The US Supreme Court heard two Fourth Amendment cases Tuesday involving the search of motor vehicles. In the first case, Byrd v. United States , the court heard arguments as to whether a driver has...
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A US federal judge on Monday terminated a consent decree requiring the Republican National Committee (RNC) to get court approval for any "ballot security" measures it planned to implement. Judge John Michael Vazquez of...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a 72-page report on Monday documenting widespread discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) individuals in Ghana both in public and private or family settings. The report, titled "No Choice but...
US authorities are deliberately concealing information about how they obtained evidence in criminal proceedings, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report Tuesday. HRW divulged findings from over a year of investigating a police practice known as "parallel construction,"...
The Supreme Court of India ruled Tuesday that the national anthem does not have to be played prior to screening of films in theaters. An order on November 30, 2016, had required the playing of the national anthem...
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen on Monday, announced the termination of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) established this designation for over 200,000 Salvadorans after the...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in two original jurisdiction cases concerning state disputes over water rights and allocation. In the first case, the court heard arguments concerning water rights to the Rio Grande River....
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied review in two cases challenging a Mississippi law that would permit businesses and government employees to deny services to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people to protect those individuals'...
The US Supreme Court on Monday blocked the execution of Georgia inmate Keith Tharpe, ordering the federal appeals court in Atlanta to examine claims that a juror voted for the death sentence because Tharpe was black....
The Supreme Court of India agreed Monday to re-examine Section 377 , which criminalizes sex between people of the same sex. In its order, the court noted that, "social morality also changes from age to...
