Sharon Basch is a 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law filing occasional dispatches from Washington DC this semester.  I made my way to the US Supreme Court press box for JURIST Monday morning to listen to oral arguments in Gutierrez v. Saenz, a case that could reshape the landscape of DNA testing [...]

Several recently removed US inspectors general (IGs) filed suit on Wednesday against Trump and his administration, seeking reinstatement of their previously held agency positions from which they were terminated, and an injunction against the Trump administration. Alleging that their terminations were illegal and politically-motivated, the IGs seek a legal declaration that their attempted removals were [...]

Sharon Basch is a 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law filing occasional dispatches from Washington DC this semester.  From the moment Donald Trump took office on January 20, one of his key goals has been to reduce the size of the US federal government, a vision he articulated frequently during his campaign. [...]

The Republican-led US Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday advanced President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Pam Bondi. The full Senate will vote on her confirmation as early as this week. Committee Chairman Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) opened the meeting by highlighting Bondi’s experience as a prosecutor and her two terms as Florida’s attorney general. [...]

Yesterday evening, on US election eve, both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris descended on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – a pivotal city in a pivotal state. I went to the sites of both rallies to talk to voters and rally-goers about why this election – and their candidate – matters most to them. I started my afternoon [...]

Sharon Basch is an Israeli American who lived in Israel before starting her JD at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she is currently a 3L.  Thousands of Israelis took to the streets across Israel on Sunday to protest following the recent recovery of the bodies of six hostages from tunnels in Rafah. [...]

Sharon Basch is a rising 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and a JURIST staff correspondent in Washington DC this summer.   Late last week,  World Bank Headquarters in Washington, DC  held its Justice and the Rule of Law Global Forum, organized in recognition of the fact that “ustice institutions and the rule [...]

Sharon Basch is a rising 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and a JURIST staff correspondent in Washington DC this summer.  Wednesday morning I attended a US Senate Budget Committee hearing entitled “Making Wall Street Pay its Fair Share: Raising Revenue, Strengthening Our Economy.” The hearing was called to discuss tax policy [...]

Sharon Basch is a rising 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and a JURIST staff correspondent in Washington DC this summer.  On Tuesday I attended a hearing called by the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions to examine women’s freedoms, focusing on access to abortions across the United States [...]

Sharon Basch is an Israeli American who lived in Israel before starting her JD at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she is currently a 3L. War cast a long shadow on Israel’s 76th Independence Day, which officially began on the evening of May 13th. Far more quiet and certainly more somber than [...]