JURIST Guest Columnists Lucille E. Nguyen, a student and research assistant , and Brian L. ... This article was prepared for publication by Tim Zubizarreta, a JURIST Staff Editor. ..…

federal judge Ohio on Tuesday ordered the receiver tasked with winding down Orange County, California, school to extend enough funding to allow it to remain open until May 29 — giving the 77 students in their semester the ability to complete their legal studies and graduate. ..…

Justice Marshall was dissenting from Supreme Court's decision to uphold federal bail statute codifying preventative detention, based on perceived risk of future dangerousness.  . ... we must keep Justice Marshall's warning in mind. At the time, the abuse of money bail New York's..…

Thomas employs distinct conservative approach that puts him on the far right of the generally Supreme Court and in the exact opposite place of the man he succeeded in 1991, Thurgood Marshall, African-American justice.. ... Justice Samuel Alito referred to the troubling history of..…

., is announced and the season of manifesto drafting has begun, ions for meaningful changes in the administration of justice. ... Second, the miscarriage of justice even under the rarest of rare situations has been highlighted by Supreme Court as late as 2019. ..…

Can we implement reforms that both reduce the number of people incarcerated in U.S and the well-known racial and ethnic disparities in the justice system... This is not to discount the work of Bureau of Justice Statistics, despite limited resources, undertakes Herculean task of organizing..…

local police handed the case to Department of Justice in the hopes it would follow through with federal hate crime charge.. District Judge John Gabney, Jr reversed the conviction, finding that Hate Crimes Prevention Act cannot be applied to Hill because his assault of Tibbs did not..…

It was back March 2018 that Ross announced in letter to Commerce Department's under secretary for economic affairsthat Department of Justice, had requested that Census Bureau reinstate the order to obtain more effective enforcement of the Voting Rights Act.. ... the addition of the citizenship..…

The Court proceeded to follow a regular practice in federal courts, applying intermediate scrutiny to judge whether the law is constitutional. ... This article was prepared for publication by Ashley Rundell, JURIST Staff Editor. ..…

The legacy of Violent Crime Control Act and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, better known as the crime bill, has re-emerged in the national debate around justice reform and safety. ... While the amendment was not enacted, Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act instructed DOJ..…

Roberts clerked for Circuit Judge Henry Friendly and Supreme Court Justice William H. ..…

Sanctuary counties and towns passing resolutions that state no funding will be used to enforce unconstitutional laws and that the sheriff will uphold his oath to the Constitution instead of enforcing laws that violate Second Amendment.. Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly and Sheriff..…

JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Meltsner of Northeastern University Law School discusses the return of Federal Death Penalty.. ... recent report of United States Bureau of Justice Statistics found that the national death row population had declined for the 17th year. ..…

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas surprised courtroom observers when he asked question during oral arguments Wednesday in case alleging repeated prosecutor bias jury selection.. ..…

Judge Gaughan believed that the murder charge was primary, and thus opted not to order any sentence for the battery charges — each of. ... The majority's denial, without explanation, does not confirm whether Judge Gaughan's sentence is consistent with Illinois law. ..…

In of the 19, Justice Anthony Kennedy joined Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Thomas, Alito and Gorsuch in the majority. In those three decades, Justice Kennedy would vote with the conservatives about 75 percent of the time and the liberals about 25 percent of the time. ..…