The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Thursday that a federal statute requiring people to be 21 to purchase handguns from Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) conflicts with previous Supreme Court decisions and the Second Amendment. The plaintiffs, Caleb Reese and Emily Naquin, challenged the constitutionality of 18 USC 922 (b)(1) and (c)(1) on [...]
A federal judge temporarily blocked a presidential order that would halt gender-affirming care for a transgender woman inmate and force her transfer to a men’s prison, her lawyers said Thursday. The inmate — called Maria Moe — sued the Trump administration for its January 20 executive order that prohibits male-born individuals from being detained in [...]
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced Thursday to accelerate the enactment of a law that allows wiretapping of children under 15 to combat organized crime in the country. The law would allow wiretapping for crimes that carry a prison sentence longer than four years, though a higher degree of suspicion would be used before pursuing the [...]
Myanmar’s ruling military extended a state of emergency for another six months, a day ahead of the fourth anniversary of the coup, reported by the state-owned Myawaddy Media on Friday. The military claimed that the extension was necessary to ensure the stability and peace of the nation. The military also said they intended to hold [...]
A New York appeals court on Thursday reversed a lower court’s decision that found the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act (NYVRA) violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution. The Second Department of the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division rejected the defendants’ argument that any application of the NYVRA would violate the [...]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held on Thursday that Italy violated applicant residents’ rights to life and respect for private and family life under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) as a result of the state’s long-term inaction in addressing the widespread illegal dumping of waste by organized criminal groups in the [...]
Germany’s parliament passed a motion for stricter migration rules on Wednesday. The nonbinding motion, backed by the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD), calls for permanent border control, rejection of all illegal immigrants, and detention of “those who must leave.” It was passed with 348 votes in favor and 344 votes against. The motion described [...]
Human Rights Watch urged Kazakhstan to implement the recommendations from member states at the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review on Thursday. With 103 state delegates, the UN Human Rights Council made 294 recommendations on a variety of topics. These human rights concerns include various basic human rights provided by the International Covenant on [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday dropped the criminal proceedings against Trump’s co-defendants, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliviera, in the classified documents case initiated by former special counsel Jack Smith. The appeals court must still approve the Justice Department’s request for the appeal to be officially terminated. The [...]
A class of consumers sued Amazon.com, Inc. on Wednesday, claiming the technology company secretly tracked and sold their sensitive data without their consent. Plaintiff Felix Kolotinsky brought the class action lawsuit with a demand for a jury trial in the US District Court for the Northern District of California San Francisco Division on behalf of [...]
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