The US Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) can be held generally liable for personal injury claims that arise out of the transit company’s commercial activity. The petitioner, Gary Thacker, suffered severe head injuries and the death of a companion while participating in a fishing tournament in the Tennessee River [...]

The Supreme Court of Kansas ruled on Friday that the state’s Bill of Rights protects personal autonomy, including the right to abortion. In a 6-1 decision, the court upheld a temporary injunction of Senate Bill 95, which prohibits the evacuation and dilation of a fetus during the second trimester, and remanded the case to the trial court [...]

Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd informed the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Wednesday that the US Department of Justice would not permit Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Gore to testify before the committee about the addition of a citizenship question on the upcoming 2020 census, defying a congressional subpoena that demanded his deposition. In [...]

The US Supreme Court held on Wednesday that under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) an ambiguous contract could not compel parties to submit to class arbitration. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court reversed the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Writing the opinion for the majority, Chief Justice Roberts stated that “arbitration is strictly a [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Mozambique on Thursday to investigate and, where appropriate, prosecute local officials who extort money and sexual favors from those seeking aid. In March Cylcone Idai devastated villages in the Manica, Sofala, and Zambezia regions of Mozambique and left more than 1.85 million civilians in need of aid. Despite the UN’s response, [...]

Federal prosecutors brought conspiracy and obstruction charges against a Massachusetts District Court judge and a court officer on Thursday for allegedly helping a man to evade federal immigration officials. The indictment, filed by the Department of Justice in the US District Court of Massachusetts,  accused Judge Shelley M. R. Joseph of conspiring to obstruct justice under 18 [...]

Congressional consideration of “Save the Internet Act” is the most recent battlefront in ongoing legal warfare since the early 2000’s within what is called the network neutrality debate.  On April 10, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Save the Internet Act.” In response, Senate Majority Leader McConnell has claimed that this legislation is [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Indiana on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging Indiana’s new abortion restrictions, which were signed into law by Governor Eric Holcomb on Tuesday. House Enrolled Act 1211 (the Enrolled Act) bans the dilation and evacuation procedure (D&E), which is the abortion procedure used in the vast majority of second [...]

Giffords, a nonprofit started by former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, on Wednesday filed a complaint against Federal Election Commission (FEC) under 52 USC § 30109(a)(8)(A), seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to compel the FEC to act on Giffords’ four administrative complaints regarding the National Rifle Association (NRA). Over the past nine months, Giffords complained that NRA the [...]

Iran’s parliament approved a law Tuesday pronouncing the US Army’s Central Command (CENTCOM) a terrorist organization. The bill was passed in reaction to the US labeling Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organization earlier in April. That was the first time in US history that the US has recognized another country’s military as a [...]