The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the state's voter identification requirement is unconstitutional. The provision, section IC 3-11-8-25.1 of the Indiana Code, required individuals who wished to cast an official ballot in person to...
Opposition to citizens crossing state lines with concealed guns lacks factual basis
John Lott : "By a 58 to 39 majority, the US Senate voted last week to let concealed handgun permit holders carry handguns across state lines. Yet, it was...