Four environmental advocacy groups and one Native American organization Monday sued the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), alleging the agency failed to undertake a thorough environmental impact analysis after a SpaceX rocket exploded in Boca Chica, Texas last month. The complaint alleges the FAA violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) which requires federal agencies to [...]
Montana Representative Zooey Zephyr Monday filed a complaint against the state to remove the ban currently preventing her from entering the house floor and speaking during debate. The ACLU of Montana, one of the parties who assisted in filing the lawsuit, argued the house did not have authority to silence Zephyr. The ACLU argued that, [...]
Australian federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus Monday announced that $14.7 million will be dedicated to improving sexual assault laws across the country. Dreyfus stated that the main focus is on ensuring the criminal justice system and process do not further harm sexual assault victims. The funding will be delivered in two stages. Stage one will see [...]
University staff across Australia are striking from Monday as academics protest for improved job security, manageable workloads and wages in line with the increased cost of living. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) Monday announced the National Week of Action for Better Universities and Better Workplaces, which will see university staff partake in demonstrations, enterprise [...]
A Missouri judge Monday temporarily blocked an emergency rule that would have required people seeking gender-affirming care to first receive over a year of therapy among other prerequisites. The case is in the Missouri Circuit Court of the County of St. Louis. The ACLU of Missouri filed Southampton Community Healthcare v. Bailey to allow the [...]
Trump attorney Joe Tacopina Monday requested and was denied a mistrial in columnist E. Jean Carroll’s civil sexual assault suit against the former President. Tacopina made the request in an 18-page letter alleging that District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who has presided over the trial since it started last week, has made “pervasive unfair and prejudicial [...]
The Israel Supreme Court Sunday held that non-Jewish children adopted by Jewish parents will no longer have to go through Orthodox conversions. This practice was based on Section 5 of Israel’s Child Adoption Law, 5571-1981, which required the religion of the adoptive parents and the child to be the same. The court instead opted for a [...]
The Government of Canada’s Treasury Board and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Monday announced that they have reached a tentative agreement for more than 120,000 public service workers to end their strike and return to work. However, around 35,000 employees of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) are to remain on strike as Canadian [...]
The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider a case challenging the authority of federal agencies to create regulations. Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, concerns a group of herring fishermen who are being required by the National Marine Fisheries Service to pay the salaries of monitors who are required to ride along on fishing boats. [...]
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Friday issued findings concerning human rights in Argentina, Niger, the Philippines, Portugal, the Russian Federation and Tajikistan, reviewing their performance under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The report found a series of racial inequities throughout the countries reviewed. Argentina [...]
