The plaintiffs involved in California’s 2010 landmark same-sex marriage case Tuesday asked the US Supreme Court to not block the public release of the court video recording the case, in which the state’s same-sex marriage ban was overturned. The Supreme Court is currently deciding on a challenge by the original proponents of Proposition 8 to [...]
The Judicial Conference of the United States‘ Tuesday released its March meeting notes which endorsed a proposal to provide free public access to court documents on the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) service. The US Judicial Conference has multiple committees whose role is to review issues and then provide the Conference with policy [...]
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin Wednesday ruled that a Milwaukee-based coffee roster cannot file property insurance claims for COVID-19-related income losses. The case stemmed from a dispute between Colectivo Coffee Roasters and their property insurer, Society Insurance. Under the insurance policy, Society would pay for “direct physical loss of or damage” that occurs to Colectivo’s [...]
Ohio’s House of Representatives Wednesday passed a bill that prohibits transgender girls and women from participating on women’s high school and college athletic teams. The Save Women’s Sports Act, HB 151, passed 56 to 28 with Democrats voting in opposition, wasn’t intended to be scheduled for legislators originally. The original text was to amend the [...]
North Carolina State Senators Wednesday advanced legislation that will prohibit public school classroom instruction regarding sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten to third grade. The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina (ACLU) opposed the bill’s advancement, stating that LGBTQ students will be targeted and alienated by its enactment because it restricts what can [...]
Amnesty International Thursday reported that authorities in El Salvador have committed massive human rights violations, including arbitrary detentions and due process’ violations, torture and ill-treatment, under the pretext of an ongoing state emergency. President Nayib Bukele declared an emergency in March after claiming that the nation experienced a sudden rise in homicides by gangs like [...]
Amnesty International Wednesday urged Croatian authorities to release Turkmenistan-born Russian activist Aysoltan Niyazova because she faces a “great risk of suffering serious abuse, including torture and other ill-treatment, should she be extradited to Turkmenistan.’ Niyazov is a member of Pussy Riot, a Russian performance and protest group. Niyazov traveled to Croatia this week to participate in [...]
Smriti Pantha is a fifth-year student at Kathmandu University School of Law in Kathmandu, Nepal. Elections are the hallmark of democratic governance. Nepal held a Local Level Election on 13th May. The successful completion of the election is a victory for the country as it takes a further step forward toward federalism. It is the [...]
The European Commission Wednesday approved Poland’s recovery and resistance plan, an important step toward the release of billions of euros in grants and loans, but the money will not be paid until Warsaw reforms its judiciary. Under the plan Poland will receive 23.9 billion euros in grants and 11.5 billion euros in cheap loans over [...]
US District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman Wednesday granted John Hinckley, the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, freedom from all his remaining restrictions. This unconditional release occurs 41 years after Hinckley’s assassination attempt on President Reagan. In September Judge Friedman stated his intent to release Hinckley from his remaining release restrictions on [...]
