The New York State Assembly passed Assembly Bill A6653 Tuesday, which allows for the state of New York to prosecute individuals pardoned for federal crimes. The bill allows the state of New York to prosecute individuals who have been issued presidential pardons with some significant relationship to the president who issued the pardons. The bill [...]
The State of California and California High-Speed Rail Authority filed a complaint Tuesday against the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for de-obligating nearly $1 billion previously allocated to a high-speed rail project in the California Central Valley. According to the complaint, California has been pursuing a high-speed rail plan since 1993 to link Los Angeles [...]
US District Judge Lucy Koh of the Northern District of California ruled late Tuesday against Qualcomm in an antitrust suit filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The suit, originally filed in 2017, aimed to end what the FTC described as “anti-competitive business practices” on the part of Qualcomm. Qualcomm is a major producer of [...]
The Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and fast-food workers coalition Fight for $15 filed 23 complaints against McDonald’s Tuesday centering around incidents of harassment, abuse and retaliation against employees of the fast-food giant. Of the 23 complaints, 20 were filed with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), while the remaining three [...]
The US House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday issued two subpoenas for the testimony of former Donald Trump aides Hope Hicks and Annie Donaldson. This comes hours after former White House Counsel Donald McGahn did not show up to testify at Trump’s request. McGahn is a key witness in the obstruction charges against Trump; he was allegedly [...]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator Tim Kaine introduced a bill Monday that would raise the minimum age for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 21. The bill is called the “Tobacco-Free Youth Act” and would establish a minimum age of 21 for sale of tobacco products. The law would apply to any tobacco [...]
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović released a report Tuesday detailing the abuses by the Hungarian government towards asylum-seekers following her visit in February. The report finds that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has continued to promote xenophobic policies under the guise of addressing an immigration crisis. Refugees held at transit zones [...]
India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking changes to the country’s election result verification rules. The writ petition, filed by a collective of technocrats called “Tech4All,” had sought a change in election result verification rules. It called for the introduction of “100% random physical counting” of the Electronic Voting Machine-Voter [...]
The Texas House on Monday approvedSB 1978, “relating to the protection of membership in, affiliation with, and support provided to religious organizations.” The bill was proposed to the Senate three months after the San Antonio city Council voted to ban Chick-fil-A from the airport due to anti-LGBTQ statements and actions. The proposed bill seeks to [...]
Police in Sri Lanka have arrested a bureaucrat attached to a parliamentary department for “aiding and abetting” Zahran Hashim, a suicide bomber allegedly responsible for one of multiple bomb attacks targeting churches and hotels across the country last month. Hundreds of people, including foreigners, were killed and injured in the terrorist bombings, in some of [...]
