West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey, joined by 21 other states, sued New York Thursday over a new law requiring fossil fuel companies to contribute some $75 billion to a fund to pay for damages caused by climate change. McCuskey stated that Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce through the Commerce Clause, and [...]
Thousands of Los Angeles protestors shut down portions of a major LA freeway Sunday to oppose President Donald J. Trump’s immigration executive orders. Protestors shut down major parts of the freeway at about 9 AM, which the police called a “non-permitted demonstration.” According to the LAPD, the protestors exited the freeway shortly before 4 PM. As [...]
New York Attorney General Letitia James warned New York hospitals Monday that complying with President Trump’s executive order “protecting” individuals from gender-affirming care violates New York law. James reminded New York hospitals in a letter Monday that: Electing to refuse services to a class of individuals based on their protected status, such as withholding the [...]
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced Thursday moves to accelerate the enactment of a law that would allow wiretapping of children under 15 to combat organized crime in the country. The law would allow wiretapping for crimes that carry a prison sentence longer than four years, though a higher degree of suspicion would be used [...]
Human Rights Watch urged Kazakhstan to implement the recommendations from member states at the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review on Thursday. With 103 state delegates, the UN Human Rights Council made 294 recommendations on a variety of topics. These human rights concerns include various basic human rights provided by the International Covenant on [...]
US President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directing the secretary of Defense and secretary of Homeland Security to expand the Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to full capacity. Trump ordered the expansion of the center to “provide additional detention space for high-priority criminal aliens unlawfully present in the United [...]
Egyptian officials have arbitrarily investigated and detained human rights activists over peaceful dissent ahead of Tuesday’s UN Universal Period Review (UPR), Amnesty International said Monday. Activists that are under investigation include politician Hisham Kassem and activist Hossam Bahgat. Detained activists include Nada Mogheeth (spouse to cartoonist Ashraf Omar), journalist Ahmed Serag, and TikToker Mohamed Allam. [...]
The US Supreme Court issued a temporary nationwide stay Thursday that revives the Corporate Transparency Act, which seeks to control money laundering by requiring small businesses to register with the United States Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. The Act prevents money laundering by requiring corporate entities to report their beneficial ownership which also regulates [...]
Pakistan’s National Assembly passed an amendment to the 2016 Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act on Thursday, giving the government the power to regulate social media usage in the country. The amendment includes a punishment for false and fake information presented as follows: “Whoever intentionally disseminates, publicly exhibits, or transmits any information through any information system, [...]
Ghana President John Dramani Mahama established a Constitutional Review Committee on Sunday to address gaps in implementing the 1992 constitution and continue the work of a former Constitutional Review Committee in 2010. According to a press release, the Constitutional Review Committee was created to “enhance democratic governance within the country.” Professor Kwasi Prempeh, executive director [...]
