Peru constitutional court affirms ex-president pardon despite international court ruling – JURIST

Peru constitutional court affirms ex-president pardon despite international court ruling – JURIST

The Peru constitutional court moved Wednesday to affirm a 2017 pardon granting the release of ex-President Alberto Fujimori despite an Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) ruling that required the release be... Read more »
Kenya High Court declares housing levy unconstitutional – JURIST

Kenya High Court declares housing levy unconstitutional – JURIST

Kenya’s High Court declared on Tuesday that a 1.5 percent levy, introduced in an earlier bill to fund affordable housing, violated constitutional principles. The levy was a provision of the Finance Act... Read more »

Idaho Brings Challenges to Emergency Abortion Access to Supreme Court

The state of Idaho and the Alliance Defending Freedom, an American conservative Christian legal advocacy group, have appealed to the Supreme Court to allow an Idaho law that would penalize abortion providers,... Read more »

Conservative Gun Rights Group Continues to Pressure Supreme Court to Block Illinois Weapons Ban

An Illinois firearms retailer and a national gun rights group on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a second time to block a Democratic-backed state ban on assault-style rifles and large... Read more »

Retired St. Louis Homicide Detective Refuses To Speak in Court, Jeopardizing Multiple Cases

Over the past two years, prosecutors in the St. Louis circuit attorney’s office have been unable to get retired homicide detective Thomas W. Mayer Sr. into a courtroom, causing multiple cases to... Read more »
In First for A U.S. Appeals Court, 5th U.S. Circuit Court Considers Rule Requiring Lawyers to Certify they Did Not Rely on AI to Create Filings

In First for A U.S. Appeals Court, 5th U.S. Circuit Court Considers Rule Requiring Lawyers to Certify they Did Not Rely on AI to Create Filings

In what it appears would be a first for a federal circuit court, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is considering adoption of a rule change that would require lawyers and... Read more »
Rudy Giuliani Spams Court With Gobbledygook In Leadup To Freeman/Moss Defamation Trial

Rudy Giuliani Spams Court With Gobbledygook In Leadup To Freeman/Moss Defamation Trial

(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Rudy Giuliani may be banned from the practice of law at the moment, but he’s still coming up with new and interesting ways to piss off federal... Read more »
Samia Kirmani Comments on Changes to Corporate Diversity Programs After US Supreme Court Decision

Samia Kirmani Comments on Changes to Corporate Diversity Programs After US Supreme Court Decision

Samia Kirmani comments on companies evaluating changes to corporate diversity programs after the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling against affirmative action in “Corporate America Is Rethinking Diversity Hiring,” published by Bloomberg.  Subscription... Read more »
Pennsylvania federal court rules election official should count undated mail-in ballots – JURIST

Pennsylvania federal court rules election official should count undated mail-in ballots – JURIST

A US federal court in Pennsylvania ruled that undated mail-in ballots must be counted in a Monday decision that could significantly influence future elections in the state. The decision further builds upon... Read more »
ECHR finds Poland appeals court violated former President Lech Wałęsa’s right to fair trial – JURIST

ECHR finds Poland appeals court violated former President Lech Wałęsa’s right to fair trial – JURIST

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) released a judgement on Thursday, finding in favor of Poland’s former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Wałęsa. The court found that an appeals... Read more »
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