The US House of Representatives Friday passed a bill that would prevent race-based hair discrimination in employment, federally assisted programs, housing programs, and public accommodations. The bill, entitled “The Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2021” (CROWN Act), recognizes that hair texture and style have been used to classify people [...]

The United Kingdom’s highest court Monday denied WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s appeal of a decision allowing his extradition to the US because there were not any substantial arguments on points of law. The appeal followed a series of cases between Assange and the US government requesting his extradition from the UK. Initially, District Judge Vanessa [...]

US President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Jackson of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit as an associate justice to the Supreme Court on Friday. If her nomination is confirmed by the Senate, Jackson would be the first black woman to serve as a justice of the highest court of [...]

A Japanese High court Tuesday decided to uphold their recent general elections result, despite finding it to have been in a “state of unconstitutionality.” The Takamatsu High Court presided by Judge Ryuichi Kamiyama heard a lawsuit pertaining to the most recent general election in which voter disparity was a pertinent issue. Voter disparity refers to [...]

The US Supreme Court decided Monday in an 8-0 judgment, with Justice Barret recused, that the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Court erred in its Hughes v. Northwestern University decision. The court ordered the appellate court’s judgment to be vacated and remanded the case for further proceedings. The case concerns the Employee Retirement [...]