Dane County Circuit Court Judge Frank Remington granted an injunction on Tuesday blocking specific language that requires Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul to obtain legislative approval before settling cases. The ruling marks the second legal blockade to a set of laws passed by GOP lawmakers in a lame-duck session late last year that curtail powers of [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Media Justice (CMJ) filed a complaint on Thursday accusing the FBI of “improperly withholding” information sought in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the organizations in October regarding surveillance of black activists. The organizations sought to obtain information related to the surveillance of black [...]
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced in a press conference Monday that lawmakers agree “in principle” to reform the country’s gun laws. The announcement comes following the government’s first cabinet meeting since two deadly attacks in which 50 people were killed at mosques in the city of Christchurch. The government will be announcing further details of [...]
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on Friday preventing state officials from enforcing Kentucky’s newly passed fetal heartbeat abortion law. The bill, passed with an emergency declaration attached, would have been set to take effect immediately upon receiving a signature by the governor. Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin signed the bill into law on Friday [...]
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem vetoed a bill to legalize industrial hemp production in the state on Monday, stating it would complicate the job of law enforcement and possibly become a first-step toward legalizing recreational marijuana. The final version of the bill overwhelmingly passed the House 58-8 on Monday. However, the bill passed the Senate 21-14, [...]
The UK House of Commons rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy for a second time on Tuesday. MPs voted against the motion by a margin of 149, smaller than the 230 gap in January’s vote. May said in a statement last week that if the deal was defeated, the House of Commons would be [...]
Officials from the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Department of Justice (DOJ), IRS and Homeland Security announced the filing of a four-count criminal indictment against Gulnara Karimova, daughter of the former president of Uzbekistan, and others on Thursday. Karimova, a former government official and telecommunications executive, in connection to a [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Gage County, Nebraska, of a judgment ordering the county to pay $28 million to six people wrongfully convicted of a 1985 murder. The rejection came following an affirmation by the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in St. Louis, stating the [...]
Chairman of the US House Judiciary Committee, Jerry Nadler, on Monday announced an investigation into allegations of obstruction of justice, public corruption and other abuses of power by President Donald Trump, his associates and members of his administration. As a first step, Nadler announced that the Committee has served 81 agencies, entities and individuals believed to have [...]
Pakistan’s Ministry of Climate Change said Friday that it plans to lodge a complaint with the UN accusing India of “eco-terrorism” in response to recent air strikes in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The plans come days after Indian jets bombed a forest area located in the northern hills of Pakistan, approximately 40 km (25 [...]
