Seventy-one parties to the Rome Statute on Monday joined a statement to voice opposition to US sanctions against International Criminal Court (ICC) officials that were implemented in September. The nations stated, “any attempt to undermine the independence of the court should not be tolerated.” On September 2, the US State Department took action against the [...]

Voters on Tuesday in Mississippi, Nebraska, Rhode Island, and Utah passed statewide ballot measures aimed at removing associations with slavery and the Confederacy. Mississippi voters approved Ballot Measure 3 which asked voters to approve or reject a newly redesigned state flag created by the Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag, after the Governor signed [...]

Unofficial totals following Tuesday’s election indicate that California voters have rejected a statewide ballot measure that would have amended the California Constitution to allow the state to reinstate affirmative action programs. Proposition 16, titled “Allow Diversity as a Factor in Public Employment, Education, and Contracting Decisions,” would have permitted government decision-making policies to consider race, [...]

Michigan voters Tuesday approved an amendment to the state constitution that will require law enforcement to get a warrant for electronic data searches. The amendment prohibits searches and seizures of electronic data and electronic communications without a warrant, establishing clear guidelines for law enforcement. Though warrantless searches generally violate the Fourth Amendment, courts have allowed [...]

Voters in Alabama Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment that protects anyone who kills a person in self-defense in a church in Franklin and Lauderdale County. Over 71% of voters approved the amendment. The Stand-Your-Ground proposed amendment was first mentioned in a statement made by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall. The amendment comes after the attack [...]

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would go to the Supreme Court to stop ballot counting in the presidential election, after claiming that continuation was a “fraud on the American public.” Trump gave remarks in the East Room of the White House early on Wednesday morning as millions of votes were still being counted [...]

Sutter County Superior Court Judge Sarah Heckman Monday preliminarily ordered California Governor Gavin Newsom to stop issuing directives related to the coronavirus that might interfere with state law. She tentatively ruled that Governor Newsom overstepped his powers granted by the California Emergency Services Act (CESA) when he issued Executive Order N-67-2, which dealt with the [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is monitoring polling locations in 18 states across the US on election day, ensuring compliance with the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Voting rights monitors are regularly dispatched to monitor polling locations during federal elections. As in past years, monitors will focus on compliance with the Voting Rights Act, and [...]

Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia Monday approved the release of a controversial Trump administration report on policing reforms.  The Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice was unveiled in January, following an executive order by President Trump, and planned to deliver proposals to the International [...]

Judge Gary Feinerman of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Monday struck down an immigration rule enacted by the Trump administration, holding it violating the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). \Feinerman granted the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and vacated the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) final rule. The rule addressed section [...]