The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis that the charge-filing provision of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (CRA) is not jurisdictional. The CRA “prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.” Before bringing a complaint under Title [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday held that pretrial detention during a term of supervised release can toll, or pause, that term of release. In Mont v. US the petitioner was serving a five-year term of supervised release when he was arrested on state drug trafficking charges, violating the terms of his release. The district [...]

The US House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday issued two subpoenas for the testimony of former Donald Trump aides Hope Hicks and Annie Donaldson. This comes hours after former White House Counsel Donald McGahn did not show up to testify at Trump’s request. McGahn is a key witness in the obstruction charges against Trump; he was allegedly [...]

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong filed a lawsuit Sunday against numerous pharmaceutical companies and individuals for conspiring to artificially raise prices on more than 100 generic drugs. The complaint was filed in the District Court for the District of Connecticut and names Teva Pharmaceuticals along with 19 other companies and 15 individuals who are senior [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration may require asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico while they await court proceedings in the US. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) in January, citing public safety and national security. MPP applies to those [...]

The New York state Senate on Monday approved a bill closing a gap in healthcare coverage for people with eating disorders by a vote of 53-8. It requires health insurers in the state to “provide coverage for inpatient hospital care and physician services for eating disorders.” The bill defines eating disorder as: “pica, rumination disorder, [...]

The House Judiciary Committee on Friday issued a subpoena for an unredacted version of the Mueller report along with a copy of all documents referenced in the report or obtained during the investigation. The subpoena requests that Attorney General William Barr turns over the documents by May 1, at 10:00 AM EST. Jerry Nadler, the [...]

The North Carolina state Senate on Monday approved a bill that would make it a felony not to perform lifesaving procedures on an infant born alive as the result of a botched abortion. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act was passed by a vote of 28-19. It still has to be passed by the North [...]

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Friday that the country would not ratify the Rome Statute due to mostly Muslim opposition. This comes after the Malaysian government refused to ratify a UN pledge against racial discrimination in December 2018. The International Criminal Court was started in 2002 to investigate and try individuals, not nations, for [...]

The US Supreme Court on Thursday denied an application for stay of the order from a Michigan District Court refusing to block a ban on bump stocks. Bump stocks are used to turn semi-automatic weapons into machine guns by using the “gun’s recoil to bump its trigger.” The suit was brought by Gun Owners of [...]