The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday that the US Postal Service (USPS) failed to justify a 10 percent increase in the price of the “Forever Stamp.” The three-judge panel ruled Friday that the postal service did not give a convincing argument for its decision to increase the price [...]
US President Donald Trump announced Saturday that Hamza bin Laden, son of al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, has been killed. The death of Hamza bin Laden occurred during a US counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region. The incident is important both symbolically and pragmatically, as Hamza bin Laden was in charge of a variety [...]
Purdue Pharma, producer of OxyContin, announced on Sunday that the company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a move designed in part to resolve more than 2,600 lawsuits filed against the company for its alleged role in the opioid crisis. The reorganization of the company through bankruptcy was the first step in the proposed agreement [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday that a stricter air quality rule imposed by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2016 is constitutional under its authority established by the Clean Air Act. The Clean Air Act includes a Good Neighbor provision to address problems of upwind states’ [...]
Plaintiffs Roee and Adiel Kiviti filed a suit on Thursday in Maryland District Court against US State Department and Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, alleging that the State Department has wrongfully refused to grant their infant daughter, K.R.K., US citizenship. Roee and Adiel are naturalized US citizens born in Israel. Roee became a US citizen [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday reinstated a case from the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington accusing the president of violating the Constitution’s emoluments clauses. The case revolves around President Donald Trump allegedly mixing his position as president with his business interests. The accusations against Trump include his [...]
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works RD James on Thursday announced the repeal of the Clean Water Rule. The rule granted federal pollution protections for streams and wetlands. The EPA and the Army claim that the “2015 rule … impermissibly expanded the definition of ‘waters [...]
New York Attorney General Letitia James issued letters Wednesday ordering two New York companies, MeToo Kits and Preserve Group, to cease and desist production of at-home sexual assault kits. Both MeToo Kits and Preserve Group produce and sell at-home kits for the gathering of evidence in sexual assault cases. In her letters, James argued that the [...]
The California Legislature on Wednesday passed a bill known as the Tenant Protection Act of 2019. The bill includes several provisions aimed at protecting tenants. First, it provides that “after a tenant has continuously and lawfully occupied a residential real property for 12 months,” the owner of that property “shall not terminate the tenancy without [...]
145 CEO’s of major American corporations sent a letter to the Senate Thursday urging them to “ a bill to require background checks on all gun sales and a strong Red Flag law that would allow courts to issue life-saving extreme risk protection orders.” “Red Flag” laws allow police or family members to petition for [...]
