A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California ruled on Friday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) conditions for Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants (Byrne JAG) targeted at so-called “sanctuary cities” are unconstitutional. The Byrne JAG “support law enforcement efforts by providing additional personnel, equipment, supplies, training, and other [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California refused Monday to dismiss two forced labor claims against Tesla in a lawsuit filed by two former workers. The former workers worked for subcontractor Vuzem, who worked for Eisenmann, which manufactures specialized paint shop equipment. Eisenmann installed equipment at Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, Deere & Company, [...]
Several human rights groups called upon European leaders on Wednesday to offer registration to the rescue ship Aquarius. The human rights groups that signed the letter include Amnesty International, European Council on Refugees and Exiles, the Human Rights Watch, International Commission of Jurists and International Federation for Human Rights . Aquarius is a rescue ship operated [...]
California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill Sunday that would allow past marijuana convictions to be recalled or dismissed if the conviction would no longer violate the law due to the passage of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use Marijuana Act (AUMA). AUMA legalized, among other things, possession of up to 28.5 grams of [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday upheld New York’s Zero Emissions Credit (ZEC) program, which provides subsidies to specific nuclear power plants in New York for being greenhouse gas-emission free sources of energy. In the first two years of the program, the FitzPatrick, Ginna and Nine Mile Point nuclear power [...]
The German Bishops Conference released a study on Tuesday, which found allegations of sexual abuse of minors by 1,670 clerics of the Catholic Church in Germany between 1946 and 2014. The number of clerics represents 4.4 percent of all of the clerics in Germany in that time frame. The reports specifies that the number is [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that Uber Technologies Inc. can require arbitration in a lawsuit brought by former and current Uber drivers over Uber’s classification of the drivers as independent contractors. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit argued that the arbitration agreements were unenforceable because the lead plaintiffs opted out of arbitration [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on Monday seeking information related to comments made by US National Security Advisor John Bolton on the US policy towards the International Criminal Court (ICC) . The FOIA request specifically asks for communications from January 20, 2017 to the present, which [...]
George Soros’ Open Society Foundations announced on Monday that it has filed a suit in the European Court of Human Rights against Hungary over “Stop Soros laws.” The laws enacted in Hungary include “a 25 percent tax on funding for any activities and organizations that promote or positively portray migration” and making it illegal for [...]
Ireland enacted the 36th Amendment of the Constitution on Tuesday, repealing the country’s ban on abortions follwoing a May referendum. Specifically, the amendment states that “rovision may be made by law for the regulation of termination of pregnancy.” This repeals the 8th Amendment of the Constitution , which states that “he State acknowledges the right to [...]
