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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer issued an executive order on Wednesday that instructs state agencies not to provide driver's licenses and other public benefits to undocumented immigrants who have gained the right to...

JURIST Guest Columnist Geoffrey Hoffman of the University of Houston Law Center says that the Supreme Court's holding in Arizona v. US serves as a strong reminder of the executive branch's power to create and enforce a coherent, and ideally...

JURIST Guest Columnist Chris Schlag, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2014, is the president of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law's chapter of the National Lawyers Guild and vice president of the University of Pittsburgh School...

Congressman Steve King (R-IA) said Friday that President Barack Obama's plan to issue an executive order implementing policies of the DREAM Act is unconstitutional and he plans to sue the Obama administration to delay its...

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a directive on Friday saying that it will stop deporting many illegal immigrants under the age of 30 who were brought to the US as...

JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Macchiarola of the City University of New York School of Law says that several recent cases involving the Securities and Exchange Commission may present an opportunity to reevaluate the judiciary's deferential approach toward settlements made between...

JURIST Guest Columnist Iryna Dasevich is a LL.M. Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and has interned in the police department and the district court in Turnopil, Ukraine. In the first entry of a 14-part series from...

JURIST Contributing Editor Amos Guiora of the University of Utah SJ Quinney College of Law says that the lack of serious punishment for US troops involved in the 2005 killing of 24 innocent Iraqi civilians at Haditha requires immediate and...

The Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, Maureen O'Connor , on Thursday opened the first meeting of the state's death panel review committee by reiterating that the purpose of the committee is not to question...

JURIST Guest Columnist Charles Adeogun-Phillips of Charles Anthony LLP says that despite concerns surrounding the ability of the new Libyan government to provide Muammar Gaddafi with a fair trial upon capture, it should be allowed the opportunity to establish a...