The Oklahoma Supreme Court Wednesday struck down two abortion bans as unconstitutional, but abortion remains illegal in the state. The court struck down HB 4327, which blocks doctors from performing abortions at any point during pregnancy unless to save a woman’s life, and SB 1503, also known as the Oklahoma Heartbeat Act, which prohibits abortion [...]
Law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on several terrorist organizations operating in the country, much to the concern of the international community. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our Correspondent’s [...]
Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. Don’t say it. Don’t do it. Don’t show it. Don’t post it. Don’t speak about it. Don’t show any expressions. Don’t [...]
The US Supreme Court declined Tuesday to hear a case alleging that social media platform Reddit wrongly hosted sexually explicit images and videos of underage individuals, amounting to child pornography. As a result, a ruling from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which dismissed the victims’ claim, will stand. The case, Jane [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit on behalf of Planned Parenthood Tuesday challenging a Nebraska law that restricted abortion access and gender-affirming care for transgender youth. The complaint asserts that the law, LB574, violates the Nebraska constitution because it is not limited to one subject, and asks the court to block the [...]
President Faustin Archange Touadéra of the Central African Republic called for a constitutional referendum Tuesday that would allow him to seek a third term in office. This call was quickly followed by the Central African Republic’s Electoral Body decreeing that a vote on the proposed changes to the constitution would occur on July 30. The current [...]
Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo approved Senate Bill (SB) 131 Tuesday, becoming one of the first Republican governors to enshrine legal protections for out-of-state abortion patients and in-state providers. The legislation codifies Executive Order (EO) 2022-08 which was issued by Nevada’s former Governor Steve Sisolak last year. According to EO 2022-08: Nevada stands firm in its [...]
South African opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) called Tuesday for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin should he enter the country for the upcoming BRICS Conference. Since March, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has had an outstanding warrant for Putin’s arrest, which the DA now seeks to enforce. The DA filed an application [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled on Tuesday that the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, shall be granted immunity from current and future civil legal claims in exchange for a $6 billion settlement. This settlement will go towards efforts to help those suffering from opioid addiction. The Sackler family will [...]
A Japanese district court held Tuesday the government’s failure to recognize same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Marriage for All Japan, a Japanese organization fighting for marriage equality, shared the Nagoya District Court in Japan’s opinion in a tweet. Article 24 of the Japanese Constitution states that “arriage shall be based only on the mutual consent of [...]
