A US federal district court judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction to plaintiffs alleging that federal officers violated protestors’ free speech rights in summer protests in Portland, Oregon. The lawsuit was originally filed in July by two Oregon state lawmakers, Janelle Bynum and Karin Power, legal observer Sara Eddie, as well as the First [...]
Various environmental groups filed suit Friday in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Their suit challenges the EPA’s interim registration review decision, which approved the sale and use of the herbicides atrazine, propazine, and simazine. These herbicides allegedly harm both the environment and human health. [...]
Texas Republicans have filed suit in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas, seeking emergency and permanent injunctive relief against Harris County, Texas and the county clerk for allegedly violating federal and state laws by permitting curbside voting. This is not the first attempt to seek a court order halting curbside voting [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday that election workers and voters in Texas are not required to wear masks at polling locations. This ruling overturns a previous federal court order mandating that masks are worn at polling locations in Texas. The lawsuit was initially brought by Mi Familia Vota, the [...]
A Canadian court on Thursday agreed with Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou that some of the allegations in a US extradition case against her have the potential to mislead. The United States is seeking to extradite Wanzhou from Canada to the Eastern District of New York for her alleged role in a bank fraud, wire fraud, [...]
A US federal judge on Friday partially denied defendant Houston County Georgia’s motions to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a provision in the county healthcare plan that excluded coverage for gender confirmation surgeries. The County healthcare plan specifically excluded insurance coverage for “ervices and supplies for a sex change and/or the reversal of a sex change [...]
New Zealand’s electoral commission announced Friday that voters had approved the End of Life Choice Act legalizing euthanasia in New Zealand in a referendum held October 17. Over a million people constituting 62.5% of the electorate voted in favor of legalization. The End of Life Act, approved in the New Zealand parliament last year with the [...]
Judge Richard J. Leon of the US District Court for the District of Columbia effectively struck down a voter intimidation lawsuit against US President Donald Trump on Thursday, denying jurisdiction over the claims. Voting rights group Free Speech for People brought the suit against Trump on behalf Mi Familia Vota Education Fund. They sought a [...]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan filed a criminal complaint against Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders with Turkish authorities Tuesday. In his complaint, Erdoğan alleges that Wilders insulted him on social media. Since assuming office in 2014, Erdoğan has consistently sued people over alleged insults, and thousands have been convicted. In Turkey, insulting the president carries a [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed a challenge by Bristol Myers Squibb seeking to block Hawaii’s lawsuit over the sale of the blood thinner Plavix, stating that it did not have jurisdiction to hear the case. Hawaii sued Bristol Myers Squibb and other pharmaceutical companies in 2014 alleging that it knew [...]
