The Russian State Duma on Thursday approved amendments to a bill entitled “On Mass Media,” designating individuals who communicate with foreign media outlets as “foreign agents.” Since 2012 there have been a number of restrictive laws created regarding the country’s interactions with the international community. The Russian government has already required foreign entities such as [...]

The US Supreme Court on Friday granted the government’s petition to hear a dispute over whether the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) allows lawsuits for money damages against individual federal employees who placed individuals on the “no fly list.” This case arose when several Muslin men—Muhammad Tanvir, Jameel Algibah and Naveed Shinwari—alleged that in retaliation [...]

US President Donald Trump on Thursday reversed the decision of the US Navy to remove Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher from the Navy SEALs. Trump announced the decision via Twitter: The Navy will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher’s Trident Pin. This case was handled very badly from the beginning. Get [...]

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled on Wednesday that defendants cannot be compelled to provide the passwords of their computers to law enforcement officials. The court ruled that this compulsion violates the self-incrimination clause of the Fifth Amendment. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania brought distribution of child pornography charges against the appellant. The Office of the [...]

The Supreme Court of California ruled Thursday against a California law that required presidential primary candidates to register tax returns with the state for primary candidacy. In its ruling, the court determined that the law, the Presidential Tax Transparency and Accountability Act, was invalid under the California Constitution. The court found that the law could prevent [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a decision by a California District Court on Thursday that spectators of a boxing match could not sue based on an undisclosed injury to one of the boxers that occurred prior to the event. The boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao in [...]

The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights on Thursday urged governments to improve their records on business and human rights. The statement comes ahead of the Forum on Business and Human Rights to take place from November 25-27 in Geneva. The rights experts stated that “governments have a duty, not an option, to [...]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted Thursday on charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust. The charges were announced by Attorney General Avichai Mandelbilt. The indictment lists three cases—4000, 2000 and 1000—and also indicts Shaul and Iris Elovitch and Arnon Mozes. Case 4000 addresses bribery and breach of trust. Netanyahu is accused of [...]

The US House Intelligence Committee on Thursday conducted their final public impeachment inquiry before Congress heads out for the Thanksgiving holiday. The committee heard testimony from Fiona Hill, a former top Russian adviser to the Trump administration, and David Holmes, a diplomat in the US embassy in Kiev, Ukraine. During his opening statement Holmes highlighted his [...]

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf vetoed a bill on Thursday that would have prohibited abortions on the basis of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. In addition, the bill would have prohibited abortions if they were sought because of the sex of the unborn child. Wolf said in a statement, “this legislation is a restriction on [...]