Polish officials on Saturday arrested Roman Giertych, a high-profile lawyer, former deputy prime minister of Poland, and staunch critic of the Polish government, on charges of money laundering. Giertych is accused of laundering the equivalent of USD $23 million, although the specifics behind the allegations have not been revealed. Giertych’s legal practice includes involvement in [...]

A divided panel on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld Friday a requirement that abortion clinics in the state of Kentucky must obtain a transfer agreement with local hospitals in order to continue performing abortions in the state. The court concluded that the law was rationally related to a legitimate government [...]

The Supreme Court granted certiorari on Tuesday in United States v. Arthrex Inc and two other consolidated cases to address the appointment of administrative patent judges. The question before the court is whether administrative patent judges are considered “principal officers” under the US Constitution’s Appointment Clause or are instead considered “inferior officers.” If administrative patent judges are [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit concluded Friday that US President Donald Trump’s unilateral diversion of $3.6 billion from the Department of Defense budget to fund a border wall on the US-Mexico border was unlawful. The court concluded that 10 USC § 2808, which permits “military construction projects, not otherwise authorized by [...]

The US Supreme Court stayed a lower court decision Monday that prevented South Carolina from enforcing its witness requirement on mail-in ballots. This means that mail-in ballots received in South Carolina must include a witness signature in order to be counted. However, by a 5-3 vote, the court also ruled that any ballots received prior [...]

The US Supreme Court Monday denied a petition for a writ of certiorari  filed by a former Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk who was sued for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples following the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. In the petition, Kim Davis’s lawyers argued that her refusal [...]

The New York Times released a report on Sunday detailing two decades of US President Donald Trump’s tax returns. The report revealed that Trump paid little in taxes, owes massive debts and profited extensively from foreign countries during his presidency. In 1973 Richard Nixon’s tax returns were leaked, and they revealed that Nixon avoided paying [...]

The US House of Representatives unanimously passed the Savanna Act Monday, a bill designed to “direct the Attorney General to review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols appropriate to address missing and murdered Indians.” The bill requires that federal, state, local and tribal police create protocols to address missing and murdered Indigenous people. [...]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan filed a criminal complaint against staff at the right-wing Greek newspaper Dimokratia Monday over the publication of an offensive headline. Erdoğan filed the complaint after Dimokratia published a picture of Erdoğan with the headline “Siktir Git Mr. Erdogan,” which translates to “F*** off Mr. Erdogan.” The headline included both the [...]

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday rejected the appeal by Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker, the Green Party candidates for President and Vice President, to appear on the Wisconsin ballot. The decision avoided thrusting Wisconsin into election chaos by declining to order the reprinting of hundreds of thousands of ballots just days before county clerks [...]