Judge Kavanaugh and the Public’s Health: Existing & Emerging Challenges
President Donald Trump’s recent nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh as Associate Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court from a list of potential candidates has ignited immediate support and criticism from conservatives and liberals respectively. An undergrad and law alum at Yale University, Judge Kavanaugh clerked for the departing Justice Anthony Kennedy, practiced law privately [...]
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: Massachusetts' top court on Friday ruled against Exxon's request to ban the state's attorney general from investigating whether the oil conglomerate knew of the effect fossil fuels have on...
JURIST Guest Columnist Leigha A. Weiss, a 3L at St. John's School of Law, discusses new technology that could help with pretrial release of the indigent defendant ... Johnathon Sacks, a renowned British Rabbi, philosopher and scholar, said: "technology gives...
JURIST Guest Columnist Sarah Silverhardt of St. John's University discusses the implications of continued ignorance of serial rapists on college campuses... Unlike your Sunday marathon of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, this heinous crime was real. Two Virginia students...
Britain charges Barclays and top executives with fraud and conspiracy
Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) charged Barclays and four of its former executives on Tuesday with conspiracy to commit fraud and violation of the Companies Act of 1985 by providing unlawful financial assistance. The...
Trump signs order loosening rules on religious political speech
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday relaxing enforcement of rules prohibiting tax-exempt religious groups from engaging in certain kinds of political speech. An existing federal law called the Johnson Amendment prohibits tax-exempt religious...
Supreme court declines to hear Vimeo copyright infringement case
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from record companies that want to pursue a copyright infringement case against music site Vimeo for hosting music by classic artists....
Scotland leader calls for independence referendum ahead of Brexit
Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland , said Monday that she will seek a referendum to allow Scottish citizen to vote on independence from the UK ahead of the British exit from the EU ,...
UN expert calls for Myanmar to end persecution against Rohingya population
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee called Monday for an immediate end to persecution against the Rohingya Muslim population after she spent four days in the country. Lee said [press...
The balance between digital privacy and justice is unclear and difficult to determine. Technological advances ease many tasks, but create various risks to the user's privacy rights whether by the government or by criminal hackers. Technology companies, such as Apple,...
