The UN Security Council released a statement on Friday that condemned the recent airstrike on a migrant detention center near Tripoli, Libya, which left 53 dead and 130 injured, and called for an immediate ceasefire and return to UN political mediation. The government blames the attack on the Libyan National Army and its leader Khalifa [...]
On Monday, a new law takes effect that will have an impact on public school students within the state of Illinois. Senate Bill 28 requires a school day to include at least five clock hours of instruction. The Bill “provides that for a pupil of legal school age and in kindergarten or any of grades [...]
Illinois passed House Bill 345 today, making it illegal for anyone to sell or provide tobacco cigarettes or other tobacco products to people under the age of 21. The so-called “Tobacco 21” bill is one of several new laws that take effect today, the start of the new state fiscal year. Businesses who do not [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case challenging President Donald Trump’s tariff requirement for the steel industry. Trump’s justification for the tariff is national security, which is a legitimate rationale under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The Section 232 exception allows any government entity to investigate [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday against a South Dakota newspaper that wanted more information about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The paper was seeking to learn how much money annually goes to stores nationwide that participate in the government’s assistance program, previously known as food stamps. In the case, Food Marketing Institute v. [...]
On Sunday, Quebec’s National Assembly passed Bill 21 which prevents some government employees from wearing religious garbs while at work. Under the bill, “personnel members of a body must exercise their functions with their face uncovered, and persons who present themselves to receive a service from such a personnel member must have their face uncovered [...]
On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States decided that the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) does not preempt Virginia Law from prohibiting the mining of Uranium. The Supreme Court, in a 6-to-3 plurality judgment, sided with the State of Virginia’s right to regulate the Uranium industry. “But both courts found missing from the AEA [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to the motto “In God We Trust” being displayed on American currency. The motto was called into question by Michael Newdow, who stated that the inclusion of the phrase violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The Establishment Clause states that “Congress shall make no [...]
The US Supreme Court declined Monday to take up the question of whether the Second Amendment protects gun silencers, leaving in tact a lower court ruling that upheld federal regulation of the devices. The case revolved around two Kansas men, Shane Cox and Jeremy Kettler, who separately asked the Supreme Court to consider whether gun [...]
New Hampshire Superior Court Judge David Ruoff ruled Wednesday that lawmakers are violating the New Hampshire Constitution by not funding an appropriate education for students in the state’s districts. However, he also stated that the legislature was the proper governing body to rectify this issue. Ruoff did not specify to the legislature what the formula [...]
