On November 3, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy. The case involves Colorado’s universal preschool program, which gives families roughly 15 hours per week of “free” preschool care that is worth roughly $6,000 per child. To be eligible, a preschool must sign an “equal opportunity mandate” [...]

Amnesty International called on Thai authorities Wednesday to prevent the deportation of two Uyghur men to China, warning that their return could expose them to torture, arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance. The calls come amid renewed concerns over China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.  The rights group urged Thailand to [...]

Amnesty International on Tuesday welcomed the French War Crimes Unit’s opening of a judicial investigation into a deadly Israeli strike on a civilian building in central Beirut in November 2024 is a critical step toward justice, truth, accountability, and reparation. France launched the investigation after the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Ali Cherri, [...]

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in the case Guerrero v. Johnson, which contemplates whether an inmate on death row can bring a second round of federal appeals challenging his execution due to an intellectual disability. Dexter Johnson was sentenced to death in 2007 over his role in a 2006 double murder [...]

The UK Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in Huda Ammori’s appeal challenging the government’s proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000. Ammori’s case is that Palestine Action was a conscientious protest group aiming to disrupt the supply of weapons to Israel from the UK at a time when [...]

In more than two centuries of US history, only one president, Richard Nixon, has resigned. None has been removed from office through impeachment. Calls for President Donald Trump to resign following his party’s midterm losses thus have little historical precedent. Following the November 2026 midterm elections, Republicans will lose control of both chambers of Congress. But [...]

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans Thursday to commute all 548 death sentences in the state to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. In an open letter to Californians, Newsom said capital punishment could not be administered fairly and had resulted in wrongful convictions. “I firmly believe that state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California’s [...]

People have an understanding of many things they haven’t yet experienced, things they know from hearsay or brief reading. People have a tenuous, reasonable, or profound understanding of some things and subjects. Of Saturn’s rings; of watching the Super Bowl live; of driving a Formula 1 car; of how AI works; of Stephen Curry’s three-point [...]

A federal judge on Wednesday rejected an effort by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to require several Democratic-led states to cooperate with the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts in order to receive millions of dollars in grants supporting law enforcement and juvenile justice programs. Chief Judge John McConnell of the US District Court for [...]