A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland ruled on Friday that including a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census would violate administrative law.    The plaintiffs, who are individuals and organizations, said that the Department of Commerce and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross violated the Administrative Procedure Act and conspired “to violate their civil [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 on Friday that federal district courts lack the authority to release materials from grand juries except where authorized by specific federal rules. The background of this case involved a decades-old grand jury investigation regarding the disappearance of Jesús de Galíndez Suárez, a professor [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday that a Kentucky law requiring a doctor to perform an ultrasound prior to performing an abortion does not violate their First Amendment rights. Kentucky’s Ultrasound Informed Consent Act requires doctors to perform an ultrasound for pregnant women wishing to have an abortion and play [...]

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Elon Musk to resolve their dispute over the Tesla CEO’s use of twitter within two weeks. Judge Alison Nathan of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York issued the order at the conclusion of a hearing on [...]

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Thursday that the House will file a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s declared national emergency at the nation’s southwestern border with Mexico. The suit is the latest in a series of efforts to stop Trump from securing funds that Congress refused to give him for his proposed wall [...]

After reaching a $270 million settlement with Purdue Pharma last week, Oklahoma’s Attorney General Mike Hunter dropped multiple claims on Thursday from a lawsuit against other drug manufacturers. In a press release, the Office of the Attorney General noted that the dismissal of the claims allows more focus to be drawn to the central issue: [...]

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Friday that the country would not ratify the Rome Statute due to mostly Muslim opposition. This comes after the Malaysian government refused to ratify a UN pledge against racial discrimination in December 2018. The International Criminal Court was started in 2002 to investigate and try individuals, not nations, for [...]

A Japanese court on Friday approved the extended detention of former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn. Ghosn was arrested Thursday after being released last month for charges relating to financial wrongdoings. This is the fourth arrest regarding charges against Ghosn for financial wrongdoings. Prosecutors sought Ghosn’s arrest specifically on the suspicion that he utilized his position as [...]

In a letter to EU President Donald Tusk delivered on Friday British Prime Minister Theresa May formally requested an extension to the UK’s deadline to withdraw from the EU until June 30. May was mandated to seek an extension to the deadline by the House of Commons on Thursday. Following the defeat of her negotiated [...]

The North Carolina House of Representatives approved a bill Wednesday that would require local law enforcement and county governments to cooperate with federal immigration officials.  The bill would make two amendments to the North Carolina General Statutes. The first would amend NC General Statutes § 162-62 to require law enforcement who are processing prisoners to report the [...]