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EU dispatch: European Parliament urges Council to determine whether Hungary has breached the rule of law before holding rotating presidency

Jacky-Long Mouthuy | Maastricht U. Faculty of Law, NL

January 22, 2024 08:19:31 am

Law students and young lawyers from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Jacky-Long Mouthuy recently graduated from Maastricht University. He files this dispatch from Maastricht, Netherlands. The European Parliament last Thursday officially triggered a procedure under Article 7(2) TEU (Treaty [...]

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EU dispatch: proposed EU measures will increase press freedom and safety, but there is still work to do

Jacky-Long Mouthuy | Maastricht U. Faculty of Law, NL

November 3, 2023 12:24:13 pm

Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Jacky-Long Mouthuy is a law student at Maastricht University. He files this dispatch from Maastricht, Netherlands. Yesterday, November 2, was the UN’s International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. Ahead [...]

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EU dispatch: Poland’s challenges to EU environmental laws complicate policy in run-up to 2024 EU elections

Jacky-Long Mouthuy | Maastricht U. Faculty of Law, NL

August 14, 2023 03:19:31 pm

Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Jacky-Long Mouthuy is a law student at Maastricht University. He files this dispatch from Maastricht, Netherlands. As wildfires plague Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Spain and many other countries across the globe witness [...]

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EU dispatch: European Commission president announces new measures to curb migration flows after European Council summit

Jacky-Long Mouthuy | Maastricht U. Faculty of Law, NL

February 10, 2023 01:25:34 pm

Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Jacky-Long Mouthuy is a law student at Maastricht University. He files this dispatch from Maastricht, Netherlands. EU heads of state and heads of government sitting in the European Council concluded their latest [...]

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Cedar Revolution begins in Lebanon

On March 14, 2005, the Cedar Revolution began in Lebanon after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Led by the March Fourteenth Movement, street protests in the Cedar Revolution led to the resignation of the generally pro-Syrian government of Lebanon and the withdrawal of Syrian troops from the country.

Jack Ruby convicted for murder of JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald

On March 14, 1964, nightclub owner Jack Ruby was convicted of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, who had presumably assassinated President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Ruby was sentenced to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned Ruby's conviction in October 1966 and ordered a new trial citing improperly admitted testimony and an improper venue in the original proceeding, but Ruby died before the second trial could be convened. Review a transcript of Jack Ruby's July 1964 testimony before the Warren Commission investigating the assassination of President Kennedy. The Assistant Counsel for the Commission doing some of the questioning reported on the transcript is Arlen Specter, who would become a US Senator for Pennsylvania.