The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday ruled against the Trump administration’s immigration policy. Specifically, the court struck down both a program that would force migrants seeking asylum to wait in Mexico and a rule that would severely limit the number of migrants eligible for asylum. In the year since this [...]

A federal district court in Washington state on Thursday permanently enjoined the Trump administration from diverting funds meant for a submarine base in the state toward construction of the wall at the US-Mexico border. In February last year, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2019 (CAA), which provided $1.375 billion for building a border [...]

The US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio ruled Thursday that the Lake Erie Bill of Rights is “invalid in its entirety.” Lake Erie has been subject to algal blooms over the last several years, which can release toxins into the water and cause serious health problems for people who drink that water. [...]

The Wisconsin District IV Appeals Court on Thursday reversed the Ozaukee County Circuit Court’s ruling that ordered more than 200,000 names struck from the rolls because the individuals may have moved. In 2015 the Wisconsin legislature directed the Wisconsin Elections Commission to enter into an agreement with the Electronic Registration Information Center, Inc. (ERIC), a [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) stated support Thursday for a Kentucky wedding photographer who filed suit over an ordinance that bans local businesses from discriminating against gay customers. This case involves the competing interests of an individual’s right to free speech and the government’s interest in combating discrimination in commercial transactions. Louisville-Jefferson County Metro [...]

Rappers Jay Z and Yo Gotti filed a second lawsuit on Tuesday against the Mississippi Department of Corrections, targeting Parchaman Prison, where at least nine inmates have died since the beginning of the year. The class action suit, which the rappers filed on behalf of 152 inmates at the prison, alleges violation of inmates’ Eighth [...]

A bill to abolish the death penalty in Colorado passed the General Assembly on Wednesday in a House vote of 38-27, following the Senate’s 19-13 vote on January 31. The bill, “Concerning the repeal of the death penalty by the general assembly in all circumstances charged on or after July 1, 2020,” would remove the [...]

A UN report published Wednesday found that in 2019, killings of women activists in Colombia increased by 50 percent and a total of 108 human rights defenders were killed. The UN documented specific killings of citizens who defended the rights of their communities. For instance, a woman named Magdelena was killed for defending land allocation and [...]

Virginia’s General Assembly passed a bill that repealed many of the State’s restrictions on abortion on Wednesday. House Bill 980, also known as the Reproductive Health Protection Act, received final passage from the House of Delegates and was sent to Governor Ralph Northam for final approval on Wednesday. HB 980, which had initially passed the [...]