Unofficial totals following Tuesday’s election indicate that California voters have rejected a statewide ballot measure that would have amended the California Constitution to allow the state to reinstate affirmative action programs. Proposition 16, titled “Allow Diversity as a Factor in Public Employment, Education, and Contracting Decisions,” would have permitted government decision-making policies to consider race, [...]

Michigan voters Tuesday approved an amendment to the state constitution that will require law enforcement to get a warrant for electronic data searches. The amendment prohibits searches and seizures of electronic data and electronic communications without a warrant, establishing clear guidelines for law enforcement. Though warrantless searches generally violate the Fourth Amendment, courts have allowed [...]

Voters in Alabama Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment that protects anyone who kills a person in self-defense in a church in Franklin and Lauderdale County. Over 71% of voters approved the amendment. The Stand-Your-Ground proposed amendment was first mentioned in a statement made by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall. The amendment comes after the attack [...]

The Supreme Court of Nevada Tuesday denied the Trump campaign’s bid to stop the mail-in vote count in Clark County. The Trump campaign asked the Nevada Supreme Court to cease the mail-in vote count until observers were able to witness the counting process. In denying the campaign’s bid, the court found that the campaign would [...]

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD) in Saudi Arabia launched a Labor Reform Initiative (LRI) Wednesday aimed at improving job mobility for migrant workers by lifting “kafala” restrictions that have historically left workers vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. The LRI seeks to regulate employee exit and re-entry visa issuance, allowing workers to [...]

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would go to the Supreme Court to stop ballot counting in the presidential election, after claiming that continuation was a “fraud on the American public.” Trump gave remarks in the East Room of the White House early on Wednesday morning as millions of votes were still being counted [...]

Days after a get-out-the-vote rally in Graham, North Carolina, ended with police pepper spraying and arresting participants, organizers in the county have filed a suit against Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson and Graham Chief of Police Mary Kristy Cole. The lawsuit accuses the defendants of voter intimidation and sets forth a request for punitive damages. [...]

Dutch authorities Tuesday surrendered Paul Gicheru, a lawyer accused of corrupting witnesses in a case against Kenya’s former vice president, to ICC custody in the Netherlands. Gicheru surrendered on Monday to authorities pursuant to an arrest warrant that was issued in 2015.  The International Criminal Court alleges that Gicheru and another lawyer, Philip Kipkoech Bett, [...]

Sutter County Superior Court Judge Sarah Heckman Monday preliminarily ordered California Governor Gavin Newsom to stop issuing directives related to the coronavirus that might interfere with state law. She tentatively ruled that Governor Newsom overstepped his powers granted by the California Emergency Services Act (CESA) when he issued Executive Order N-67-2, which dealt with the [...]

Across Los Angeles this Tuesday the vast majority of voting centers are reporting wait times below 15 minutes. UCLA’s own Tom Bradley International Hall, one of two voting centers at the university, had no lines and plenty of poll workers waiting to help earlier today. If you had asked Anthony Silva, 24, whether he would [...]