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The UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron and former Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi raised the issue last month of Hong Kong’s new Article 23 national security proposals, which have been a subject of considerable controversy and debate in recent years. The Article 23 law in Hong Kong’s Basic Law stipulates that the [...]

On February 28, an Illinois judge ruled that disgraced ex-President Donald Trump is disqualified from office under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause. Five days later, the U.S. Supreme Court, determined to avoid the overwhelming evidence that Trump engaged in insurrection, invented an exception to Section 3—applicable only to federal candidates, [...]

A Texas federal judge ruled Tuesday that the US Congress passed a 2022 $1.7 trillion government spending bill unconstitutionally. Federal District Judge James Wesley Hendrix blocked the enforcement of a portion of the bill, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PFWA), based on a violation of the US Constitution’s “quorum clause.” The 2022 spending bill passed [...]

A group of Colorado voters filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against former US President Donald Trump, seeking to prevent him from appearing on the state ballot in the 2024 primary and general elections. The 100-page complaint alleges that the former president led a “broad-based effort to pressure, coerce, and intimidate state and local officials to [...]

The US House of Representatives Thursday passed a bill prohibiting the participation of transgender individuals in school athletic programs. The bill, titled “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023,” was approved along party lines, with the Republican majority in support of its passage. Specifically, the bill targets transgender athletes whose assigned gender [...]

On December 22, 2022, the US House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol released its 845-page Final Report. The Report described events leading up to, during, and in the aftermath of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. It also set out information about the individuals who were involved [...]

The US House of Representatives Friday commemorated the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol with a moment of silence on its second anniversary. The ceremony drew mostly Democratic lawmakers, and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) appeared to be the only Republican in attendance. The ceremony was led by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), former House [...]

David Wayne DePape, the man accused of breaking into the San Francisco home of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and assaulting her 82-year-old husband Paul, Wednesday pleaded not guilty to six state criminal charges and denied all the allegations. David DePape is charged with attempted murder, first-degree residential burglary, elder abuse, assault with [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Saturday warned of the potential impact on free speech and human rights following Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, calling the developments “concerning at least, and in some cases outright alarming.” HRW Director for Business and Human Rights Arvind Ganesan called attention to updates that Musk has already brought to Twitter, including [...]

David DePape Tuesday pleaded not guilty to state charges brought against him for allegedly attacking Paul Pelosi, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband. DePape is charged with attempted murder, burglary, elder abuse, assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment of an elder, and threatening a public official. On October 28, DePape allegedly broke into the [...]