A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas ruled Friday that the all-male military draft is unconstitutional, finding that “the time has passed” to consider women for the military draft. The plaintiffs brought a claim challenging the Military Selective Service Act (MSSA), arguing that the male-only registration requirement violates the [...]

Myanmar’s parliament voted Wednesday to set up a committee to discuss proposed amendments to the constitution. This vote comes one week after the National League for Democracy (NLD) submitted an emergency proposal to parliament detailing suggested amendments to the constitution. The suggestions were offered on the basis that the 2008 constitution is undemocratic. The vote [...]

Texas District Judge Karen Pozza on Monday denied a motion for summary judgement, allowing a lawsuit to proceed against Academy Sports and Outdoors, where a Devin Kelley bought the gun used in the Southerland Springs church shooting. The main issue in this case is whether the definition of a firearm includes the magazine that the [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled Friday that a class action lawsuit against Mercedes and Bosch may proceed over allegations of emissions cheating. The defendants are accused of misleading the plaintiffs through the advertisements that the vehicle had clean diesel emissions when in fact, they polluted at [...]

The Tianjin Municipal No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court of China on Monday found human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang guilty of “subversion of state power” and sentenced him to four-and-a-half years in prison. In addition, Wang was sentenced to five years of deprivation of political rights, meaning that he will be under heightened scrutiny, and he [...]

The US, the EU and the UK each issued statements Saturday voicing concern about the suspension of Nigerian Chief Justice Onnoghen. In their statements the governments questioned the constitutionality of the Nigerian executive suspending the chief justice, noting that this is a separation of powers issue and that the executive branch did not have the [...]

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed an executive order Tuesday making it easier for people in Brazil to buy guns. The order removes the requirement that persons seeking to purchase a gun must declare why they need the gun. It also loosens restrictions around owning guns. A person may now own up to four guns—up from the [...]

Nigerian Chief Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen was set to stand trial Monday on six charges of allegedly failing to declare assets and holding foreign bank accounts. While Onnoghen was not present at the trial, his team of 94 lawyers were present to defend him on these claims. In addition, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) released [...]

On Monday morning Governor Haslam granted executive clemency to Cyntoia Brown, commuting her life sentence. Brown is to be released August 7, at which point she will have served 15 years of her life sentence. This decision comes after Brown was convicted of first-degree murder and aggravated robbery following the murder of Johnny Allen in [...]

The San Diego District Attorney’s (DA) Office announced their plan Monday to challenge Senate Bill No. 1437, amending the murder accomplice law. The DA’s Office claims that they have grounds to challenge or question the new law’s constitutionality, arguing that “the Legislature didn’t have the authority to change the law without asking voters first.” The [...]