Today's Legal News
Federal appeals court rules Second Amendment protects right to buy and sell guns
By Jaclyn Belczyk on May 17, 2016 04:29 pm
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Monday
that the Second Amendment [text] protects the right to buy and sell
firearms. Three individuals challenged an Alameda County, California,
ordinance that prohibits gun shops from being located within 500 feet of
a residentially zoned district. The court held that while the ordinance
might well be constitutional, it must be subject to heightened
scrutiny. According to the court:If "the right of the people to keep... +read more
Supreme Court allows private debt collectors to use government letterhead
By Jaclyn Belczyk on May 17, 2016 03:46 pm
The US Supreme Court [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] unanimously Monday
in Sheriff v. Gillie [SCOTUSblog materials] that the use of official
state letterhead by private debt collectors retained by the state was
not misleading. Ohio law allows the state's Attorney General to retain
private debt collectors as "special counsel" to collect debts owed to
state institutions. The issues before the court were whether special
counsel are "state officers" within the meaning of 15 USC § 1692a(6)(C)
[text]; and whether... +read more
Federal judge orders desegregation of Mississippi school district
By Jaclyn Belczyk on May 17, 2016 01:58 pm
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi [official website] on Friday
ordered [opinion, PDF] a school district to desegregate its schools.
Judge Debra Brown ordered the Cleveland School District [official
website] to consolidate its high schools and middle schools after
rejecting as unconstitutional two alternatives proposed by the district.
In her 96-page opinion, Brown wrote:Nearly fifty years ago, the United
States Supreme Court announced that "[t]he haltingly slow days of all
deliberate speed have... +read more
Arizona sheriff found in contempt for violating court order on racial profiling
By Brittany Felder on May 17, 2016 10:34 am
[JURIST] A federal judge on Friday
found Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio [official profile] in contempt of
court [order] for "intentionally" disobeying orders to stop the racial
profiling of Latinos. Arpaio, who has dubbed himself "America's toughest
sheriff," had been ordered by the court in 2013 to cease extreme
tactics aimed at ending illegal immigration, which have included
"saturation patrols" [NPR report] in which people are stopped and their
immigration status is checked. Those in the lawsuit allege that this
constitutes... +read more
DOJ to investigate North Charleston, SC, police department
By Miracle Jones on May 17, 2016 10:00 am
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] announced on Tuesday
that they will begin a comprehensive review [press release] of the
North Charleston Police Department [official website] in South Carolina
following the killing of unarmed black motorist Walter Scott. The review
is to be conducted [Post and Courier report] by the DOJ's Office of
Community Oriented Policing Services [official website] in an effort to
alleviate [Post and Courier report] tensions surrounding the officer
involved shooting. Scott was shot in... +read more
Supreme Court: concealment sufficient for bankruptcy fraud
By Steven Wildberger on May 17, 2016 09:08 am
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Monday
in Husky International Electronics, Inc. v. Ritz [SCOTUSblog materials]
that "actual fraud," as it relates to the discharge of debt under the
bankruptcy code, may be committed by purposeful concealment and does not
require overt misrepresentation. Overturning a ruling [opinion, PDF] by
the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [official website], the
court held that Daniel Lee Ritz, Jr. committed sufficient actual fraud
when he transferred assets... +read more
Latest Legal Commentary
Waterboarding is “Torture”? — The Agenda-Driven Argument
By Jeffrey Addicott on May 16, 2016 11:53 am
JURIST Contributing Editor Jeffrey F.
Addicott of St. Mary's University School of Law continues the discussion
on the legality of waterboarding... +read more
Judicial Nullification Continues: Connecticut Judge Defies Law Prohibiting Suits Against Gun Manufacturers
By Joyce Lee Malcolm on Apr 29, 2016 01:25 pm
JURIST Guest Columnist Joyce Lee Malcolm of
the George Mason School of Law discusses judicial precedent for Second
Amendment rights... +read more
Evenwel Upholds Republican Form of Representative Government
By Joaquin G. Avila on Apr 29, 2016 10:59 am
JURIST Guest Columnist Joaquin G. Avila, a
voting rights attorney, discusses the Supreme Court decision regarding
voter populations... +read more
Waterboarding Is Decidedly and Manifestly Torture
By Jordan J. Paust on Apr 23, 2016 02:57 pm
JURIST Guest Colomnist Jordan J. Paust, the
Mike & Teresa Baker Professor at the Law Center at the University
of Houston, discusses how waterboarding is a form of torture... +read more
Zubik v. Burwell: Women and Religion in the Market
By Lisa C. Ikemoto on Apr 23, 2016 11:08 am
JURIST Guest Columnist Lisa C. Ikemoto of
University of California-Davis School of Law discusses the latest ACA
challenge to appear in front of the US Supreme Court... +read more
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