The American Bar Association (ABA) released a statement reaffirming its support for the rule of law Monday following a series of controversial executive orders from US President Donald Trump which critics say breach the constitutional separation of powers and violate due process. In the statement, the ABA emphasized that the rule of law “means holding [...]

A group of immigration advocacy groups initiated a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration over its executive order barring migrants the right to make asylum claims at the US-Mexico border. First, the plaintiffs maintained that the order violates administrative procedure laws because the administration failed to provide adequate reasoning for the implementation. Section 706 of [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a challenge to Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot date requirements. The plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit include the NAACP, the American Civil Liberties Union and local voting organizations. They initiated the suit in 2022 after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered county election boards to reject mail-in ballots [...]

Spanish Prime Minster Pedro Sánchez announced Sunday a series of government reforms and policy proposals, including harsh restrictions on non-EU residents purchasing property. The measures aim at tackling the southern European nation’s burgeoning housing crisis. Specifically, the proposal seeks to create a tax equivalent to the entire property value for non-EU and non-resident individuals purchasing [...]

A Ugandan military tribunal, in a self-referred “court martial,” added the charge of “treachery” against Ugandan ex-opposition leader Kizza Besigye, and his aide Hajji Obeide Lutale. The tribunal also added Captain Denis Ola, a serving Ugandan military general, to the charges. The charge of treachery falls under the heading of treason within s.23(3)(a) of the [...]

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Monday refused to hear the appeals of multiple oil companies which alleged that a negligence lawsuit against them violates the US Constitution’s separation of powers and federal common law. The two lawsuits, one led by Sunoco and one led by Shell, assert that the Supreme Court [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Wednesday documenting extensive human rights abuses by Saudi employers, and apathy by state agencies. The report crafted a series of suggestions for Saudi agencies, employers, and relevant parties to curtail future abuses, which it argues are particularly salient following the kingdom’s bid for the 2035 FIFA World Cup. [...]

Maine’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against multiple large oil companies alleging negligence, nuisance, unfair trade practices, failure to warn and trespass as parens patriae. Included among the parties being sued are Exxon, Shell, Chevron, British Petroleum (BP), Sunoco and the American Petroleum Institute (API). In the complaint submitted by the state, the attorney [...]

The recruitment of child soldiers by gangs has risen nearly 70 percent in the past years in Haiti, according to a report released by the UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Sunday. Within the Haitian capital, Port-Au-Prince, it is estimated that 1.2 million children are subject to the threat of armed violence, and 25 [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) in a Tuesday report accuses Saudi Arabia’s primary sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), of aiding in human rights abuses within and outside of the country. Highlighted within the report are the direct expropriation of Saudi companies that are then used to facilitate human rights abuses, corruption within the [...]