The California Legislature on Monday approved a bill BSB-1127] that would allow California students to use medical marijuana on school campuses. California state law has allowed minors access to medical marijuana since the 1990s but so far has prevented school campuses from permitting usage. Parents would have to take their children off school grounds in [...]
The California State Legislature approved a bill Wednesday requiring California prosecutors to erase or reduce tens of thousands of marijuana criminal convictions. The legislation is expected to be signed by Governor Jerry Brown. The California Department of Justice “estimates that almost 220,000 cases are eligible for erasure or reduction. The Department of Justice has until [...]
Imprisoned Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha was denied bail by the Cambodian Supreme Court Wednesday. Sokha was arrested last fall on charges on trying to overthrow the government, and the Cambodia National Rescue Party was dissolved. Sokha has not been given a trial since he was imprisoned. Cambodia’s leader, Hun Sen has been in power for more than [...]
A Vietnamese court in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday began the trial of 12 people, including two American citizens, on charges of subversion. The government-run news agency said two Vietnam-born American citizens stand accused of commanding the distribution of “anti-state leaflets, tak over state radio stations to broadcast anti-government messages, and participat in anti-government protests.” [...]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday announced a regulation change to replace the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan with the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. In the EPA’s press release , Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler said: The ACE Rule would restore the rule of law and empower states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide modern, reliable, [...]
A judicial commission probing corruption under former South African president Jacob Zuma began its public hearings Monday. Zuma resigned last February and was charged with corruption in March. Zuma’s fall began with the State of Capture Report , tasked with investigating the upper levels of the Zuma administration for corruption. Specifically, the former president stands accused [...]
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi signed a cybersecurity law Saturday that allows the government broad authority to block websites while setting jail sentences and jail fines for violations. Amnesty International described the new law as giving “the state near-total control over print, online and broadcast media.” There is another cybersecurity law pending before the president, [...]
Polish President Andrzej Duda on Thursday vetoed a European Parliament reform that would increase the mandatory threshold of the vote needed to become a party in the European Parliament for the 2024 European Parliament election. Under the proposed reform countries with 26 representatives would require parties to win at least 5 percent of the national vote in [...]
Malaysia’s parliament on Thursday repealed a controversial law that set fines for “fake news.” The law was introduced in April by the administration of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. The previous administration called snap elections in May shortly after passing the “fake news law” and was subsequently defeated. In the aftermath of the [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of New Hampshire on Tuesday ruled against New Hampshire’s “signature match” law , which has prevented hundreds of absentee voters from voting because of handwriting discrepancies. RSA 659:50 requires that signatures on “affidavit appear to be executed by the same person who signed the application.” If the signature [...]
