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As the US Supreme Court considers oral arguments in the cases of Students for Fair Admission vs. Harvard College and the University of North Carolina, JURIST’s latest explainer offers a breakdown of the parties, the legal issues, and the factual allegations at play in the case. What are the cases about? A race-neutrality advocacy group [...]

It is tempting to laugh off the claims about election fraud by President Trump and his Republican followers. Even some Trumpian Republicans have tried, like Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. He dismissed as “laughable” the effort by Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler to force him out of office because, in their chilling [...]

North Carolina Governor Patrick McRory on Wednesday signed into law Senate Bill 306 , repealing the Racial Justice Act (RJA) that allowed minority death row inmates to seek a reduced sentence. The...

JURIST Special Guest Columnist James Nyawo, a Ph.D. candidate at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, says that the African Union must emulate the EU and begin to confront human rights abuses, not only to prevent the organization from losing...

Ireland approved the European Union (EU) reform treaty, known as the Lisbon Treaty , in a second referendum vote held Friday, the European Commission announced Saturday. The vote, which amends Ireland's constitution, was approved by...

Irish voters went to the polls for a second time Friday to vote on the European Union (EU) reform treaty, also known as the Lisbon Treaty . Irish voters previously rejected the treaty, and Ireland agreed in...

German President Horst Koehler on Friday signed the EU reform treaty, known as the Lisbon Treaty , completing the country's problematic ratification process. The signature was the final step for ratification, after the...

The German Bundesrat gave final approval to a bill Friday that will allow Germany to ratify the EU reform treaty, known as the Lisbon Treaty . Although both houses of Germany's...

The German Bundestag approved a bill Tuesday that will allow Germany to ratify the EU reform treaty, known as the Lisbon Treaty . Although both houses of Germany's parliament...

German lawmakers on Tuesday agreed to a draft law strengthening parliamentary involvement with the country's representatives to the European Union , a step toward reforms necessary to Germany's ratification of the EU's Lisbon Treaty . The...