JURIST - Nebraska

JURIST Guest Columnist Jeremy Lipschultz of the University of Nebraska at Omaha says that permitting court proceedings to be televised will enhance transparency in the judicial system and create a more informed and engaged citizenry...The Illinois Supreme Court recently authorized the use of televis....... [more]

On February 27, 2009, the Supreme Court of Nebraska ruled that Robert Henderson would not be reinstated as a state trooper because of his membership in the Knights Party, a political group associated with the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). The court refused to reinstate Officer Henderson on the grounds that hi....... [more]

Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning, joined by attorneys general from six other states, filed a lawsuit Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Nebraska challenging new health care mandates that require the provision of contraception for all employees, including those of religious i....... [more]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Nebraska on Monday struck down a provision in Fremont, Nebraska law that denies housing permits to illegal immigrants, saying the ordinance violates federal law. In the ruling, Judge Laurie Smith Camp also upheld part of the Fremont law that requ....... [more]

JURIST Guest Columnist Jeremy Lipschultz of the University of Nebraska at Omaha says that in FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc., it seems likely that the Supreme Court will not force the Federal Communications Commission to alter its vague and subjective indecency policy and will not overturn the....... [more]

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Friday affirmed an injunction against a Nebraska abortion law. The US District Court for the District of Nebraska issued a preliminary injunction in July 2010 against the law, known as the Women's Health Protection Act, which requires physicians to....... [more]

On November 4, 2010, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster and 12 other state attorneys general filed an amici curiae brief before the US Supreme Court, supporting Arizona's Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA). The law imposes sanctions on employers that hire illegal immigrants. The case, Chamber of C....... [more]

On August 25, 2010, US District Judge Laurie Smith Camp ruled that the Nebraska Supreme Court should be the first forum to address a city of Fremont ordinance banning the hiring, harboring or renting of property to illegal immigrants. The order requested that the parties attempt to agree upon the la....... [more]

Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning on Wednesday issued an advisory opinion drawing marked parallels between the state's campaign finance laws and portions of similar Arizona regulations that were recently overturned by the US Supreme Court. Under Nebraska law, candidates for certain public offic....... [more]

On July 14, 2010, a judge for the US District Court for the District of Nebraska issued a preliminary injunction preventing a Nebraska abortion law from being enforced. The Women's Health Protection Act required physicians to evaluate patients to determine that their choice to have an abortion is vo....... [more]

Moshe Gershovich of the University of Nebraska at Omaha argues that despite the imperfections of Morocco's constitutional reforms, they provide a model of gradual and peaceful democratic transition to the region...The 98 percent approval rate and 70 percent voter turnout in Morocco's constitutional....... [more]