Mississippi civic leaders Monday filed a lawsuit against the Mississippi Supreme Court claiming that the state is violating the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the US Constitution. The civic leaders, who are also citizens of Mississippi,  argue that the drawing of the district lines “used in Mississippi’s State Supreme Court election” dilutes the value of [...]

The Biden Administration Tuesday adopted two new rules that set stricter energy efficiency standards for light bulbs. The Department of Energy’s (DOE) rules will help conserve energy and also help consumers save money on their energy bills. The first rule “establishes a revised definition of general lamps” and the second rule “implements the minimum standard [...]

President Joe Biden Tuesday pardoned three convicted felons – Abraham Bolden Sr., Betty Jo Bogans and Dexter Jackson – and commuted the prison sentences of 75 others. The individuals granted clemency came at the recommendation of the Department of Justice’s pardon attorney. The first to be pardoned was Abraham Bolden Sr., a former Secret Service [...]

A Kansas district court Monday struck down a Republican-drawn congressional map and declared the Kansas Constitution prohibits political gerrymandering. The proposed congressional map would have made it harder for the state’s only Democrat to win reelection next year. The judge ordered legislators to draft another map. The Kansas lawsuit was first filed in February 2022 when [...]

Norwegian police Monday arrested 20 Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion activists near Asgardstrand for blocking a tanker from delivering Russian oil to an Exxon Mobil terminal. Police took all 20 activists into custody. The activists traveled in kayaks and boats and blocked the oil tanker Ust Luga from offloading oil by chaining themselves to its anchor. [...]

Over the past ten years the world of international investigations has changed. With the advent of a more expansive web with Google, the worldwide reach of social media, the private use of various highly technical equipment from satellites to ground and infra-red sensors, among many methods of data collection, to include data mining and even [...]

Seven residents of Llano County, Texas Monday filed a federal lawsuit against elected officials and library leaders regarding restricted access to and removal of library books. The plaintiffs alleged that defendants violated the First Amendment “by ordering the restriction and removal of library books that they subjectively disagreed with or disliked” and the Fourteenth Amendment [...]

The US Supreme Court Monday heard oral arguments for Kennedy v. Bremerton School District and Nance v. Ward. In Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, the court will decide whether a public school employee has the right, under the First Amendment, to pray in view of students on the football field.  Joe Kennedy, who was employed as [...]

The US Supreme Court Monday granted certiorari to two cases, Reed v. Goertz and Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company, which focus on statute of limitations and personal jurisdiction issues. In Reed, petitioner Rodney Reed asked the court to decide when “the statute of limitations begins to run for an action under 42 U.S.C. § [...]

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Monday granted a stay of execution for Melissa Lucio, who was scheduled to be executed on April 27 for the 2007 capital murder of her two-year-old daughter. The trial court will review new evidence to determine if she is innocent. Lucio maintains that she was wrongfully convicted. Lucio’s daughter, [...]