The Open Society Justice Initiative and four prominent law professors filed a complaint in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, challenging the Trump administration’s executive order that imposes sanctions on persons associated with the International Criminal Court (ICC). Created under the Rome Statute in 2002, the ICC is authorized to [...]

A US federal judge ruled Thursday that President Trump overstepped his authority when he suspended the issuance of certain types of work visas amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Judge Jeffrey S. White of the US District Court of Northern California granted a preliminary injunction in favor of several associations (Intrax, Inc, the National Association of Manufacturers, the US [...]

Several voter rights groups joined two Texas voters Thursday in filing a lawsuit against governor Greg Abbott after the governor issued an executive order, which will limit each Texas county to a single ballot drop-off location. The governor’s order, also issued on Thursday, purports to enhance ballot security by requiring all in-person delivery of mail [...]

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Friday that Governor Gretchen Whitmer did not have the authority to extend her executive orders regarding the Covid-19 pandemic after April 30. The decision in the case comes as part of a lawsuit by three medical centers against the governor, challenging an executive order that prohibited non-essential medical procedures. That lawsuit [...]

Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed an Executive Order on Thursday granting full and unconditional pardons to almost 3000 Coloradans with past convictions for possession of one ounce or less of marijuana. The order highlighted a brief history on the legality of marijuana in the state of Colorado: first, discussing the 2012 ballot measure Amendment 64, [...]

The Jefferson County Circuit Court in Kentucky released the recordings of the Grand Jury proceedings in the Breonna Taylor case on Friday. Lousiville police officers killed Taylor in a raid on her apartment in March. Last week Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced that the Grand Jury had indicted only one of the officers involved [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that the US had received a final injunction against Edward Snowden in a case over proceeds from his book. The case was first filed in 2019, and the DOJ was seeking to receive all proceeds from the publication of the book Permanent Record. The DOJ alleged that [...]

Former US Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys accused Attorney General William Barr of “weaponizing the DOJ in the service of Trump’s personal interests” in an open letter Thursday. The letter expresses concern that Barr intends to manipulate the DOJ’s law enforcement powers to undermine the November election. The letter states that Barr has hinted at [...]

Clark County District Court Judge Linda Bell on Wednesday approved an $800 million settlement from MGM Resorts to the victims of the 2017 Mandalay Bay shooting in Las Vegas. On October 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock opened fire on a street concert from a room at the Mandalay Bay Resort. Fifty-eight people were killed, and more [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Thursday granted Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s request to restore COVID-19 restrictions on indoor and outdoor gatherings. Four counties in Western Pennsylvania sued Wolf arguing that his executive orders issued to combat the COVID-19 pandemic violated their constitutional rights. More specifically, plaintiffs alleged that Wolf and [...]