The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the Trump campaign’s attempt to have more than 220,000 absentee ballots discounted. The ruling serves as another blow to the campaign’s legal challenges contesting the results of the November presidential election. The original complaint stated that the Wisconsin vote recount contained “mistakes, irregularities and illegal behavior,” which led to [...]
Australia’s parliament on Thursday approved a law giving the federal government powers to void foreign agreements entered into by state governments, local councils and universities. The law establishes a public register of foreign agreements and empowers the foreign minister to review them and determine whether they are “inconsistent with Australia’s foreign policy objectives.” The Australian [...]
Amazon and Yeti filed suit Thursday against Michael and Karen White, accusing them of selling counterfeit Yeti products on Amazon.com. The suit alleges that the two caused harm to the companies’ customers and the intellectual property rights owned by Yeti over its Rambler products. The suit claims that the Whites began selling counterfeit products in [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday upheld preliminary injunctions blocking implementation of a 2019 rule changing the criteria the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can use in making a public charge inadmissibility determination. The rule changed the definition of “likely to become a ‘public charge'” to include anyone likely to participate [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit Wednesday against the Village of Airmont, New York, for religious discrimination against Orthodox Jews. The complaint explains the history of Airmont, which was found by the Second Circuit to have been created partially to “impose unlawful zoning restrictions” to prevent Orthodox Jews from practicing their religion in [...]
The US Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in Edwards v. Vannoy on whether the Supreme Court’s prior decision in Ramos v. Louisiana applies retroactively to cases on federal collateral review. The Supreme Court held in Ramos earlier this year that criminal defendants have a right to a unanimous jury verdict in state criminal trials under [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday reversed a lower court injunction that had blocked a North Carolina law requiring voters to present photo identification. In 2018 North Carolina voters approved a state constitutional amendment (Art. VI sec. 2(4)) requiring in-person voters to “present photographic identification before voting.” The same year, [...]
The District Court of The Hague began hearings against Royal Dutch Shell on Tuesday in a case brought by 17,379 co-plaintiffs and seven Dutch climate activist groups. The co-plaintiffs, led by Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie), are demanding that Shell reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 45 percent by 2030 compared to 2010 levels, and [...]
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Monday that New Zealand will extend paid sick leave from five days to 10 days. Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood is to bring the bill to extend paid sick leave to the parliament in the coming weeks. Wood cited difficulties arising from COVID-19 sick leave policies as [...]
A panel of the High Court for England and Wales ruled on Monday that children under the age of 16 are probably not capable of providing informed consent when being prescribed puberty-blocking drugs to address gender dysphoria. As such, the high court suspended such clinical treatment for children below 16 unless the parties are able [...]
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