In a brief, unsigned order issued Sunday morning, the Supreme Court of Texas denied an effort by state Republicans to throw out more than 126,000 votes cast via “drive-thru” polling stations in Harris County. Harris County is the largest county in Texas and has the third-largest population of any county in the United States. In [...]
The US District Court for the Southern District of California Friday expanded the scope of a preliminary injunction that blocked a Trump administration policy severely limiting asylum claims at US ports of entry. The Trump administration first introduced its Asylum Eligibility and Procedural Modifications policy in July 2019. The interim rule found that “an alien [...]
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York Friday denied injunctive relief and granted motion for summary judgement in a lawsuit brought on by 12 plaintiffs from Israel who were denied voter registration in New York for missing the October 9th postmark deadline. The complaint was brought by a dozen US citizens [...]
A US federal district court judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction to plaintiffs alleging that federal officers violated protestors’ free speech rights in summer protests in Portland, Oregon. The lawsuit was originally filed in July by two Oregon state lawmakers, Janelle Bynum and Karin Power, legal observer Sara Eddie, as well as the First [...]
Various environmental groups filed suit Friday in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Their suit challenges the EPA’s interim registration review decision, which approved the sale and use of the herbicides atrazine, propazine, and simazine. These herbicides allegedly harm both the environment and human health. [...]
Texas Republicans have filed suit in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas, seeking emergency and permanent injunctive relief against Harris County, Texas and the county clerk for allegedly violating federal and state laws by permitting curbside voting. This is not the first attempt to seek a court order halting curbside voting [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday that election workers and voters in Texas are not required to wear masks at polling locations. This ruling overturns a previous federal court order mandating that masks are worn at polling locations in Texas. The lawsuit was initially brought by Mi Familia Vota, the [...]
A US federal judge on Friday partially denied defendant Houston County Georgia’s motions to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a provision in the county healthcare plan that excluded coverage for gender confirmation surgeries. The County healthcare plan specifically excluded insurance coverage for “ervices and supplies for a sex change and/or the reversal of a sex change [...]
New Zealand’s electoral commission announced Friday that voters had approved the End of Life Choice Act legalizing euthanasia in New Zealand in a referendum held October 17. Over a million people constituting 62.5% of the electorate voted in favor of legalization. The End of Life Act, approved in the New Zealand parliament last year with the [...]
Judge Richard J. Leon of the US District Court for the District of Columbia effectively struck down a voter intimidation lawsuit against US President Donald Trump on Thursday, denying jurisdiction over the claims. Voting rights group Free Speech for People brought the suit against Trump on behalf Mi Familia Vota Education Fund. They sought a [...]
