JURIST Daily Digest
In the 9 December 2015 edition:
Today's Legal News- Supreme court hears arguments on redistricting, state legislative maps
- Supreme Court allows Maryland redistricting challenge to proceed
- Amnesty: Islamic State armed due to 'reckless arms trading' with Iraq
- Burkina Faso coup leader charged with complicity in assassination of Thomas Sankara
- A Child-Centered View of Foster Parenting by Same-Sex Couples
- Combating Terrorism in a Democracy: The Israel Experience
- A Public Banking Model for the People
- Despite flaws, CISA represents progress for federal government action on cybersecurity
- The US Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015
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Supreme court hears arguments on redistricting, state legislative maps
By Dominic Yobbi on Dec 08, 2015 04:12 pm
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] heard oral arguments [day call, PDF] Tuesday in two cases. In Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission [transcript, PDF] the court heard arguments [SCOTUSblog backgrounder] on whether the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) [official website] violated the constitutional principle of "one person, one vote" when it redrew congressional district lines to overpopulate some areas and under populate, therefore giving votes in certain districts different value. The case arose [Oyez Project summary] after the... +read more
Supreme Court allows Maryland redistricting challenge to proceed
By Dominic Yobbi on Dec 08, 2015 03:19 pm
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] unanimously Tuesday that a Maryland man's congressional redistricting lawsuit should be heard by a special three-judge panel and may therefore proceed. In Shapiro v. McManus [SCOTUSblog backgrounder] the court was presented with the question of whether a single-judge district court may determine that a complaint made under the Three-Judge Panel Act [28 USC § 2284] is insubstantial after it concludes that the complaint fails to state a claim under Federal... +read more
Amnesty: Islamic State armed due to 'reckless arms trading' with Iraq
By Ashley Hogan on Dec 08, 2015 01:27 pm
Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] said [press release] Tuesday that the Islamic State (IS) is in possession of a "large and lethal" arsenal due to decades of reckless arms trading and the poorly regulated international flow of weapons into Iraq. AI reports that the IS military campaign has relentlessly targeted civilians with small arms, artillery, huge numbers of improvised explosive devices, and possibly with chemical weapons. After analyzing thousands of verified videos and images, Taking Stock: The arming of Islamic... +read more
Burkina Faso coup leader charged with complicity in assassination of Thomas Sankara
By Ashley Hogan on Dec 08, 2015 12:33 pm
Prosecutor Col. Sita Sangare, Burkina Faso's director of military justice, on Sunday announced [AP report] charges filed last week against General Gilbert Diendere for complicity in the assassination of former president and revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara in 1987. Diendere, the leader of the September attempted military coup in Burkina Faso, was the commander of the presidential guard in 1987. Blaise Compaore staged the 1987 coup that marked the start of his 27-year rule, but denies being a part of Sankara's... +read more
Latest Legal Commentary
A Child-Centered View of Foster Parenting by Same-Sex Couples
By James Dwyer on Dec 08, 2015 03:30 pm
JURIST Guest Columnist James Dwyer of the College of William & Mary School of Law discusses the controversy surrounding recent removal of a foster child from a same-sex couple... +read more
Combating Terrorism in a Democracy: The Israel Experience
By Robbie Sabel on Dec 04, 2015 11:36 am
JURIST Guest Columnist Robbie Sabel, of the Hebrew University Jerusalem, discusses the continued violence in Israel ... +read more
A Public Banking Model for the People
By Keith King on Dec 02, 2015 08:50 am
JURIST Guest Columnist Keith King of St. John's University School of Law Class of 2016 is the sixth author in a twelve-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. King discusses the advantages of state-sponsored banking systems such as the Bank of North Dakota and the need to serve the economically under-served with the implementation of public-sector banks ... +read more
Despite flaws, CISA represents progress for federal government action on cybersecurity
By Markus Rauschecker on Dec 01, 2015 08:06 am
JURIST Guest Columnist Markus Rauschecker of University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law discusses the recent Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act... +read more
The US Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015
By Frans von der Dunk on Nov 30, 2015 06:52 pm
JURIST Guest Columnist Frans von der Dunk of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law discusses the recent US Space Launch Competitiveness Act... +read more
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