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The US Senate blocked two separate in vitro fertilization (IVF) bills Tuesday — the Right to IVF Act, sponsored by Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and the IVF Protection Act, sponsored by Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Katie Britt (R-AL). The Right to IVF Act was voted down in a 51-44 vote which needed a minimum [...]

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador issued a decree in the Official Federal Gazette on Sunday, confirming that recent judicial reforms have now taken effect following his formal approval of the constitutional amendments. One of the key reforms changes the appointment of magistrates, judges and ministers to an election based on popular vote. Other reforms [...]

Edited by: James Joseph | Managing Editor, Long-Form Content On Thursday, the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation (CFHK) held its annual symposium at the US Capitol Visitor Center to discuss the current state of the Rule of Law in Hong Kong. The symposium this year was titled “Intensifying Repression: Beijing’s Crackdown on Hong [...]

Italian prosecutors in the city of Palermo requested a six-year prison sentence on Saturday for Matteo Salvini, the country’s deputy prime minister and leader of the League party, who is accused of kidnapping migrants and abuse of office. In 2019, then-Minister of the Interior Salvini prevented a vessel of the Spanish NGO Open Arms carrying [...]

A judge in Georgia’s Fulton County dismissed three charges in the state’s election interference case against Donald Trump and others on Thursday, citing a conflict with federal law. Judge Scott McAfee found that Counts 14, 15, and 27 in the state’s indictment must be dropped because an 1890 US Supreme Court ruling preempts states from [...]

Mexico’s Senate approved controversial judicial reforms on Wednesday despite protesters storming the chamber earlier in the session. The reform, pushed by President Andres Manuel López Obrador, obtained the two-thirds majority vote it needed to succeed in the Senate. It was approved with 86 votes in favor and 41 against after members the opposition bloc, led [...]

The government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) condemned the US House of Representatives on Wednesday for using its Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) Certification Act to “slander laws on safeguarding national security” and “smear the human rights situation” in Hong Kong. The bill, which passed the House 413-3, seeks to [...]

Hundreds of protesters breached Mexico’s Senate on Tuesday as lawmakers deliberated a controversial reform to overhaul the judiciary. The disorder forced the Senate to suspend its session temporarily, citing safety concerns for the legislators inside. Amid the final vote on the contested judicial reform approved by Mexico’s Senate committees last Sunday, hundreds of demonstrators voiced [...]

The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday affirmed a lower court’s decision to allow two transgender girls to play sports in an all-girls team despite Arizona legislation barring their participation. The plaintiffs, Kate and Megan Doe, two transgender minors, challenged Arizona’s Senate Bill 1165 (Save Women’s Sports Act), which bans transgender girls and [...]

Mexico’s Senate committees late on Sunday approved a controversial judicial reform, which aims to transform the system entirely. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his Morena party have been advocating the reform to remedy a corrupt court system. The bill, which had already passed by a wide margin in the Morena-controlled lower house, was approved [...]