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A group of voters filed a lawsuit Monday challenging several North Carolina mail-in ballot voting requirements. This lawsuit comes from concerns about voting due to the COVID-19 public health crisis. In their complaint, the plaintiffs challenge several North Carolina mail-in ballot voting requirements in an effort to ensure that everybody in North Carolina may be [...]

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The US Supreme Court released orders Monday granting certiorari in two more cases for its next term. The first of these cases is CIC Services, LLC v. Internal Revenue Service. This case presents the question of “hether the Anti-Injunction Act’s bar on lawsuits for the purpose of restraining the assessment or collection of taxes also [...]

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Ecuador’s Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday that former president Rafael Correa had been sentenced in absentia for corruption. The former president, as well as several other defendants, was found guilty of corruption for accepting bribes. The sentence calls for eight years in prison as well as a 25-year ban on political activities, including running for [...]

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New Zealand’s parliament approved a bill Wednesday easing restrictions on abortion. The bill decriminalizes abortion, removing the abortion procedure from the Crimes Act 1961. It also provides that “ qualified health practitioner may provide abortion services to a woman who is not more than 20 weeks pregnant.” For women who are more than 20 weeks [...]

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Monday that France, Portugal, Luxembourg, Finland and Germany will take in minor migrants that are currently in Greece, where refugee camps are “already over the limit”. Von der Leyen noted that the minor migrants “are the most vulnerable” and that “t is urgent to get them away [...]

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday that the Colombian National Police “abused the mostly peaceful demonstrators” who had been protesting in 2019. HRW noted that most of the protests were peaceful, but some protesters were violent against both police officers and property. However, HRW stated that “n several cases, the police used excessive force against [...]

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