The Texas Supreme Court placed an administrative stay on Friday on a lower court’s temporary restraining order (TRO) that barred the enforcement of the state’s strict abortion bans on a pregnant woman whose fetus was recently diagnosed with a fatal condition. The court placed an administrative stay on the TRO “pending further review” and “without [...]

Following an investigation, the human rights organization Amnesty International found that the Israeli military used US-made Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) to commit war crimes in Gaza on Tuesday. Amnesty International alleges that it found “distinctive fragments of the munition in the rubble of destroyed homes in central Gaza.” The organization also asserts that the [...]

Chief US District Judge Alia Moses rejected a motion for a preliminary injunction from Texas on Wednesday to block the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from cutting wire fencing at the US-Mexico border. The case is in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas. Texas sued in October to stop DHS officials [...]

The UN condemned the resumption of conflict in Gaza on Friday, following the end of a temporary ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, and called for a return to negotiations for a long-lasting ceasefire. The temporary ceasefire ended Friday morning after several extensions. The UN press release reported that the bombing in Gaza resumed “seconds” [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday an indictment against an Indian national named Nikhil Gupta for an alleged unsuccessful plot to assassinate a US citizen of Indian descent who is a Sikh separatist. The unsealed indictment accuses Gupta of making payments for the victim’s murder and instructing that the murder should not [...]

According to BBC Persian, Iranian authorities secretly executed 21-year-old Milad Zohrevand on Thursday for his involvement in anti-government protests last year. The Hengaw Organization for Human Rights reports that Zohrevand is one of eight protesters that Iran has executed. BBC Persian reported that the prosecutor of Hamadan announced the execution of a prisoner in a [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit struck down part of Maryland’s Firearm Safety Act of 2013, which the Maryland General Assembly passed in response to the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting. This decision partially reverses a decision from the US District Court for the District of Maryland at Baltimore. Following oral arguments, [...]

Following a four-day trial, a US federal judge ruled on Friday that North Dakota’s 2021 legislative redistricting plan violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) because it dilutes the voting power of Native American voters. The case is in the US District Court for the District of North Dakota. Chief Judge Peter D. Welte [...]

A New York appeals court temporarily lifted former President Donald Trump’s gag order on Thursday. Judge Arthur Engoron originally imposed the gag order in October after Trump posted a social media post alleging that one of Engoron’s law clerks had an affair with Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Associate Judge David Friedman from the New York Appellate [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on Monday that the Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA) violated the US Constitution’s First Amendment when it tweeted several posts that were not “germane” to the legal profession. Since membership in the state bar is required for US lawyers to practice within the state, the [...]