JURIST - Hotline https://www.jurist.org/commentary/hotline/ Real-time comments on legal news by newsmakers, activists, legal experts and special guests Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:38:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Can Algorithms Respect Human Dignity? The Problem with Predictive Justice https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2026/03/can-algorithms-respect-human-dignity-the-problem-with-predictive-justice/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:54:48 EDT Tuğba Tosun Çobanoğlu https://www.jurist.org/commentary/?p=109489 Who Rules Myanmar? Five Years On, International Law Has No Clear Answer https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2026/03/who-rules-myanmar-five-years-on-international-law-has-no-clear-answer/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:11:58 EDT Anonymous https://www.jurist.org/commentary/?p=109443 Orbital data centers and the legal vacuum threatening AI governance https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2026/03/orbital-data-centers-and-the-legal-vacuum-threatening-ai-governance/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:54:40 EDT Vishal Sharma https://www.jurist.org/commentary/?p=109438 Black Voting Rights in Mississippi: A System Built to Exclude https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2026/03/black-voting-rights-in-mississippi-a-system-built-to-exclude/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:09:15 EDT Trey Walk | Human Rights Watch https://www.jurist.org/commentary/?p=109412 When Power Cannot Hear: Political Stuttering and the Fate of Iran https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2026/03/when-power-cannot-hear-political-stuttering-and-the-fate-of-iran/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 23:48:54 EST AmirAli Maleki https://www.jurist.org/commentary/?p=109363 From Sheffield to Tehran: Gen Z and the Borderless Expectation of Justice https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2026/02/from-sheffield-to-tehran-gen-z-and-the-borderless-expectation-of-justice/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:10:40 EST AmirAli Maleki https://www.jurist.org/commentary/?p=109345 The Lunar Jurisdictional Trap: Why AI and Nuclear Ambition Are Outpacing Space Law https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2026/01/the-lunar-jurisdictional-trap-why-ai-and-nuclear-ambition-are-outpacing-space-law/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:47:27 EST Vishal Sharma https://www.jurist.org/commentary/?p=109206 Israel’s Death Penalty Bill Would Bring Darkness, Not Deterrence https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2025/12/israels-death-penalty-bill-would-bring-darkness-not-deterrence/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:33:18 EST Joel Zivot https://www.jurist.org/commentary/?p=109145 How a Cold War Sanctions Law Could Become a Tool for Domestic Control https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2025/12/how-a-cold-war-sanctions-law-could-become-a-tool-for-domestic-control/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:18:51 EST Nadine Jones https://www.jurist.org/commentary/?p=109126 No Congressional Approval Needed: The President’s Unchecked Power Over US Communications https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2025/12/no-congressional-approval-needed-the-presidents-unchecked-power-over-us-communications/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:40:10 EST Frederick M. Joyce https://www.jurist.org/commentary/?p=109117