A Kenyan Court of Appeal on Friday denied an appeal of the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Coordination Board that sought to deny an LGBT group’s registration. In 2015 the High Court ruled that the group, the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC), could register with Kenya’s NGO board with the words “gay” and “lesbian” [...]

The Arkansas Senate approved a bill Monday that would ban abortions at 18 weeks, making it one of the strictest abortion laws in the nation. After an amendment last week to add exemptions for rape and incest, the Senate voted 28-6 in favor of the measure, called The Cherish Act. It now goes back to [...]

Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin signed a new NRA-backed gun law Monday that allows for concealed carry of a handgun without a permit to anyone 21 and older. Kentucky law currently allows open carry without a permit, but a license and training to conceal in a bag or coat. Now Kentuckians will not need a permit [...]

The Tennessee House of Representatives approved an abortion bill 93-73 on Thursday that would ban abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat. The bill provides an exception for medical emergencies that may require an abortion. The bill also states that when the fetal heartbeat is detected, the person who discovers the heartbeat must “ecord [...]

The US House of Representatives passed HR-1 Friday, dubbed the For the People Act, to “make it easier, not harder, to vote,” which overhauls a number of voting rules in campaign finance, access to voting, and ethics rules. The bill contains provisions to update voter registration, including automatic voter registration, prohibiting deceptive practice and preventing [...]

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari on Monday in a case involving biotech company Nantkwest in its appeal for a patent application and whether they are required to pay attorney’s fees incurred by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in defending its decision to deny in federal court. A provision of the Patent Act, [...]

The US Supreme Court denied certiorari on Monday in the Utah Republican Party’s appeal arguing that a 2014 election law unconstitutionally interfered with the party’s right to choose how it selected party nominees for candidacy. The law in question, SB 54, allowed candidates to get their names on the ballot through either the traditional caucus-convention system [...]

In a per curiam decision Monday, the US Supreme Court ruled that a Ninth Circuit judge, who died before the court’s opinion in the case was filed, would be precluded from counting toward a member of the majority opinion. The respondent argued that Judge Stephen Reinhardt, had “fully participated in this case and authored this [...]

A federal judge in the Western District of Missouri ruled Friday that Missouri state abortion restrictions were not “undue burdens” and held that a Planned Parenthood (PP) in the state cannot resume providing abortions. The law in question requires clinics to have physicians who have hospital admitting privileges nearby, which the Planned Parenthood, in Columbia, [...]

Jeffrey Skilling, founder and ex-Enron CEO imprisoned for his involvement in the high-profile corporate fraud scandal publicized in 2001, was released from federal custody on Thursday after serving more than 12 years in prison. A jury convicted Skilling in May 2006 on 19 counts of conspiracy, securities fraud, insider trading and lying to auditors for [...]