The US Supreme Court held Thursday that a Delaware political independent lacked standing to challenge the state’s “bare majority” and “major party” requirements because he was not “able and ready” to apply for a judicial vacancy. This decision was unanimous, with newly-confirmed Justice Amy Coney Barrett abstaining from participation. The case challenged a Delaware constitutional provision [...]

Facebook is facing antitrust lawsuits initiated Wednesday by the US Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of attorneys general from 46 states, Washington, DC, and Guam. The lawsuits allege that Facebook has abused its position as the “world’s dominant online social network” by acquiring companies to maintain its monopoly over its rivals. The issue arose [...]

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced Wednesday that she had decided to close a preliminary examination into alleged war crimes committed by members of the British Armed Forces in Iraq, despite confirming a “reasonable basis” to find that the crimes did occur. The prosecutor further announced she would not open an investigation. In January 2014 the [...]

The French government Wednesday formally announced its support for a bill aimed at protecting the “principles of the republic.” The new law proposes to strengthen the government’s ability to prosecute extremist religious groups that “present a serious threat to public order.” Critics have expressed concerns that the law is aimed specifically at Muslim groups, but [...]

A mere 9 months after the previous attempt of the UK government to deport en masse to Jamaica, the Home Office yet again attempted to deport Jamaican nationals, some of whom either came as children to the UK, have established families in the UK or fear for their life should they be returned to Jamaica. [...]

Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), the former astronaut and rising political star, was sworn in December 2, marking the end of an astonishingly long period (two years plus three months) during which the people of Arizona were deprived of their constitutional right to elect one of their two U.S. senators. It is an outrage that it [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-0 Thursday in Tanzin v. Tanvir Thursday that federal officials can be personally sued for violating a person’s First Amendment right to religious freedom under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). The case concerned two Muslim respondents whom federal agents placed on the no-fly list after the men refused to [...]

The US Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sanctions Wednesday on former Kyrgyz Customs Service deputy Raimbek Matraimov for his role in a $700 million money-laundering scheme. The Treasury also announced sanctions on two other individuals and three companies. According to the department, Matraimov was involved in a company’s evasion of custom fees [...]

The Nevada Supreme Court Tuesday confirmed a lower court’s dismissal of US President Donald Trump’s suit to overturn the state’s presidential results. Joe Biden won the presidential election vote in Nevada, which has six votes in the Electoral College, by 33,596 votes in the November 3 election. The president’s legal team challenged the results in [...]

The US Supreme Court heard its final oral arguments of the year on Wednesday in the consolidated case of Collins v. Mnuchin. The issues being assessed in this case are whether the structure of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) violates the separation of power doctrine, and whether “the courts must set aside a final [...]