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Eric Segall, Georgia State University College of Law

JURIST Guest Columnist Lena Martinez-Watts, St. John's University School of Law Class of 2013, is the author of the second article of a 15-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. She offers insight...

The Obama administration urged the US Supreme Court on Monday to uphold a policy at the University of Texas (UT) that considers applicants' race in its admissions criteria. The case involves a...

JURIST Associate Editor James Craig, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2014, discusses the history of affirmative action and argues that recent studies and case law have left affirmative action with an uncertain future...(His opinions are not intended...

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Tuesday in Fisher v. University of Texas to determine whether the court's decisions interpreting the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth...

The US Supreme Court issued a per curiam opinion Monday in Ryburn v. Huff allowing police officers to enter a private residence without a warrant if they have a reason to anticipate violence....

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has defended the use of recess appointments by President Barack Obama . Obama used recess appointments to install Richard Cordray as director of...

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday in Greene v. Fisher that, for purposes of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), "clearly established federal law" is limited to Supreme...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases on Tuesday. In Pacific Operators Offshore LLP v. Valladolid , the court considered when an outer continental shelf worker, injured on...

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in two cases from the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit but denied review of three Guantanamo cases [JURIST...