The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the removal of its chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno after her May 30 motion for reconsideration. In an 8-6 vote the 15-member high court confirmed their May 11 ruling that ousted Sereno for failing to submit her Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALNs) as a law [...]
The attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen on Tuesday calling for the end to the Justice Department’s policy of separating children from their parents who cross the US border seeking asylum. The AGs state that “a [...]
US Permanent Representative to the UN Nikki Halley announced on Tuesday that the US will be withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council . Haley accused the Human Rights Council of protecting human rights abusers and being a “cesspool of political bias,” a “hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights,” and [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that a court’s mistake in calculating a sentence under the advisory US Sentencing Guidelines should result in relief for the defendant, even if the original sentence was within the federal guidelines. This decision reversed and remanded the the lower court’s ruling. In Rosales-Mireles v. United States, one of the [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein criticized the US policy of separating immigrant children from their parents in a statement made on Monday. The commissioner cited the American Association of Pediatrics , which called the policy “government-sanctioned child abuse.” “The thought that any State would seek to deter parents by inflicting [...]
A federal judge ruled Monday that Kansas cannot require documentary proof of US citizenship to register to vote, finding such laws violate the constitutional right to vote. The Kansas legislature passed the Secure and Fair Elections (SAFE) Act in 2011, which included a new requirement that Kansas citizens must produce documentary proof of citizenship (DPOC) [...]
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in five cases Monday, including a major antitrust case against computer giant Apple. In Apple, Inc. v. Pepper the court will decide “hether consumers may sue for antitrust damages anyone who delivers goods to them, even where they seek damages based on prices set by third parties who would [...]
The EU’s General Court on Tuesday confirmed the European Parliament’s decision to recover nearly €300,000 (USD $347,550) in misused funds from former French presidential candidate and far-right politician Marine Le Pen . Le Pen was a member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2017. In 2016 the European Parliament investigated Le Pen, deciding that [...]
The US Supreme Court held 8-1 Monday in Lozman v. Riviera Beach that it is possible an arrest could have violated the First Amendment when it was ordered in retaliation for earlier, protected speech, even in the presence of probable cause. Lozman filed a lawsuit alleging that the city of Riviera, Florida, arrested him after [...]
In a 5-3 decision, the US Supreme Court held Monday that a judge’s explanation for a sentence reduction for drug offenses was adequate because the record indicated that the judge had a reasoned basis for his decision. The offender pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and was sentenced to 135 months’ imprisonment, [...]
