JURISTnews - law students reporting the rule of law in crisis
November 10, 2024 08:41:13 am. A military court in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Friday charged Anton Sopov, 21, and Stanslav Rau, 28, with murder and sentenced them to life in prison for their killing of a sleeping family in Ukraine, according to the local newspaper Kommersant. The men entered the home of the Kapkanets family in ...
US Supreme Court denies request from former Trump chief of …
2 hours ago · The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear the final appeal of former Trump administration chief of staff Mark Meadows to transfer his charges in the Georgia election interference case to federal court.. Meadows argued in his request to the court that his previous appeals were erroneously rejected. The petitions to the district court and appeals court argued that the state criminal ...
The Devastating Reality of War in Ukraine and the Imperative of ...
2 days ago · The establishment of the Register of Damage for Ukraine marked as significant milestone in filing a justice gap when it was launched on April 2; with significant international effort and the first step towards a mechanism that will ensure justice and compensation for Ukraine and its people.With the Register of Damages now marking over 10,000 claims submitted to the Register of Damage for ...
JURIST - Commentary - Legal News & Commentary - EXPERT …
5 days ago · November 4, 2024 12:41:38 pm. In the wake of a bitterly divisive election campaign, American citizens officially go to the polls on Tuesday, November 5. This is the seventh US election that JURIST has covered since 2000, when for 36 days this university-based legal news non-profit, then not even five years old, chronicled the highs and lows of ...
‘96% of Americans Consider Rule of Law Essential’ Despite Partisan ...
Nov 4, 2024 · On November 10, 1919, the US Supreme Court ruled in Abrams v.United States that the federal government could criminalize speech if it was of a type tending to bring about harmful results, in this case, resistance to the United States war effort. In a powerful dissenting opinion, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes countered that even during wartime, free speech could only be curtailed when there was ...
Editorial: America’s Rule of Law in Crisis — A Warning and an …
Nov 4, 2024 · In the wake of a bitterly divisive election campaign, American citizens officially go to the polls on Tuesday, November 5. This is the seventh US election that JURIST has covered since 2000, when for 36 days this university-based legal news non-profit, then not even five years old, chronicled the highs and lows of the recount that only ended when the US Supreme Court effectively stopped the ...
JURIST - Features
JURIST Staff. November 4, 2024 11:53:15 am. With the 2024 presidential elections rapidly approaching, concerning trends in electoral confidence and rule of law have emerged across party lines in the US. The latest Rule of Law Index, released last week by the World Justice Project (WJP), shows the US dropping to 43rd globally in measurements of ...
The Erosion of Respect for the Rule of Law in America
Oct 29, 2024 · The rule of law has long been considered a cornerstone of American democracy, safeguarding individual rights, ensuring justice, and regulating the conduct of public officials within a framework of established laws. However, a troubling trend has emerged in recent years — a significant erosion of ...
US Supreme Court rules unanimous jury required for sentence
Jun 21, 2024 · The US Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a unanimous jury is required to apply a recidivism punishment under the federal Armed Career Criminal Act.That act imposes a 15-year mandatory minimum prison term for offenders who have three or more qualifying convictions, from three separate occurrences, under the act.
Editorial: US Supreme Court’s Contrived Immunity Decision
Jul 11, 2024 · In its inaugural intervention, JURIST’s Editorial Board breaks its traditional silence on critical issues in legal news to highlight the perils of the US Supreme Court’s recent presidential immunity decision and the danger it poses to the rule of law in the United States...