The House Judiciary Committee has quietly announced–in a recent court filing to obtain grand jury materials relating to the Mueller investigation–that it is “conducting an investigation to determine whether to recommend articles of impeachment” against Donald Trump. While this is certainly a welcome development for those who care about the future of our constitutional democracy, there is [...]
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Florida Legal Services, and the Florida Justice Institute filed a suit in the United States District Court Northern District Of Florida in Tallahassee on Thursday calling for an end to solitary confinement as a punishment in Florida’s juvenile detention facilities. The lawsuit filed on behalf of several minor plaintiffs [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has began an investigation into four auto companies that created an agreement with the state of California regarding vehicle-emissions standards, according to Friday reports. The car companies include Ford Motor Co., Honda Motor Co., BMW AG and Volkswagen AG. The California Emissions Pact was a deal between these four [...]
The UK’s House of Lords voted on Friday for legislation that blocks a no-deal Brexit, stymying efforts by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to strongarm the UK into leaving the EU without an exit plan. The legislation counters explicit efforts by Johnson to impede Parliament’s ability to take action ahead of the current October 31 Brexit [...]
Judge Carlton Reeves of the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi ruled Wednesday that the state violated the rights of residents with severe mental illness (SMI) due to its lack of local treatment options. In his decision, Reeves noted that: On paper, Mississippi has a mental health system with an array of [...]
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed into law a bill that requires free legal counsel to be appointed to low-income Californians for any level of legal or physical child custody matters, probate conservatorships and housing-related issues including eviction. The new law requires the California Judicial Council to develop and provide grants, which could be [...]
A judge for the US District Court Eastern District of Virginia held Thursday that the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) does not provide adequate due process procedures to Americans who wish to contest their inclusion on the list. Twenty-three US citizens filed suit alleging an array of injuries arising from their inclusion on the list and [...]
A federal judge found Wednesday that the merger of CVS Health Corp and health insurer Aetna was legal under antitrust law. Judge Richard Leon of the US District Court for the District of Columbia conducted the review and made the approval in response to a Justice Department decision to allow the merger to go forward. [...]
The Report of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, released Wednesday, details human rights violations committed in Burundi since their last report in 2018. These violations include some international crimes and are mainly carried out by members of the youth league of the ruling party called the Imbonerakure. A political and economic crisis has [...]
The UK’s High Court ruled Wednesday that police use of facial recognition technology was legal and did not violate the Human Rights Act or Data Protection legislation. The central issue in this case was the South Wales Police’s (SWP) trial use of facial recognition technology, specifically a project known as AFR Locate. AFR Locate works [...]
