The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Monday. In the first case, Fort Bend County, Texas v. Lois M. Davis, the court must determine whether Davis can pursue her claim for religious discrimination in court before first pursuing it through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Fort Bend argues that Davis had failed to exhaust her [...]
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Tuesday. In Parker Drilling Management Services. Ltd. v. Newton, the question asked is whether California can adopt its own overtime rules over federal wage law, for workers on oil rigs attached to the Outer Continental Shelf. In this case previously decided by the US Court [...]
Judge John Koeltl of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled Monday that several young immigrants who were deemed to have been abused or neglected by their parents could not be denied special immigration juvenile status by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) department of citizenship and immigration services. The ruling [...]
UN human rights experts on Tuesday condemned the Indian government for the deportation of three Rohingya to Myanmar despite international law which prohibits the practice. According to the UN experts, India has separated and forcibly returned Rohingya families to Myanmar, including the recent deportation of a father and three of his children. Five other family members [...]
US District Court Judge Roger Benitez ruled Friday that California’s ban on magazines that hold more than 10 rounds imposes a burden on the constitutional rights of its citizens. The high-capacity ban provision is included in Prop. 63, which was approved by California voters in 2016 in reaction to the killing of 14 people and [...]
US Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday rejected a request by gun rights group for an emergency stay of the bump stock ban put in place by the Trump administration. Bump stocks came to public attention in 2017 after 58 concertgoers were killed in the Las Vegas shooting in which the killer used bump stocks attached to assault [...]
The US Court of International Trade on Monday upheld the Trump administration’s tariffs on imported steel for national security reasons. The decision imposing tariffs was challenged by the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS), a group of steel importers, as unconstitutional. Specifically, they claimed that Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 violates a constitutional prohibition [...]
The EU Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that the 2012 bailout of Banca Tercas by the Fondo Interbancario di Tutela dei Depositi (FITD) did not involve the use of state funds as the EU Commission investigation had determined. The EU Commission had ordered Italy to recoup €300 million of grants and guarantees that it claimed the government [...]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed into law a bill legalizing smoking medical marijuana. In a statement, the governor said that in 2016 over 70 percent of Florida voters approved medical marijuana. He went on to thank his colleagues in the legislature for ensuring the will of the voters is upheld. DeSantis also signed [...]
A unanimous three judge panel on US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday rejected the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) assertion that the $85 billion merger of AT&T and Time Warner would be anti-competitive, thereby harming consumers and stifling competition. In affirming the June 2018 ruling of Judge Richard Leon, the court found that [...]
