The US Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a Biden administration immigration policy. In a 5-4 order, the Supreme Court Thursday denied the Biden administration’s application to reinstate an immigration memorandum that would stop deportation unless the non-citizen is a threat to national security, public safety or border security. Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan [...]
British Columbia (BC) Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Mike Farnworth, announced on Thursday that the provincial government is ending its partnership with Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on immigration detentions and will no longer hold detainees in BC correctional facilities. The Minister noted that BC Corrections will provide CBSA with the required 12 [...]
The US House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack held its eighth and final hearing Thursday for the summer where it focused on former President Donald Trump’s inaction during the 2021 US Capitol attack. The committee proceedings highlighted the fact that Trump failed to intervene to stop the riot until two hours after it [...]
The US House of Representatives voted 228-195 to pass HR 8373, the Right to Contraception Act on Thursday. The vote was largely partisan, with only eight Republicans voting in favor of the bill. The bill protects “a person’s ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception” as well as the ability of health care [...]
Kenya’s Deputy Presidential debate was held Tuesday at the Catholic University for Eastern Africa (CEUA) in Nairobi. The debate was divided into two tiers. The first tier involved the Deputy Presidential (DP) candidates whose popularity ratings, based on three recent opinion polls, stand below 5 percent, while the second tier involved candidates who have polled [...]
The UK Independent Chief Inspector of Border and Immigration David Neal Thursday released his first report detailing the current migrant crisis on the British-French border. The report raised concerns and criticisms about the current UK migrant management system. Neal was first appointed to the role in March 2021 for a period of three years. As [...]
The Basmanny District Court of Moscow Thursday received a lawsuit from the Russian Ministry of Justice requesting that the Russian branch of the Jewish Agency for Israel be liquidated, according to Russian state news agency TASS. The grounds for the suit were not provided. The Jewish Agency, known as “Sokhnut” in Russia, is an international organization [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Wednesday held that Georgia’s abortion law can take effect immediately. The Georgia law bans abortions when fetal cardiac activity is detected, as early as six weeks. A US federal district court previously blocked the law from going into effect in 2020. At the time, the federal [...]
The UK Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that all workers are entitled to receive the same amount of paid time off. The case, Harpur Trust v. Brazel, involved a visiting music teacher named Lesley Brazel. Brazel works on a continuing contract at a school run by The Harpur Trust, but is not contracted to work during school holidays. [...]
The United Kingdom announced new measures Wednesday to provide its courts with powers to stop wealthy individuals or large businesses, as well as Russian oligarchs, from abusing the UK legal system to silence critics. Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab set out the measures which target the so-called “Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation” (SLAPPs). SLAPPs often [...]
