A three-judge bench of the High Court of New Zealand ruled Wednesday that the first nine days of the COVID-19 lockdown imposed by the government were unlawful. The case was filed by Wellington lawyer Andrew Borrowdale. The lockdown came after statements in late March by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and government officials requesting that citizens [...]

Several individuals sued both President Donald Trump and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Monday over funding of the US Postal Service (USPS) as millions of Americans are expected to take advantage of mail-in voting for the November election. The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, argues that DeJoy’s [...]

Florida postponed its bar exam on Sunday, two days before the test was scheduled to take place. The Florida Board of Bar Examiners “determined that administering a secure and reliable remote bar examination in August was not technically feasible.” As a result of this cancellation, the Board created a supervised practice program that will allow [...]

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has announced that he has withdrawn his lawsuit against Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. Governor Kemp initially sued Mayor Bottoms after she moved to impose a city-wide mask mandate due to the sharp increase in coronavirus cases in Atlanta and its surrounding areas. Kemp said that the city was seeking to [...]

The US Supreme Court denied the application for stay in a Rhode Island absentee ballot case on Thursday, which allows an order suspending a two-witness requirement for absentee ballots to stand for the September primary. In order to vote by absentee ballot in Rhode Island, voters were previously required to have their absentee ballots signed [...]