The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit threw out a lawsuit Wednesday that sought to roll back a Florida law that would put President Donald Trump’s name first on the Florida ballot in the 2020 election. A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida struck down the law [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Oregon denied a request Wednesday for a temporary restraining order against a 60-day ban on green cards for most immigrants issued by the Trump administration on April 22. President Donald Trump cited the job market as the reason for this proclamation. The Justice Action [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Thursday that the federal government has failed to protect the North Atlantic right whale in accordance with the Endangered Species Act. The North Atlantic right whale was one of the first animals to be protected under the act, and the current population [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Babb v. Wilkie that the federal-sector provision of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) “demands that personnel actions be untainted by any consideration of age.” The Court heard oral arguments in January and had to decide whether the ADEA prohibitS age from being the “but-for [...]
The Canadian legislature passed emergency legislation on Wednesday that will allow the Minister of Health to circumvent patent laws for supplies that are necessary to combat the COVID-19 public health emergency. The bill requires payment of renumeration for the patentees in the “amount that the Commissioner considers to be adequate renumeration in the circumstances.” “These [...]
Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed a bill on Monday to repeal the death penalty in the state for any defendant convicted of a Class 1 felony. The bill will take effect for anyone convicted after July 1, 2020. While the bill itself did not commute the sentences of the three men serving death sentences at [...]
The Utah Senate approved a bill on Monday banning all elective abortions in the event the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. The bill would prohibit abortion in all cases except those where the life of the mother or significant bodily functions of the mother are at risk, the unborn fetus has a “lethal” defect [...]
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice signed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act Monday, in what has been called a “largely symbolic” move. The bill defines being “born alive” as “the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of the fetus, at any stage of development, who after such expulsion or extraction breathes or has a [...]
The Gender and Sexuality Alliance, the Campaign for Southern Equality and the South Carolina Equality Coalition, Inc. filed a lawsuit Wednesday for injunctive and declaratory relief against South Carolina over an anti-LGBTQ sex education state statute. The law in question “provides that local public school districts may not include in their health education any ‘discussion [...]
The Supreme Court held Tuesday that state appellate courts may conduct a Clemons reweighing of aggravating and mitigating circumstances, and may do so in collateral proceedings as appropriate and provided under state law. James McKinney received two death sentences in 1992 following his conviction of two counts of first-degree murder for the murders of Christine [...]
