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The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a federal court’s six-day deadline extension for Wisconsin absentee ballots Tuesday. The Seventh Circuit’s decision followed after Wisconsin Secretary of Elections Commission Marge Bostelmann, the Wisconsin State Legislature, Republican National Committee and the Republican Party of Wisconsin appealed the lower court’s extension. The appeals court [...]

The recent controversy ignited by the exploratory drills conducted off the coast of Cyprus is just the latest addition to the chain of conflicts between Greece and Turkey. The apparent reason for the spark seems to be the new-found energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, which has attracted competition in the region. However, there [...]

US Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday reversed his newly implemented US Postal Service (USPS) policies, as several states filed a legal challenge. On Monday both DeJoy and President Donald Trump were sued for defunding the USPS months before millions of Americans were to cast mail-in ballots for the November election. Another lawsuit was filed [...]

The US Supreme Court denied the application for stay in a Rhode Island absentee ballot case on Thursday, which allows an order suspending a two-witness requirement for absentee ballots to stand for the September primary. In order to vote by absentee ballot in Rhode Island, voters were previously required to have their absentee ballots signed [...]

Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed a bill on Monday banning the so-called “panic defense” in court, meaning that defendants can no longer blame victims’ sexual orientation or gender identity for their violent actions. Colorado will become the eleventh US state to ban the defense, following states such as Rhode Island, New Jersey, California and New [...]

The US Second Circuit Court of Appeals released an opinion Monday supporting US Department of Justice policy on so-called “sanctuary cities.” New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Washington, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Rhode Island were joined by the City of New York in a suit against the Department of Justice for denying them certain grants under the [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday that it will provide $2.2 million in funding to local law enforcement agencies that are focused on community policing projects. This funding, which is through the Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Service (COPS Office) Community Policing Developing (CPD) Microgrants Program, provided awards ranging from $15,090 to [...]

Wednesday’s decision by the D.C. Circuit granting General Mike Flynn’s petition for mandamus is a dangerous precedent. In directing US District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan to grant DOJ’s motion to dismiss the false statement charges against Flynn, the court disrupted orderly court proceedings. While I believe DOJ would have ultimately prevailed in due course, the [...]

The D.C. Circuit held oral argument on Friday on General Mike Flynn’s mandamus to Judge Emmet Sullivan to grant the Department of Justice (DOJ) Motion to Dismiss false statement charges against Flynn (see my preview, discussed here). A majority of the panel seemed to believe Judge Sullivan should take the first crack at deciding DOJ’s [...]

On Monday, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia filed his response to the petition for mandamus brought by General Michael Flynn in the D.C. Circuit regarding Sullivan’s handling of the Justice Department (DOJ) Motion to Dismiss the false statement charges against Flynn. Flynn had pleaded guilty to [...]