The US Supreme Court held on Monday in Packingham v. North Carolina that North Carolina's statute § 14-202.5 , which banned sex offenders from using commercial websites accessed by minors, violates the First Amendment...
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced in a memorandum on Thursday that it will keep the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in place for the foreseeable future. DACA allows for immigrants who...
The Canadian Senate on Friday approved Bill C-16 , adding "gender identity" and "gender expression" to the list of federally prohibited grounds for discrimination under Canada's Human Rights Act. In an official statement from the Justice...
Japan's parliament, the National Diet , passed a controversial "anti-conspiracy" bill on Thursday aimed at improving security and combating terrorism. Critics of the new bill, including the Japanese Bar Association and a UN Special Rapporteur , worry it...
The European Court of Justice on Thursday ruled that the BitTorrent sharing site, The Pirate Bay (TPB) , is directly infringing on copyright laws. TPB allows users to share and download movies, television shows and...
Three Kentuckians filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Governor Matt Bevin and Attorney General Andy Beshear challenging the state's criminal ban on medical marijuana. Dan Seum Jr., 59, Amy Stalker, 37, and Danny Belcher, 69, claim...
The attorneys general of 11 states filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the Trump administration for failing to finalize energy efficiency standards for portable air-conditioners, freezers and other products. The lawsuit concerns five final rules that...
Sergio Cabral, former governor Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, was sentenced to 14 years and two months on Tuesday for corruption and money laundering. Cabral was governor from 2007 to 2014 and was instrumental in bringing the Summer...
Nearly 200 Democratic Senators and House members have filed a lawsuit against US President Donald Trump for allegedly accepting foreign payments and gifts, breaching a clause of the Constitution. The Emoluments Clause of the Constitution prohibits...
The UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that women from Northern Ireland are not entitled to abortions under the England's National Health Services (NHS) . In a 3-2 decision, judges dismissed the appeal of a...
