The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Monday issued an order stating that the court will rehear Feds for Medical Freedom v. Biden, a challenge to President Joe Biden’s 2019 executive order which required federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face termination. In late May and early June, the America First Legal [...]

Arizona lawmakers Friday approved House Bill 2319 (HB 2319), making it unlawful for someone to knowingly record law enforcement activity within eight feet of the incident that is transpiring. HB 2319 passed through the Senate Thursday by a vote of 16-12-2-0. Earlier drafts of this legislation banned recording within 15 feet of police encounters, but [...]

French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne Saturday expressed the French government’s support for a bill to add abortion rights to France’s constitution for future generations. Borne wrote that this right must be written in the constitution on behalf of all women and for human rights. Marie-Pierre Rixain, a member of parliament who co-tabled the bill, wrote on social [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Friday granted Juul Labs, Inc.’s emergency motion for a temporary administrative stay and thus put a hold on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ban on Juul e-cigarette sales. On Thursday, the FDA denied Juul marketing authorization due to potential health risks. Juul petitioned the [...]

The Supreme Court of Texas Friday ruled to uphold a state ban that “prohibits the processing and manufacturing of smokable hemp products.” Four hemp companies argued that this state ban was unconstitutional, based on article 1, section 19 of the Texas Constitution, which states that “o citizen of this State shall be deprived of life, [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Friday ruled that a copper mining project did not violate local Apache American Indians’ First Amendment religious rights. A 2014 Congress act requires the US secretary of agriculture to give mining company Rio Tinto land called Oak Flat, which is to Apache American Indians a sacred site. In [...]

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Thursday ruled that Harvard University does not need to relinquish slave photos taken for a Harvard professor’s racist 1850 study to the photo subjects’ descendant, Tamara Lanier. However, Lanier can sue Harvard for emotional distress “as a result of Harvard’s mistreatment of her” In 1850, a Harvard professor conducted [...]

The UK Government Thursday announced a law to minimize the impact of strike action on businesses by authorizing the use of temporary staff. The government aims to reduce business disruption caused by strike action by “removing the restrictions on employment businesses supplying temporary workers to cover striking staff.” As a result, companies’ freedom to fill [...]

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Thursday issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to all JUUL Labs Inc. products currently marketed in the US. As a result of the MDOs, JUUL must cease selling and distributing products in the US. In order for a company in the US to legally market a new tobacco product, that [...]

The man charged with attempting to murder US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh Wednesday pleaded not guilty in a Maryland federal court. The man, Nicholas John Roske, will remain incarcerated. Roske’s initial appearance is not yet scheduled. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) last week released Roske’s indictment. The DOJ charged Roske with attempting to [...]