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President Biden signed S. 1404, the Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act, into law Tuesday. In a statement, the White House explained that the bill “provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to the ‘Ghost Army,’ in recognition of their unique and highly distinguished service in conducting deception operations in Europe during World [...]

The California legislature proposed Assembly Bill 1594 (AB1594) Monday authorizing private citizens harmed by illegal gun use to sue manufacturers, distributors and sellers of firearms. The bill has been proposed under the direction and vision of California Governor Gavin Newsom who vowed to push this bill through the legislature in response to the Supreme Court [...]

JURIST is launching a new series of dispatches from major US states written by JURIST correspondents “on the ground” in those jurisdictions. JURIST Operations Director Ram Eachambadi files this report from Los Angeles. A day after the US Supreme Court’s refusal to block Texas Senate Bill 8 (SB8) for the second time, California Governor Gavin [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul offers observations on the financial predicament of school teachers in Afghanistan and the Taliban’s financial incapability to pay. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding his name [...]

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed several pieces of legislation on Friday that bolster California’s gun laws and provide additional protections for people dealing with domestic violence. AB 1057 allows law enforcement to seize ghost guns when the owner has a gun violence or domestic violence restraining order against them. Ghost guns are firearms that have [...]

RBG’s ghost is stirring. When the US Supreme Court added a Mississippi case to its docket this term challenging a state law banning most abortions after 15 weeks, alarms went up that the Court’s new 6-3 conservative majority was coming after Roe v. Wade. Many believe the Court tipped its hand this week by declining to [...]

A federal judge on Monday rejected an attempt to block enforcement of Nevada’s ban on so-called “ghost guns,” including the sale of guns without serial numbers and unfinished weapons for self-assembly. Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), a Second Amendment advocacy non-profit, along with several Nevada gun owners, sought a preliminary injunction to halt AB 286 from [...]

Idaho Governor Brad Little signed legislation Monday that limits the governor’s power and prohibits government entities from enforcing President Joe Biden’s executive orders combatting gun violence. Biden has pushed for more gun control in the US. In early April, the Biden administration unveiled six measures that it would take to address gun violence, including asking [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a proposed regulation on Friday that would update the definition of “firearm” to close a regulatory loophole regarding unmarked firearms, known as “ghost guns.” The definition of “firearm” has not been updated in the US Code since 1968. Unmarked firearms are increasingly found at crime scenes, with law [...]

US President Joe Biden pushed for gun control legislation Wednesday evening in his first major address to Congress. Banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, as well as closing background check loopholes, are proposals the president is hoping to sign during his administration. “These kinds of reasonable reforms have overwhelming support from the American people, including [...]