JURIST News Managing Editor JP Leskovich and Deputy Editorial Director William Hibbitts contributed to this article. A Manhattan jury has found former US President Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree in his New York hush money criminal trial. Prosecutors alleged that Trump falsified records to [...]
The Arizona State Senate voted 16 to 14 to repeal an abortion ban dating back to 1864, leaving it to Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs to sign the repeal into law, which she has committed to do. The State Senate’s debate was contentious, with lawmakers delivering theatrical monologues frequently punctuated by cries of protest in the [...]
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill into law Wednesday night shielding in vitro fertilization (IVF) providers from legal liability, moments after it was passed by the legislature. This law comes after weeks of debate following the February 16 Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos are considered children under the state’s Wrongful Death of a [...]
South Africa accused Israel of implementing apartheid against Palestinians during a hearing before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday, alleging that Israel subjects Palestinians to “discriminatory land zoning and planning policies, punitive and administrative house demolitions and violent army incursions into their villages towns, cities and refugee camps.” Making submissions before the ICJ, [...]
The US House of Representatives voted 214-213 Tuesday night to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the situation at the US-Mexico border. The articles of impeachment accused Mayorkas of a “willful and systemic refusal to comply” with federal immigration laws and a breach of public trust. The impeachment resolution is mired [...]
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled Tuesday that former President Donald Trump does not have immunity from prosecution in his federal 2020 election interference case. In a unanimous ruling, the court found that Trump is not entitled to “absolute” presidential immunity for actions he alleges he took [...]
Iran must do more to protect its lawyers, advocacy groups and international organizations said Wednesday, as they marked the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer. Each year on Jan. 24, the international legal community honors lawyers around the world who work to advance human rights and the rule of law, even when doing so entails [...]
Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Lai Ching-te and his running mate Hsiao Bi-khim held a pre-election international press conference on Tuesday where Lai asserted that Taiwan is an independent sovereign state, criticizing Beijing’s intention to intervene in the election. “If China’s intervention succeeds, and whoever China appoints and supports will be elected, then [...]
Following a recent spate of cases of Brazilian police officers facing accusations of excessive force, Human Rights Watch has appealed to the country’s Attorney General Augusto Aras to ensure that all police killings are investigated independently by prosecutors, the organization announced Tuesday. The group said in an open letter to Aras that the current system of [...]
The Hong Kong Free Press reported Saturday that at least 1,500 people have signed a petition opposing a bill that would restructure the Council of the Chinese University of Hong Kong by reducing the number of seats and increasing the proportion of Hong Kong Legislative Council members on the university council. The bill at issue [...]
