Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy signed a bill into law Thursday that bans bump stocks—devices added to guns so that they may fire like automatic rifles. The law will ban “the sale or transfer, possession, manufacturing, or use of bumps stocks or other accessories to increase the rate of fire of a firearm.” The legislation defines [...]
The Illinois House of Representatives voted 72-45 on Wednesday to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) , 36 years after the deadline. The ERA would change the Bill of Rights to prohibit gender discrimination by the government. The Illinois Senate ratified the amendment in April. According to The Hill, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner does not [...]
The European Court of Human Rights found Thursday that Lithuania and Romania had violated articles of the European Convention on Human Rights by allowing secret CIA prisons. Lithuania violated the article against torture, the right to liberty and security, the right to respect for private life and the right to an effective remedy. Lithuania had [...]
OutServe-SLDN, Inc. and Lamba Legal filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of Sergeant Nick Harrison of the US Army Navy against the US Department of Defense alleging the military’s restrictions on persons living with HIV violates the US Constitution’s equal protection clause. The [...]
The US District Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday rejected atheist Michael Newdow’s argument that “In God We Trust” violates the US Constitution and federal law. Newdow initiated the lawsuit in 2016 in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio seeking the removal of the phrase “In God We [...]
Women in Afghanistan are often pressured to pursue mediation for violent crimes, and officials are often reluctant to file criminal charges against the accused, even for so-called “honor killings” according to a UN report released Tuesday. After a two-year period of observation in Afghanistan from January 2016 to December 2017, the UN Assistance Mission in [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday that Syrian Law No. 10 of 2018 will allow the government to take private property without compensation, which will discourage refugees from returning to the war-devastated country. The new law allows the government to create redevelopment zones, which allows the government to seize the land in that area if [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from prematurely cutting off the Office of Adolescent Health funding awarded for science-based programs aimed at reducing teen pregnancy. King County sued the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) when it ended funding [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Lagos v. US that the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996 (MVRA) applies only to government investigations and criminal proceedings, and not to a victim’s own private investigation or expenses incurred during civil or bankruptcy proceedings. In this case, the petitioner refused to pay $5 million to GE [...]
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the case of City of Hays, Kansas v. Vogt , deciding that the writ of certiorari was “improvidently granted.” At issue was whether a defendant’s Fifth Amendment rights are violated when statements are admitted into evidence at a probable cause hearing even though they are not admitted during [...]
