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A South Carolina state judge Friday temporarily blocked a newly-signed abortion ban that went into effect Thursday after being signed by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster. The ban would have prohibited most abortions in the state from being performed after six weeks of pregnancy. McMaster responded to the judge’s ruling, writing, “We will continue fighting [...]

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed a bill into law Thursday banning most abortions in the state after 6 weeks. The bill passed South Carolina’s Senate on Tuesday after defeating five senators’—all women—filibuster to block its passage. South Carolina joins a number of other US states who have passed similar bills into law, including Florida, [...]

A federal judge sentenced leader of the Oath Keepers militia Stewart Rhodes to 18 years in prison on Thursday for his role in the January 6, 2021 US Capitol riot. Rhodes’ sentence is now the longest handed down in connection with the plot to disrupt the certification of the 2020 US presidential election. Judge Amit [...]

For years, Sri Lanka has occupied the international spotlight for one of its contentious laws—the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). The PTA was introduced in 1979 during the Sri Lankan Civil War using the emergency law provisions in Part II of the Public Security Ordinance. While similar laws exist in other nations, showing widespread acceptance [...]

A Washington DC federal jury Thursday convicted four members of the far-right Proud Boys on seditious conspiracy charges for their roles in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. Among the members were the group’s former president, Enrique Tarrio, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl. The jury found Tarrio, Nordean, Biggs, and Rehl guilty of [...]

As tension rises over the impending breach of the debt ceiling, Biden aides are apparently debating the question of whether the debt ceiling is constitutional.  Section Four of the Fourteenth Amendment provides that “the validity of the debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is tasked with investigating and prosecuting individuals responsible for the gravest of crimes — genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and aggression. While the struggles faced by Afghan women and girls have yet to be classified, their plight demands attention. As human beings, these women and girls have been callously [...]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Thursday signed a bill that would ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy into law. Senate Bill 300, known as the Heartbeat Protection Act, reduced Florida’s abortion window from 15 weeks down to six weeks into a pregnancy. The law contains exceptions for rape, incest, and human trafficking within 15 weeks [...]

Last week, the national union representing waste and sanitation workers in France gave notice of an encore round of strikes set to start the day before the next step of the unpopular retirement reform’s legislative process: this Friday, April 14, the Conseil constitutionnel is expected to either validate or suppress all or some of the bill that had [...]

Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. This dispatch is from Nakul Rai Khurana, a law student at Jindal Global Law School. Last Monday India’s Supreme Court announced that a five-judge bench will preside over a batch of matters concerning the constitutionality of same-sex marriages in the country, [...]