Biden, under Stress on’court Packaging,’ says he’d convene commission on reform
"If elected, what I'll do is I will collect a federal commission of bipartisan commission of scholars, constitutional scholars, Democrats, Republicans, liberal/conservative. And I shall -- inquire to over 180 days return to me...
Politicization of state supreme courts looms over Chance of contested vote
Over half a million dollars are pumped to races since 2000.If legal controversy engulfs the 2020 elections, state supreme courts might be thrust to the dominant role of referee to the presidential race for...
Supreme Court to review Trump’s’Stay in Mexico’ Coverage
The Supreme Court has been agreeing to critique a Trump government policy Which Makes asylum-seekers wait Mexico to get U.S. courtroom hearingsWASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to review a Trump government...
Amy Coney Barrett hearings Day 4: Republicans reject Democratic effort to delay committee vote
The vote on the Supreme Court nominee is set for Oct. 22.Democrats on Thursday mounted a brief protest to try and delay committee actions on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to replace the...
Democrats keep spotlight on health care, abortion
Returning to healthcare and also the fate of the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday, Democrats grilled Barrett on how she would rule in the upcoming Affordable Care Act case, California v. Texas."I am not...
Nepal women’s rights activists protest proposed law Restricting foreign travel
Countless women's rights activists and their assistants whined in Nepal's capital Kathmandu on Friday to call for an end to violence and discrimination against girls and the scrapping of a proposed law that would...
Advocates for homeless New Yorkers sue public transportation authority over Metro Station Constraints
Homeless advocacy groups filed a lawsuit against the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on Friday, challenging a rule that"goal the way displaced persons utilize the subway system"New York advocacy associations Urban Justice...
UN rights expert urges US and others to drop sanctions against Venezuela
The UN Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures and human rights, Alena Douhan, on Friday urged the US, the EU and other states to lift sanctions enforced against Venezuela, claiming they have only"exacerbated pre-existing...
ICC appoints British Attorney Karim Khan as next Main prosecutor
International Criminal Court (ICC) members voted Friday to select British human rights attorney and Queen's Counsel Karim Khan since the court's next prosecutor, carrying more than Fatou Bensouda.The vote, which happened during the next...
Myanmar protests against military coup Restart in defiance of stiffened penal Legislation after Net...
JURIST EXCLUSIVE -- tens of thousands of citizens took to the roads at Myanmar back Monday to protest that the army coup that deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, physically...