More than 200 Congressional members joined together to issue 37 subpoenas Monday to multiple Trump organizations to investigate President Donald Trump’s alleged violation of the Constitution’s emoluments clause that prevents the president from receiving gifts from foreign countries without Congressional approval. After numerous legal battles and challenges to block the lawsuit, a federal judge ultimately [...]
US Legal News
New York County Clerk Michael Kearns filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday challenging New York’s state law authorizing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses. The new state law allows for undocumented immigrants to obtain state driver’s licenses, which are a crucial form of identification necessary for many services like jobs and housing, and for [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled unanimously Monday against a prayer policy in Brevard County, Florida, that excluded certain groups from giving an invocation. The plaintiffs were five individuals who identify as atheist or Secular Humanist and three organizations. One of the plaintiffs from the Central Florida Freethought Community (CFFC) sent [...]
A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump cannot selectively block followers of his Twitter with whom he disagrees. The ruling affirmed a decision by a judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, who held that the “interactive [...]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday announced the formation of the Commission on Unalienable Rights based on Eleanor Roosevelt’s 1948 Universal Declaration on Human Rights. Pompeo said the Commission, which is to be composed of human rights experts, activists, philosophers and members of both political parties, will guide him regarding the role of [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Monday that she is shocked by the state of migrant children and adults held in detention centers in the US. Bachelet noted that groups of UN lawmakers have considered the detention of migrant children to constitute cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment that is in violation of [...]
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law Monday that will allow the release of the President’s state tax returns to Congress. The bill would order the New York Tax Department to release New York returns to one of the three major congressional committees, the House Ways and Means Committee, the US Senate [...]
Wall Street billionaire Jeffrey Epstein entered a not guilty plea to new sex trafficking charges brought against him in the Southern District of New York Monday. Epstein was arrested Saturday on charges pursuant to a new grand jury indictment, which contained one count of sex trafficking conspiracy and one count of sex trafficking. The indictment [...]
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the CROWN Act on Wednesday making California the first state in the US where it is illegal for employers and schools to discriminate on the basis of hairstyle. The CROWN (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) Act was proposed by California legislators and written by state senator [...]
Judge Alison Nathan of the Southern District of New York ruled on Wednesday that a case against nearly a dozen companies accused of defrauding student loan borrowers could proceed, rejecting a motion for the suit to be dismissed filed by the companies’ attorneys. The suit, brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, claimed that [...]
