The US Supreme Court held Wednesday in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassaid that a California regulation granting labor organizations a “right to take access” to an agricultural employer’s property to solicit support for unionization constitutes a per se taking. The case stems from a decades-old California regulation that allows union organizers to meet with farmworkers [...]

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously in Lange v. California that, under the Fourth Amendment, pursuit of a fleeing misdemeanor suspect does not always or categorically qualify as an exigent circumstance justifying warrantless entry into a home. Arthur Gregory Lange was driving home when a California highway patrol officer began following him with the [...]

US Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland on Tuesday announced a Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, seeking to provide a “comprehensive renew of the troubled legacy of federal boarding school policies.” The announcement came during Haaland’s remarks at the National Congress of American Indians 2021 Mid Year Conference. Through the 1960s, the US enacted [...]

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged the UN and member countries to pressure Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega to stop alleged human rights abuses, including a crackdown on opposition figures ahead of the presidential election in November. According to the report, the period leading up to November’s elections has seen Ortega launch a campaign of arbitrary [...]

The Boston Globe has a new series on Future Proofing the Presidency, making a case for prosecution of former President Donald Trump. Just for the record, in DC the basic Presidential criminality approach is: 1) The President gets an interpretation of the law from a lawyer somewhere such as in the Office of Legal Counsel [...]

The Indian government on Wednesday has proposed a new set of amendments to Consumer Protection (E-commerce) Rules, 2020 in response to complaints of unfair trade practices in the Indian e-commerce ecosystem. The new amendments will primarily curtail “back-to-back” and “flash” sales, where the seller allows for the commencement of such sales despite lacking the capability [...]

The 21st century has witnessed significant and progressive changes with regard to the rights and acceptance of the LGBTQIA+ community, with various legislations and policies being enacted/repealed for the protection of queer persons, and the increasing acceptance of sexualities and sexual orientations, other than those that have been indoctrinated as ‘normal’. This has also helped [...]

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed legislation Tuesday legalizing cannabis for adult-use, in an effort to uplift those hardest hit by the failed “War on Drugs.” Senate Bill 1201 aimed to promote “responsible and equitable” regulation of cannabis use by making Connecticut the eighteenth US state to legalize recreational adult use of marijuana. Connecticut’s Senate passed [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Wednesday that Pennsylvania public school officials violated the First Amendment when they suspended a high school cheerleader for posting offensive images on Snapchat. After failing to make the varsity cheerleading team, former Mahanoy High School student, Brandi Levy, vented in a couple of Snapchat posts while visiting a local [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition for certiorari to review a ruling from the Ninth Circuit that ordered the Union Pacific Railroad and others to pay part of a $16.5 million cleanup of a California Superfund site. The case revolves around differing interpretations of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act [...]