Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday that President Donald Trump has “drifted away” from the Constitution. Powell, a Republican who served in George W. Bush’s administration, endorsed presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the interview. “We have a Constitution. And we have to follow that Constitution. And the President has drifted away from [...]

The US Supreme Court rejected an argument Monday that would have expanded a prisoner’s ability to file lawsuit without paying a filing fee. Prisoner litigants often bring lawsuits in forma pauperis (IFP), or without a filing fee. The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) declares that prisoners are not able to acquire this status if they [...]

As a result of national protests sparked by the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, Democratic lawmakers in Congress introduced legislation on Monday aimed at ending excessive use of force by police forces. The Justice in Policing Act was introduced and sponsored by Representatives Karen Bass (D-CA) and Jerrold Nadler [...]

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Monday that New Zealand will lift almost all COVID-19 restrictions on Tuesday. New Zealand has no active cases currently, and no one has tested positive in the past 17 days. Further, no one has been hospitalized for COVID-19 in 12 days. It has been 40 days since the [...]

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in Niz-Chavez v. Barr to consider the type of notice the government must provide to trigger the “stop-time rule.” Essentially, immigrants who have a continuous physical presence in the US for a certain amount of time may be eligible for relief from removal. However, the government is able [...]

A Burundi court on Friday rejected the appeal of four journalists convicted of undermining state security. In October 2019 Burundi police arrested four Iwacu journalists: Christine Kamikazi, Agnès Ndirubusa, Egide Harerimana and Térence Mpozenzi. Each journalist is facing a fine of $530 and two years and six months imprisonment. Their driver, arrested with them, was [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday blocked the White House’s 30-day suspension of reporter Brian Karem’s press pass for a heated exchange with Sebastian Gorka, another reporter. The three-judge panel unanimously ruled that Karem would likely succeed on his due process claim because he did not have fair [...]

The Burundi constitutional court on Thursday upheld the presidential election of retired general Evariste Ndayishimiye. The controversial election occurred in May and marked the country’s first competitive presidential election since 1993. According to voter results, Ndayishimiye won the election with 69 percent of the votes. However, Agathon Rwasa, who supposedly won 24 percent of the [...]

Members of the Minneapolis City Council announced Sunday that a veto-proof majority of the Council is committed to dismantling the current system of policing in Minneapolis. The announcement at a rally in Powderhorn Park came following several days of protests after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer. Minneapolis City Council President Lisa [...]

The Law firm of Dorsey and Whitney announced Tuesday that it would be ending its long-standing relationship with the Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office. For more than forty years the firm had assisted the city with prosecuting misdemeanor cases. However, in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, [...]