Iran officials announced on Wednesday that they will temporarily release 54,000 prisoners to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Prisoners must test negative for the virus and post bail before they will be released. However, prisoners sentenced to more than five years of imprisonment will not be released. Currently, there have been more than 90,000 [...]
A federal district court judge issued an order Wednesday vacating the controversial “work and community engagement” requirements for Medicaid recipients in Michigan. Starting in June, the program would have removed tens of thousands of Michigan residents from the Medicaid rolls for noncompliance, and Michigan’s government has tried to terminate the requirements over the objections of [...]
The Ohio Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that prohibits physicians from using telemedicine in medication abortions. The bill now moves on to the Ohio House, where it is expected to pass. A medication abortion includes two different medicines, mifepristone and misoprostol. The U.S. Food and Drug (FDA) Administration currently prohibits direct-to-patient access to mifepristone, [...]
The European Commission proposed a new draft climate law on Wednesday that would commit the EU to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The European Climate Law aims “to ensure that all EU policies contribute to this goal and that all sectors of the economy and society play their part.” It would legally bind EU [...]
The Court of Cassation, France’s top court ruled Wednesday that Uber drivers are employees of the company, requiring Uber to review their business model. Upholding the Court of Appeal decision, the court decided that drivers could not be classified as self-employed. Factors indicating that an Uber driver was a employee of the company included the [...]
US President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that his administration would begin to withhold funding from so-called sanctuary cities. This statement comes after a federal appeals court ruled last week that the Department of Justice can withhold funds from jurisdictions that refuse to comply with certain federal immigration conditions. The court found sufficient evidence that there [...]
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed House Bill 1514 into law on Wednesday, prohibiting racial discrimination based on hair. The new law, taking effect July 1, clarifies that discrimination based upon race includes “traits historically associated with race, including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists.” The law is identical to [...]
Amid a struggling global stock market, the Supreme Court of India ruled Wednesday against the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) ban on cryptocurrencies. The initial ban originated in 2018 after financial regulators and the Indian government began to examine the emerging cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, ripple, and ethereum. At that time they had “concerns of [...]
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday unanimously approved an investigation into allegations of war crimes committed on both sides of the Afghanistan conflict. The investigation will focus on “alleged crimes committed on the territory of Afghanistan in the period since 1 May 2003, as well as other alleged crimes that [...]
Chief Justice John Roberts released a statement Wednesday denouncing Senator Chuck Schumer’s comments made during a rally in front of the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The rally was an abortion rights rally coinciding with the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in June Medical Services v. Russo. Schumer called out Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, [...]
