The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that due process requires the US government to provide timely notice when it denies visa applications that implicate the constitutional rights of a US citizen. Circuit Judge Kermit Lipez wrote the opinion of the three-judge panel, and Circuit Judge Kenneth Lee dissented. The case [...]

The Kremlin Wednesday announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed legislation ratifying the accession of the Kherson region, the Zaporozhye region, the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic to the Russian Federation. Under the laws, each region is a “New Constituent Entity of the Russian Federation” based on the “free and voluntary [...]

Former US president Donald Trump petitioned the Supreme Court Tuesday as part of his ongoing dispute with the Department of Justice (DOJ) over documents seized at Mar-a-Lago. The DOJ executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago in August, seizing roughly 11,000 documents. This dispute involves 103 of those documents bearing classification markings. On August 22, Trump’s [...]

Article 27 of the Iranian Constitution states that protesters are permitted to gather and march so long as weapons aren’t involved, their message is not anti-Islamic, and they first obtain permission from the Interior Ministry. But while protest may be legal in theory, practice points to a very different reality. The Interior Ministry has not [...]

What rights should we have in a society increasingly being scrutinized, monitored, and controlled via the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)? That’s a good question. To address this thorny and unresolved legal issue, the US White House released on October 4, 2022, a white paper informally referred to as an AI Bill of Rights, which more [...]

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt Tuesday signed SB3XX into law, which will withhold funds from healthcare facilities owned by the University Hospitals Authority (UHA) or University Hospitals Trust performing “gender reassignment medical treatment.” The law also appropriates funds provided to the state through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to the UHA. The law threatens to [...]

The US Supreme Court Tuesday heard oral arguments in Merrill v. Milligan to determine whether Alabama’s 2021 redistricting plan for the US House of Representatives violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The lawsuit first arose back in November 2021 when Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed the congressional plan allowing one majority Black [...]

The US Supreme Court Monday granted certiorari in nine new cases, including two cases on liability shields for online platforms. In Gonzalez v. Google, the court is asked to consider the scope of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which broadly shields online platforms from liability for content posted by the platforms’ users. Reynaldo [...]

The European Court of Human Rights Tuesday ruled that Belgium did not violate the rights of a person suffering from depression by allowing her to proceed with a medically assisted euthanasia procedure but did violate the right to life by failing to conduct a proper investigation. In 2012, 64-year-old Godelieva de Troyer decided to end [...]

Former Deputy United States Attorney General and current partner at King & Spalding Sally Yates Monday released a 172-page report detailing “systemic” abuse at all levels of women’s soccer in the US and particularly in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). ESPN Tuesday released a documentary by journalist Lisa Salter echoing the Yates report. Yates [...]