The United States Supreme Court Monday issued its opinion in Denezpi v. United States, ruling in favor of the dual sovereignty doctrine. The dual sovereignty doctrine applies to the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment, allowing for two sovereign entities to charge one defendant under the same set of facts under two different laws and [...]
The Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the DC Bar Friday announced ethics charges against former US President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani has already been temporarily suspended from the DC Bar and permanently suspended from the New York Bar. The charges stem from Giuliani’s repeated claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent, specifically focusing on [...]
The Federal Council of Switzerland Friday adopted the newest European Union (EU) sanctions against Russia and Belarus. While Switzerland is not a member of the EU, it has multiple bilateral treaties with the bloc. The EU’s sixth package of sanctions includes an oil embargo, which prompted the Federal Council to commission a study of the economic consequences of [...]
The US and the Dominican Republic Friday jointly announced the formation of a technical working group to address alleged labor violations in the latter’s sugar sector. The announcement touts the new working group, saying: This joint endeavor takes into account the commitment of the two countries to enforce labor laws, including those regarding forced labor, [...]
Judge Jonathan Swift of the UK High Court Friday ruled against activist groups and UK Border Force personnel, allowing the controversial plan to deport UK asylum seekers to Rwanda to go forward. The first group of asylum seekers is scheduled to be deported on June 14. The emergency legal action was filed by several organizations [...]
A Bolivian criminal court found ex-president Jeanine Anez guilty Friday of inciting a coup and sentenced her to 10 years in prison. In a statement, the Ministry of Justice and Transparency celebrated the verdict and sentencing, saying, “he Judiciary, in the exercise of its independence, issued a sentence that is framed in the principles and [...]
The FBI Thursday arrested Republican Michigan gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley on charges related to his presence at the January 6 Capitol insurrection. Kelley was released on bail later in the day. A spokesperson for the Detroit office of the FBI stated, “I can confirm FBI agents from Grand Rapids office executed an arrest and search warrant at [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday announced it was investigating the Louisiana State Police (LSP) for a pattern of “racially discriminatory policing.” Among the incidents being investigated is the fatal beating of Ronald Greene, a Black motorist, in 2019. There is an ongoing murder investigation into Greene’s death separate from the new civil rights [...]
The UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Democracy and the Constitution (APPGDC) released a report Wednesday, condemning UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson for “attacks” on judges and the judiciary as a whole. The APPGDC reviewed UK Supreme Court decisions, heard testimony from lawyers and judges, and reviewed public statements from Johnson and other member of his [...]
The UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel, Tuesday released its first official report and criticized the “continued occupation by Israel of Palestinian territory and discrimination against Palestinians.” The commission believes that Israel has “no intention of ending the occupation” and that violence will not stop even if the [...]
