JURIST Guest Columnist Tom Rodgers, a Washington, DC-based lawyer engaged in Native American economic and social empowerment advocacy, discusses the equal access challenges faced by Native American voters in the West in light of the resurgent voting rights movement in...
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Federal judge dismisses Ferguson protestors' lawsuit against police
US District Judge Henry Autrey has dismissed a lawsuit filed by participants of the Ferguson riots that alleged police abuse. The complaint , filed by nine individuals, alleged that police were unlawfully violent when quelling riots...
Missouri court strikes down part of law passed in wake of Ferguson conflict
A Missouri court struck down part of a law on Monday that was passed in the wake of the unrest in Ferguson last yea. Senate Bill 5 was passed as a response to widespread concern regarding the...
The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill that would end a Department of Justice (DOJ) initiative aimed at removing certain industries from the banking system. The Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2015...
EU court rules conversion to Bitcoin not subject to sales tax
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled Thursday that converting cash into Bitcoin , a virtual currency that is used online and over the Internet, should be exempt from value added tax (VAT) [Swedish...
A new Municipal Court judge in Ferguson, Missouri, on Tuesday ordered sweeping reforms of courtroom practices following a damning federal report of racial bias. Judge Donald McCullin handed down an order to withdraw all arrest warrants issued...
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in Jackson v. San Francisco , a case challenging a San Francisco law requiring gun owners to keep handguns "stored in a locked container...
Major banks plead guilty to rigging foreign currency markets
Five of the world's largest banks agreed Wednesday to plead guilty to rigging currency markets and to pay over USD $5 billion in penalties to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) , along with several domestic...
The US Senate on Thursday voted 56-43 to confirm Loretta Lynch to serve as Attorney General, establishing her as the first black woman to lead the Justice Department . Lynch was nominated by the...
The parents of Michael Brown filed a civil lawsuit Thursday under Missouri's wrongful death statute against the city of Ferguson, Missouri . In addition to the city of Ferguson, the complaint also names former...
