The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday voted to endorse Judge Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court 11-9, setting up a confirmation vote before the full Senate later this week. Committee Chairman Senator Chuck Grassley stated [text,...
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The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments Monday over a Mississippi law dealing with religious objections to same-sex marriage. The Mississippi law would let merchants and government employees cite religious...
The top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) released a statement Friday alleging that recent acts of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could amount to war crimes. According to Fatou Bensouda [official...
Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice reversed a prior ruling to take over the National Assembly on Sunday. The court effectively dissolved the legislature in its decision last Wednesday. The Supreme Court and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro [official...
Anti-terrorism laws that were passed by Senegal's National Assembly in October, are "draconian" and could "restrict freedom of expression and roll back the rule of law in Senegal," according to a report released Monday by Amnesty...
Advocacy group Human Rights Watch on Sunday criticized US President Donald Trump's plan to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, saying the move effectively endorses the country's poor recent human rights record. Al-Sisi overthrew...
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain ratified a constitutional amendment Monday that would allow for military trials of civilians suspected of terrorism in the country. The amendment modifies the text of Article...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples , Victoria Tauli-Corpuz , said Monday she was appalled by the living conditions of Aboriginal Australians following her week-long visit to Australia. According to the...
A local Munich Court denied Friday a motion by Volkswagen (VW) to bar evidence seized during searches of a law firm working for the company. Volkswagen filed its complaint last week in an...
Judge William R. Marchant of the 13th Judicial Circuit Court of Virginia in Richmond ruled in favor of the state on Friday in a lawsuit challenging the redistricting of 11 legislative districts. OneVirginia2021, a non-profit...
