The US Supreme Court on Thursday released its opinion regarding the application for stay in the case National Institute of Health (NIH) v. American Public Health Association (APHA), et al. In a 5-4 vote, the justices paused the lower court’s order, which required the government agency to continue making the grant payments. An executive order [...]

US President Donald Trump announced via social media on Monday plans to issue an executive order eliminating mail-in voting and electronic voting machines, calling instead for paper ballots and hand counts. Trump wrote that “the States are merely an ‘agent’ for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes. They must do what the [...]

The Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona handed down a ruling on Wednesday, finding the current K-12 school funding system unconstitutional and siding with the schools after a years-long lawsuit. The plaintiffs in this case are several school districts in Arizona, taxpayers, and organizations Arizona School Boards Association, the Arizona Education Association and the Arizona [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned Lebanese authorities on Monday over their continued inaction concerning the devastating explosion in Beirut’s port on August 4, 2020. The blast, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, killed at least 236 people, injured 7,000, and destroyed large parts of the capital. HRW said authorities have failed to deliver [...]

Texas Democrats in the US on Sunday vacated the state in order to break quorum and prevent a vote on legislation that would allow Republican lawmakers to draw a district map with five new Republican-leaning seats. Many Democratic lawmakers chose to wait out the legislative session in Chicago, due to its party ties. Illinois Governor [...]

The US Departments of Education (DOE) and Health and Human Services (HHS) launched parallel civil rights investigations into Duke University on Monday, citing potential violations of key federal anti-discrimination statutes. The investigations center on allegations that Duke has used race-based criteria in student journal selection, medical admissions, hiring, and programming. The agencies suggest that these [...]

The US Supreme Court held on Thursday that states are permitted to prevent Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood. The case involved two Planned Parenthood clinics in South Carolina that served both Medicaid and non-Medicaid patients. In 2018, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster issued an executive order banning public money for abortions, excluding Planned [...]

Judges Amy St. Eve and Michael Scudder appeared before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government on Tuesday for a discussion centered around the fiscal accountability and oversight of the federal courts. The judges spoke on topics such as calls for impeachment of federal judges, budgetary concerns, and the need for increased [...]

Two state lawmakers were shot Saturday morning in their homes in Minnesota, one fatally. Representative Melissa Hortman, Senator John Hoffman, and their spouses are said to be the victims of politically motivated violence. Hortman, former speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, and her husband Mark were killed in the attack on their home. Images [...]

A US federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s March 25 executive order (EO) that sought to alter requirements for voting and election procedure. In granting a preliminary injunction, the judge stated that this is not a dispute about whether non-citizens can vote in federal elections, but whether documentary proof of citizenship can be [...]