The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday blocked the White House’s 30-day suspension of reporter Brian Karem’s press pass for a heated exchange with Sebastian Gorka, another reporter. The three-judge panel unanimously ruled that Karem would likely succeed on his due process claim because he did not have fair [...]

The Burundi constitutional court on Thursday upheld the presidential election of retired general Evariste Ndayishimiye. The controversial election occurred in May and marked the country’s first competitive presidential election since 1993. According to voter results, Ndayishimiye won the election with 69 percent of the votes. However, Agathon Rwasa, who supposedly won 24 percent of the [...]

Members of the Minneapolis City Council announced Sunday that a veto-proof majority of the Council is committed to dismantling the current system of policing in Minneapolis. The announcement at a rally in Powderhorn Park came following several days of protests after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer. Minneapolis City Council President Lisa [...]

The Law firm of Dorsey and Whitney announced Tuesday that it would be ending its long-standing relationship with the Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office. For more than forty years the firm had assisted the city with prosecuting misdemeanor cases. However, in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, [...]

Eighteen states and the District of Columbia filed suit against the U.S. Department of Education and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos over the new, finalized Title IX rule Thursday. Seventeen states and D.C. jointly filed in a D.C. federal court, while New York filed separately in the Southern District of New York. Both cases allege [...]

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals vacated an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that exempts importers from reporting products with mercury-containing components. The court concluded that such an exception works against the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2607(b)(10), which requires manufacturers to report products that contain mercury. The court was concerned that by [...]

A federal judge for the district of Colorado issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the Denver Police Department (DPD) on Friday. The TRO was issued in response to a complaint filed by four Denver residents on Thursday. The four have participated in protests in Denver following the May 25 death of George Floyd in [...]

The New York State Legislature is convening next week to respond to the public’s demand for criminal justice reform. During this session, the legislature must repeal Section 50-A of the New York Civil Rights Law, which has blocked public disclosure of officer misconduct records. While this step will not cure the systemic racism and violence [...]

1.  There’s something happening here; What it is ain’t exactly clear On Sunday, May 31, 2020, I posted on my Facebook that we should expect the repression to come soon. And almost like predictable clockwork, the repression started the next day. We can note the teargassing and flash grenading of peaceful demonstrators and international press [...]

The US Department of Transportation on Wednesday indefinitely suspended all Chinese carriers from flying to and from the US, effective June 16. This order most impacts Air China, China’s flag carrier airline, which frequently flies schedules between China and the US. “ U.S. carriers to exercise the full extent of their bilateral right to conduct [...]