US District Judge Brian Cogan on Wednesday sentenced Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán, known as “El Chapo,” to life in prison plus 30 years and ordered him to forfeit 12.6 billion dollars.  Guzmán ran one of the largest narco-cartels in Mexico and as recently as 2009 was listed on Forbes’ list of the world’s richest [...]

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo publicly designated four members of Myanmar’s military on Tuesday. The public designation, made under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018, means the four individuals and their immediate family members may not enter the US. Pompeo cited gross human rights violations, including [...]

A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked the citizenship question from the 2020 census, likely putting a final end to over 18 months of uncertainty. Judge Jesse Furman of the Southern District of New York wrote in the two-page order that the Director of the Census Bureau or anyone else who may be involved in [...]

Retired US Supreme Court Justice Justice John Paul Stevens died on Tuesday at 99 years old. Stevens was appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1975 and retired in 2010 after serving more than 34 years on the bench. He was known for his evolution into a liberal-leaning judge who authored a number of precedential opinions, [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday reversed a district court decision that had declared certain aspects of three of President Donald Trump’s executive orders on federal employees unlawful. The executive orders at issue regarded “relations between the federal government and its employees.” The first executive order is referred [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union and Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of refugee resettlement organizations and civil rights centers in California against Attorney General William Barr and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan arguing that a new rule barring non-citizens who transit through another country on their way [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a racial gerrymandering decision in Salt Lake City on Tuesday in favor of members of the Navajo Nation. The federal district court first found that San Jose County’s election and school board districts violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution and awarded [...]

Indonesia’s House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the Science and Technology Bill, which imposes criminal charges on foreign researchers if they are found to violate visa regulations, according to a copy obtained by the Jakarta Post. In addition to requiring permits for research, the new law also levies criminal charges against researchers who steal biodiversity [...]

US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Richard Donoghue, announced during a press conference Tuesday that the Department of Justice will not pursue charges against a New York City police officer in the death of Eric Garner. The incident involving police officer Daniel Pantaleo and Eric Garner featured a recorded video of the [...]

The Rent Stabilization Association (RSA) and Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP), along with individual landlords, filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging New York’s new rent laws under Fourth and Fifth Amendment property rights. Last month the New York Senate passed the Housing Stability And Tenant Protections Act of 2019. This Act reformed the previous rent [...]