Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed new state legislation Friday that extends firearm background checks and closes a loophole that allowed gun buyers to go through unlicensed sellers to avoid them. Bill Sponsor and Senate Majority Leader Kelvin Atkinson said Friday, “Background checks are proven to be the best way to prevent guns from getting into [...]
The Maldives Criminal Court on Monday ordered authorities to take former president Abdulla Yameen into custody until the conclusion of his trial on money-laundering charges. The 59-year-old former president, who lost the presidential election in September, is charged with depositing USD $1 million into his private account by the SOF and using money stolen from [...]
Facebook “intentionally and knowingly” violated UK data privacy and competition laws, according to a report Monday released Monday by the UK Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee. The UK lawmakers conducted an 18-month investigation focused on online companies like Facebook’s role in spreading disinformation. The report specifically singles out Facebook’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg’s contempt [...]
The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a driver’s refusal of a breathalyzer test cannot be used as evidence against them in a criminal trial. In Elliot v. State the court unanimously found that a person’s right against self-incrimination under Article I, Section I, Paragraph XVI of the Georgia Constitution prohibits admission in a [...]
Legal advocacy group Public Citizen filed the first legal challenge to US President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration seeking declaratory and injunctive relief on behalf of three Texas landowners and a non-profit environmental group. The complaint alleges that the necessary seizures of property from the Texas landowners would constitute an “imminent invasion of their privacy and [...]
The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday upheld a previous decision preventing the state from enforcing two regulations that limit Medicaid coverage of abortion services. Brought by Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest, the lawsuit argued that the regulations violated the equal protection clause of Alaska’s constitution by discriminating against women choosing to have an abortion. [...]
Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued a gag order on Friday prohibiting Roger Stone, attorneys on both sides, and all witnesses and interested parties from making statements to the media or the public regarding Stone’s criminal case. All listed persons are further prohibited from making any [...]
A federal appeals court on Friday held that the Trump Administration cannot deny funds to Philadelphia because of its status as a “sanctuary city.” In September 2017 Philadelphia was denied funds from Byrn JAG, a federal grant used to fund criminal justice programs. The fund distributes over $80 million in awards each year, and since [...]
The US Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a challenge to the Trump Administration’s citizenship question on the 2020 census. Arguments are set for the second week of April. A district court previously enjoined the Secretary of Commerce from including the question due to a violation of Administrative Procedure Act §701. The lower court said that, [...]
The US Senate passed the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2019 on a voice vote Thursday, which would make lynching a federal hate crime. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) introduced the bill the same day it was passed. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Tim Scott (R-SC) co-sponsored the bill. The Senate had unanimously passed a similar bill in December, but [...]
