Search Results for: 2015-03-23

The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a 2014 Michigan law that gave the Michigan Natural Resources Commission and State Legislature the ability to name new game animals was unconstitutional. The Michigan Constitution contains a Title-Object...

The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) enacted new regulations on Tuesday requiring a reduction in the amount of natural gas wasted through release to the atmosphere through venting, flaring and leaks during oil and natural gas production...

The Venezuelan Parliament on Tuesday voted to open criminal impeachment proceedings against sitting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, alleging that he manipulated the constitution to remain in power. Arguing that Maduro staged a coup, the congress...

JURIST Guest Columnist Robert Gyenes discusses the UNCITRAL Working Group II (Dispute Resolution) in Vienna, which aims to negotiate an international mediation treaty or law... The 65th meeting of the UN Commission on International Trade Law’s Working Group II recently...

The Venezuelan National Assembly ] declared on Sunday that there is a breakdown of constitutional order and that the government had staged a coup by blocking an attempt to remove President Nicolás Maduro...

A federal judge in Kansas dismissed a lawsuit on Tuesday by a convicted killer who accused a county jail and its administrators of violating his religious rights. Inmate Eddie Gordon Sr. stated in 2014 in his handwritten lawsuit...

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled Tuesday that former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich must serve the rest of his 14-year sentence in a Colorado prison. Judge James Zagel ruled [Reuters...

Venezuelan government officials on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to deny a referendum to remove President Nicolas Maduro proposed by opposition leaders. Following the declaration by the National Electoral College (CNE) that more than 600,000...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday filed a complaint in the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (STJ) accusing National Assembly opposition leaders of partaking in international relations contrary to constitutional law. Assembly...

In his report issued Thursday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed shock at the increasing number of children recruited and killed in armed conflicts in several countries, including Afghanistan, Yemen, Iran and South Sudan. Ban asked...