Florida Governor Ron DeSantis unveiled on Monday a new congressional map that would carve out four additional Republican-friendly seats in the state—a move made significantly easier by a Supreme Court ruling just days earlier that gutted the primary legal tool minority voters have used for four decades to challenge discriminatory maps. The GOP-heavy proposal, which The post DeSantis moves to gerrymander Florida days after Supreme Court guts Voting Rights Act appeared first on JURIST – News.

The International Court of Justice opened oral hearings Monday on the merits of a territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela over the Essequibo region, with Guyana asking the court to declare that Venezuela has no legitimate claim to the oil-rich territory that constitutes some two-thirds of Guyana’s landmass. The hearings, scheduled to run from May The post ICJ opens oral hearings as Guyana asks court to affirm century-old boundary with Venezuela appeared first on JURIST – News.

The Supreme Court on Monday put a brief hold on a federal appeals court ruling that had banned telemedicine prescriptions for the abortion drug mifepristone, giving the justices time to weigh whether to intervene more fully in the case. Justice Samuel Alito, who handles emergency applications from the Fifth Circuit, issued administrative stays in two The post Supreme Court temporarily halts federal appeals court ban on Mifepristone mail prescriptions appeared first on JURIST – News.

Myanmar state broadcaster MRTV on Thursday announced that former leader Aung San ⁠Suu Kyi has been moved to house arrest after more than five years of detention following the coup, which ousted her from power. That same day, in commemoration of the Buddhist holiday Full Moon Day of Kason, MRTV announced an amnesty for 1,519 The post Former Myanmar leader transitions to house arrest following five year detention after coup appeared first on JURIST – News.