Three federal judges in California have ruled against a presidential executive order aiming to exclude people in the US illegally from the 2020 census count and subsequent congressional district reapportionment. A similar lawsuit filed by the state of New York is already before the Supreme Court. The plaintiffs that brought the suit consisted of individuals, [...]

The US Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to advance the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court. The vote was 12-0 in favor of advancing Barrett’s nomination to set up a vote by the full Senate, bringing President Donald Trump’s nominee closer to confirmation. Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee [...]

A US district court judge denied a motion for a preliminary injunction Friday from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn to exempt its parishes from New York state’s restrictions on religious gatherings in coronavirus hotspots. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s public health order on October 6 shut down non-essential businesses and placed restrictions on gatherings [...]

Judge Amy Coney Barrett faced the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for the third day of Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Senator Lindsey Graham, the Judiciary Committee Chair, began Wednesday’s hearing by praising Barrett for her commitment to a pro-life ideology and for “embracing her faith without apology.” He stated that Barrett’s nomination is a [...]

The Trump administration filed an emergency request with the US Supreme Court on Wednesday in an attempt to conclude the 2020 census count immediately. The request asks the Supreme Court to block an order issued by the US District Court for the Northern District of California that prevents the Census Bureau and the Department of Commerce [...]

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted a preliminary injunction on Thursday preventing the Census Bureau and the Department of Commerce from ending the national census count on September 30. The order requires the Census Bureau to continue the Census count until the original deadline of October 31. A group of [...]

UN Special Rapporteur Thomas Andrews implored Myanmar’s security forces Tuesday to immediately cease firing on villages in Rakhine State based on serious concerns about the rising death toll of children. Andrews questioned whether the innocent children are “deliberately targeted” rather than “being caught in the crossfire of war.” Regardless of the security forces’ motive, Andrews called for [...]

Peru’s congress unsuccessfully attempted to impeach President Martín Vizcarra on Friday on the grounds of “moral incapacity.” Vizcarra faced the impeachment hearing despite his appeal to delay congressional efforts to remove him from his office, which was rejected by the country’s constitutional court on Thursday. The motion to impeach Vizcarra gained support from 32 of [...]

Former Nissan Motor Co Ltd executive Greg Kelly pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he helped his former boss Carlos Ghosn hide tens of millions of dollars in income. Kelly’s trial began in Tokyo without Ghosn, who fled from Japan in December after being arrested by Japanese authorities in November 2018. Prosecutors in the [...]

The Trump administration gave notice on Wednesday that it intends to appeal to the Supreme Court a ruling from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. In a unanimous decision last week, a three-judge panel blocked the president’s order to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census data to reapportion congressional seats. A [...]