Maryland transgender anti-discrimination law to go to voters in November
A Maryland judge Thursday rejected a challenge seeking to remove a referendum on a transgender anti-discrimination law from the November ballot. Circuit Court Judge Robert A. Greenberg ruled that the Montgomery County Board of Elections [official...
Sharing a SOFA With Iraq: Towards a Status of Forces Agreement
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law, Ann Arbor, MI, says that a viable Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Strategic Framework Agreement between the US and Iraq governing future US troop presence in the country...
White House claims executive privilege in EPA emissions inquiry
The Bush administration on Friday invoked executive privilege in refusing to turn over documents to the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee now investigating what it claims to be a politically-motivated decision [JURIST...
UN rights chief, activists applaud Supreme Court Guantanamo decision
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Thursday commended the US Supreme Court for its ruling that federal courts have jurisdiction to review habeas corpus petitions filed by Guantanamo detainees...
JURIST Guest Columnist Wes Rist of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that the recent creation of a Ugandan war crimes court to deal with alleged war crimes committed by the Lord's Resistance Army is not a challenge...
Senate panel votes to overturn EPA denial of California emissions waiver
The US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted 10-9 Wednesday to overturn a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that rejected California's request for a waiver allowing the...
US military court-martialing civilian contractor Ali while DOJ slumbers
Kevin Lanigan : "The U.S. military in Iraq is quickly moving toward its first court-martial of a civilian contractor since the Vietnam war. The case holds some promise of beginning to reign in...
Michigan Supreme Court rules against same-sex partner benefits
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that governments and universities may not provide health benefits for same-sex partners of their employees. The 5-2 ruling interpreted a 2004 state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage to mean that...
JURIST Guest Columnist Dr. Laurent Pech, Jean Monnet Lecturer in European Union Law at the National University of Ireland, Galway, says that the controversy over ratification of the European Union's Lisbon Treaty is somewhat strange as the Treaty represents no...
US Army Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan , whose conviction relating to the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal was thrown out earlier this week, told AP Thursday that the investigation...
