By the seventh day of deliberations in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, the courtroom dispute had shifted away from her mental state and toward the conduct of a single juror. The jury foreperson had sen...

On November 10, 2025, right-wing Knesset member Itamar Ben-Gvir proposed a bill that would use the death penalty to punish Palestinian terrorists convicted of killing Israeli citizens. Some Knesset me...

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A UN Special Rapporteur on climate change and human rights urged countries on Monday to phase out fossil fuels to combat the climate crisis following the 10 hottest years in history, which saw…

The role of judge advocates in the armed forces is a critical one, particularly in times of tension and unrest within the United States, such as the current demonstrations in Los Angeles regarding imm...

Medicaid, the public health insurance program that covers more than 80 million low-income people in the US, is once again on the chopping block. A federal budget proposal currently under consideration...

The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on May 15 regarding the federal government's request to implement President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship—the constitutiona...

On Tuesday, the US Supreme Court heard a challenge brought by parents arguing that a Maryland School Board violated the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause by not allowing children to opt out of ex...

As the Trump administration moves forward with its rapid efforts to deport those immigrants—with or without status—whom it deems dangerous or politically problematic, rights groups and immigration law...

The news about the administration of Donald Trump using the messaging app Signal to plan military operations has galvanized many in the public. On March 24, reports emerged that beginning on March 11,...

Once upon a time in America, there was a political movement that saw the adversarial relationship between Washington and Moscow as misguided at best, nefarious at worst.  It asserted that the United S...

Positioned at the intersection of legal education and journalistic purpose, JURIST has a unique insight into how essential student voices are to advocating for the rule of law worldwide. The theme of....

Continuing one of America's most influential legacies, Dr. Bernice A. King has established herself as a formidable force for justice and reconciliation in her own right. As we mark Black History Month...

Brazilian Attorney-General Paulo Gonet Branco charged former President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday with attempting a coup following his loss in the country's 2022 presidential elections. The Federal Pub...

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday stating that only '[t]he President and the Attorney General shall provide authoritative interpretations of the law for the executive bran...

Today I am finally free. They may have imprisoned me, but they never took my spirit. --Leonard Peltier, Feb. 18, 2025 Native American activist Leonard Peltier, one of the longest-serving federal priso...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed authorities to begin the immediate enforcement of a law banning the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees on Tuesday. The UNRWA law was passed by th...

After sundown Friday, a new crack appeared in the wall of America's rule of law. A wall that protected us for two and a half centuries, but that's showing signs of strain. It is axiomatic that corrupt...

US President Donald Trump issued pardons Monday to around 1,500 people convicted for their roles in the January 6th, 2021 Capitol attack, where rioters stormed the legislative building seeking to disr...

US President Joe Biden, in one of his final acts before leaving office, issued preemptive pardons to former Chief Medical Advisor Anthony Fauci, former Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley, and several o...

Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol breached Seoul's Western District Court early Sunday after the court authorized a warrant for Yoon's formal arrest, according to national m...

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday refused to attend a second day of questioning after being detained over his declaration of martial law, according to local media. Yoon's lawy...

Human rights faced severe tests worldwide in 2024, with democratic institutions under strain and humanitarian law repeatedly violated in major conflicts, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in its annual re...

Chloe Miracle-Rutledge is a JURIST Supreme Court Correspondent and a 2L at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC. On Friday, I braved the cold to sit in the press box for the Supreme Cour...

New York Judge Juan Merchan gave US President-elect Donald Trump an unconditional discharge during a sentencing hearing Friday,  formally convicting the President-elect on 34 felony falsified business...

The US Supreme Court refused to halt President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush-money criminal case by a 5-4 vote Thursday. The court reasoned that the likely sentence of an 'unconditional....

'It's not for us to have shame - it's for them…I want all women who have been raped to say: Madame Pelicot did it, I can too. I don't want them to be ashamed any longer.' Gisele Pelicot’s words from h...

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) did not have legal authority when it reinstated net neutrality rules last May, striking a....

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini was acquitted by a Sicilian court Friday on charges of kidnapping and dereliction of duty over his refusal to allow a boat carrying migrants to dock in Ita...

Exactly three years ago, I came back to Russia after treatment following my poisoning. I was arrested at the airport. And for three years, I’ve been in prison. And for three years I’ve been answering....

The Georgia Court of Appeals removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump and 18 others on Thursday over Willis's previo...