The US Supreme Court on Monday invalidated an order by the US Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit that granted prison officers qualified immunity in a lawsuit brought by a Texas inmate. Inmate Trent Taylor sued ten prison officials within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for violating his Eighth Amendment rights, when they [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday vacated the decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Mckesson v. Doe, a case arising out of the Black Lives Matter movement. The case stems from a demonstration to protest the death of Alton Sterling, a Black man who was shot at close range [...]
US District Court Judge Stanley Bastian issued an order Friday for the US Postal Service (USPS) to “make every effort” to deliver ballots on time to voters in Michigan and Wisconsin. Bastian issued the order after Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson requested a hearing regarding concerns over slow mail delivery. The order and hearing form [...]
A judge for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court, Lake County, Illinois, on Friday granted the prosecution’s motion to extradite 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse to Wisconsin to face charges of murder and attempted murder. Rittenhouse’s lawyers argued that the extradition documents did not conform to statutory standards and that extraditing Rittenhouse violated his constitutional rights. The judge rejected [...]
A US federal judge Sunday ordered that the US Postal Service must implement measures to prevent a ballot processing slowdown. In his order, Judge Emmet Sullivan mandated reforms that requires the Postal Service to perform late and extra trips, keep a record of ballot deadlines, and create reports on ballot deliveries: It is FURTHER ORDERED [...]
A US federal judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Friday postponed President Trump’s TikTok ban. The court’s order follows after three US influencers filed suit over the ban. In deciding that the ban should be postponed throughout the entire United States, Judge Wendy Beetlestone found that postponement of the ban nationally was the only [...]
A get-out-the-vote rally in Graham, North Carolina, ended Saturday after police officers reportedly pepper-sprayed and arrested the participants. Videos of the incident were broadcasted online as witnesses took to Twitter to describe and remark on what they saw. Saturday’s demonstration took place outside Alamance County’s Courthouse, where organizers emphasized the importance of early voting and [...]
In a brief, unsigned order issued Sunday morning, the Supreme Court of Texas denied an effort by state Republicans to throw out more than 126,000 votes cast via “drive-thru” polling stations in Harris County. Harris County is the largest county in Texas and has the third-largest population of any county in the United States. In [...]
The US District Court for the Southern District of California Friday expanded the scope of a preliminary injunction that blocked a Trump administration policy severely limiting asylum claims at US ports of entry. The Trump administration first introduced its Asylum Eligibility and Procedural Modifications policy in July 2019. The interim rule found that “an alien [...]
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York Friday denied injunctive relief and granted motion for summary judgement in a lawsuit brought on by 12 plaintiffs from Israel who were denied voter registration in New York for missing the October 9th postmark deadline. The complaint was brought by a dozen US citizens [...]
