The US asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Monday to dismiss a case brought by Iran seeking to lift sanctions. The US argued that Iran improperly brought the case before the court, as the case’s subject matter does not fall within the Treaty of Amity and cannot be a violation. The case, originally brought [...]

US violent crime rates decreased 15 percent in 2019, according to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) latest National Criminal Victimization Survey (NCVS) report on Monday. The decrease in the rate of violent crime from 2018 to 2019 reverses a four-year increase. This represents a drop from 1.4 million victims of violent crimes to [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday reversed a judgment that prevented New York state from collecting over $600 million from drug companies in its attempt to combat the ongoing opioid crisis. The decision concerns New York’s Opioid Stewardship Act (OSA), which Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law in 2018. The [...]

On September 2, 2020, US Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo announced United States sanctions of ICC officials and its prosecutor Ms. Fatou Bensouda. Based on this sanction, their possible assets in the US will be frozen, and access to the American financial system is barred. The reason for this sanction is because the ICC continues to [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania ruled Monday that Governor Tom Wolf’s closing of “non-life-sustaining” businesses and restrictions on gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic were unconstitutional. Butler, Greene, Fayette and Washington counties sued the governor, claiming the shutdown orders were unconstitutional. The court held that “(1) the congregate [...]

As the COVID-19 cases continue to rise at an exponential pace in India even after the sweeping federal lockdown, the Parliament of the country has commenced the Monsoon Session which runs from 14th September to 1st October this year. The decision by the Secretariats of both the Houses of the Indian Parliament to dispense with the [...]

A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked the US Postal Service (USPS) from sending election notices to Colorado households that state officials claimed contain “patently false information” about the 2020 election process in Colorado. The USPS claimed that the notices help voters understand the mail-in process. However, Colorado’s secretary of state criticized the notices as [...]

Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court Loretta Rush tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. According to a press release from the court, Rush was infected with COVID-19 after coming into contact with a family member who also had the virus. Rush has self-quarantined since discovering her family member tested positive for COVID-19. She will [...]

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Sunday to lower drug prices. The purpose of the order is to cap the amount that Medicare would pay for pharmaceutical drugs relative to the prices paid by other nations. The cap is set at the lowest price of the drug that other nations have bargained with [...]

Iranian officials wrestler executed Navid Afkari Saturday for his alleged involvement with a murder of a security agent during August 2018 against Iran’s Shiite theocracy. The execution followed after Iran televised Afkari’s confession last week. International human rights advocates suspect that the confession was coerced because the confession resembled those found in a report by [...]