Search Results for: 2014-04-08

Today, there are 32 states in the US that require voters to present identification at the polls in order to vote, including 17 states that have passed laws requiring a photo ID. Voter ID laws have become increasingly controversial as...

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed legislation Monday that legalizes physician-assisted suicide in the state. This bill makes Vermont the fourth state in the US to approve the practice. The Patient Choice and Control at...

Bolivian lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill allowing incumbent President Evo Morales to seek a third term in the nation's 2014 elections. Bolivia's lower house approved the bill 84 to 33 despite...

Fangxing Li, University of Pittsburgh

Vermont's House of Representatives on Friday approved a bill that would require out-of-state employers to provide the same health care coverage to same-sex couples as employees with an opposite-sex spouse. The bill was approved [VPR...

The High Court of Australia unanimously ruled on Wednesday that Google did not engage in misleading or deceptive conduct in violation of Section 52 of the Trade Practices Act of 1974 [text,...

The Constitutional Court of Hungary on Monday ruled that a new law lowering the mandatory retirement age for the country's judges is unconstitutional. The court held that the new law, which...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) responded to a request by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to explain whether federal courts could overturn laws passed by Congress. The federal...

US Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) will respond to a federal appellate judge in Texas who demanded a letter recognizing the federal courts' authority to strike down...

JURIST Guest Columnist Sallie Sanford of the University of Washington School of Law says that to understand the ongoing health care reform litigation, it is important to keep certain points in mind, and provides an in-depth preview to the issues...