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National nonpartisan legal advocacy group Free Speech for People published a guide on Tuesday that outlines four legal and policy changes states should make to ensure a “safe, accessible, and trustworthy election” during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although some states have already postponed primary elections, Free Speech for People stressed that “elections—the foundation of our democracy—must [...]

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The South African National Education Health & Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU), South Africa’s main healthcare workers’ union, filed court papers against the Minister of Health and Department of Health Tuesday over a lack of compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1993. NEHAWU claims that the Department of Health is failing to provide [...]

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The American Bar Association (ABA) issued a resolution Tuesday encouraging state licensing officials to grant recent law school graduates emergency authorization to practice law in their states. “The American Bar Association strongly urges the highest court or bar admission authority of each jurisdiction to immediately adopt emergency rules that would authorize 2019 and 2020 law [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overruled a decision by the District Court for the Western District of Texas on Tuesday, instead allowing executive order GA-09 by Texas Governor Greg Abbott banning most abortions to preserve medical supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Abbott released this executive order on March 22 ordering that [...]

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During a Coronavirus Taskforce press briefing on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump announced that the US could withhold funding to the World Health Organization (WHO). Trump first criticized the organization for “disagree with travel ban.” He then suggested that WHO “could have called months earlier … and should have known .” Then the president suggested [...]

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