The Minnesota branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in state court on Monday seeking to overturn a law that denies felons who are on probation the right to vote. The suit claims the law violates equal protection, due process and voting rights guaranteed by the state constitution. Minnesota automatically disenfranchises [...]

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi distributed a “fact sheet” on Monday, amid the ongoing impeachment inquiry, outlining what her office describes as a gross abuse of power by President Donald Trump. The fact sheet reveals developments from the whistleblower complaint, which stated that Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday vacated a ruling by the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan that had declared the Republican-drawn electoral map unconstitutional, remanding the case to the lower court. The Michigan suit had been brought by Democratic voters who alleged that the electoral map deliberately advantaged Republicans. In April [...]

Cuyahoga and Summit counties in Ohio reached a $260 million settlement with McKeeson Corp., AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and Teva Pharmaceuticals on Monday morning. Summit County also settled with Henry Schein Medical for $1.25 million. An additional defendant, Walgreens, has not reached a settlement, but that case was postponed after the other defendants settled. The settlements occurred only hours [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida issued a preliminary injunction on Friday against a state law that requires those convicted of a felony to pay all fees and fines before they can regain their right to vote. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis began experiencing pushback immediately when he signed [...]

The US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced further restrictions on Cuba’s access to commercial aircraft on Friday.  The Cuban regime used leased commercial aircraft, subject to BIS jurisdiction, to transport tourists and generate revenue for the Cuban regime. BIS is now revoking existing licenses and will deny further applications for leases [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Court on Friday unanimously ruled that a Pittsburgh ordinance that creates a 15-foot “buffer zone” outside of any hospital entrance where demonstrations may not take place is constitutional. The case was brought by Nikki Bruni, a local leader of Forty Days for Life, a religious anti-abortion [...]

The US Ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland, testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Committee on Oversight and Reform and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Thursday about his role in the ongoing controversy surrounding President Donald Trump’s July phone-call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. In his opening remarks, Sondland highlighted the significance [...]

On Thursday the Democratic-led House Education and Labor Committee voted along party lines to approve a sweeping prescription drug bill aimed at lowering costs of medicine across the country. The bill, officially titled the Lower Drug Prices Now Act of 2019, aims to lower the cost of prescription medication by imposing caps on the markup [...]

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday ordered an en banc rehearing of DC and Maryland v. Trump. The same court in July reversed and remanded a district court’s discovery instructions for potential Emoluments Clause violations. The violations at issue concern profits related to foreign government officials from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and [...]