The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday remitted to reconsideration a lawsuit challenging a provision of New York’s Labor Law as violations of the rights to free speech and religion of a crisis pregnancy center. The court held that CompassCare may proceed with their claims if the judge finds that the [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) did not have legal authority when it reinstated net neutrality rules last May, striking a blow to President Joe Biden’s telecommunications policy. Net neutrality is the idea that internet service providers (ISPs) must provide access to all content [...]
Gun laws across the US states are undergoing changes in 2025, with many states strengthening gun safety laws while others have expanded the rights of firearm owners, reflecting the polarization on the issue of gun control in the country. While new laws taking effect Wednesday in California, Colorado, New York, Delaware and Minnesota have focused [...]
The Supreme Court of Texas on Tuesday dismissed a disciplinary action brought by the State Bar of Texas against First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster over his role in a controversial lawsuit challenging the 2020 presidential election results. Webster is a top deputy to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, and the court’s decision effectively ends [...]
The Pentagon announced Monday that the US has repatriated Guantánamo detainee Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi to Tunisia after more than two decades in detention. Al-Yazidi, identified as ISN 038, was transferred to Tunisia after Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin informed Congress on January 31, 2024, 11 months prior, about the agreement reached for his repatriation. [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld on Monday the $5 million verdict against president-elect Donald Trump for sexually assaulting and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. Trump appealed the lower court’s verdict, arguing that admission of evidence for other sexual assaults to be against the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE). The trial [...]
Attorneys representing the family of Marc Fogel, a teacher currently detained in Russia for drug charges, stated on Friday that the US Department of State has designated Fogel as “wrongfully detained.” Fogel’s attorney revealed that the Department of State made the designation in October. Russian authorities arrested Marc Fogel in August 2021 for drug trafficking. [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday temporarily blocked the enforcement of an anti-money laundering law that mandates corporate entities to disclose to the US Treasury Department the identities of their true beneficial owners. The court, which is based in New Orleans, made the decision just before the deadline for most [...]
President-elect Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court on Friday to halt a potential TikTok ban, aiming to delay its enforcement while his administration works toward finding a “political resolution” to the controversy. The amicus brief penned by D. John Sauer, Trump’s pick for solicitor general, says: “President Trump takes no position on the underlying merits [...]
New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed a climate change bill into law, empowering the state government to levy heavy fines on fossil fuel companies. The fines will go to a “superfund” that pays for addressing environmental damages caused by human-driven climate change. The Climate Change Superfund Act creates a climate adaptation cost recovery [...]
