US President Donald Trump Tuesday signed a pardon for women’s rights leader and American suffragist Susan B. Anthony. The pardon applies to Anthony’s 148-year-old conviction for voting in the 1872 presidential election. Illegal at the time, Anthony received a $100 fine for casting the ballot, which she refused to pay. A leader in the women’s [...]
The US Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday released its final report on Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential Election, finding that the Trump campaign welcomed foreign intrusion that harmed the Clinton campaign. The document revisits much of the information covered in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s 2019 report on Russian interference. However, the Senate Report explores [...]
At the height of a global pandemic, and shortly after the expiration of the CARES Act which provided a temporary safety net to millions of Californians, the Supreme Court of California issued an order denying retroactivity of the 1390 Cal Bar Exam (CBX) cut score to February 2020 applicants who had already met this standard. [...]
As a minority, female, “non- traditional” bar applicant I have never felt so disenfranchised as I do now at the hands of Florida Bar Examiners and the deafening inaction of the Florida Bar and Supreme Court. I have failed this exam by just a few points more than once. I lost a lucrative job over [...]
US Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday reversed his newly implemented US Postal Service (USPS) policies, as several states filed a legal challenge. On Monday both DeJoy and President Donald Trump were sued for defunding the USPS months before millions of Americans were to cast mail-in ballots for the November election. Another lawsuit was filed [...]
The Taiwanese government said Monday that it has revised certain regulations to increase scrutiny of mainland Chinese citizens who are residents of Hong Kong or Macau and seek to relocate to Taiwan, ensuring they do not engage in spying or other illegal acts. The revisions have been made to Regulations Governing Permits for Hong Kong [...]
A federal appeals court on Monday overturned a $21 million judgment awarded to Tiffany & Co against Costco Wholesale for violating the Lanham Act. The original trademark infringement suit alleged that Costco infringed on the Tiffany name by selling diamond engagement rings branded as “Tiffany.” Costco argued that it was using the word “Tiffany” to [...]
The UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Tuesday convicted Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the 2005 assassination of former Lebanon Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and the killing of 21 others in a bombing. The tribunal acquitted the three other defendants, citing insufficient evidence. On February 14, 2005, former prime minister Hariri was traveling in his [...]
Chief Judge David Nye of the US District Court District of Idaho on Monday temporarily blocked the first state law passed to ban transgender women from competing in women’s sports. The lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Idaho in April on behalf of Lindsay Hecox and three other students who [...]
Several individuals sued both President Donald Trump and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Monday over funding of the US Postal Service (USPS) as millions of Americans are expected to take advantage of mail-in voting for the November election. The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, argues that DeJoy’s [...]
