The US Supreme Court denied certiorari on Monday in the Utah Republican Party’s appeal arguing that a 2014 election law unconstitutionally interfered with the party’s right to choose how it selected party nominees for candidacy. The law in question, SB 54, allowed candidates to get their names on the ballot through either the traditional caucus-convention system [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Gage County, Nebraska, of a judgment ordering the county to pay $28 million to six people wrongfully convicted of a 1985 murder. The rejection came following an affirmation by the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in St. Louis, stating the [...]
Chairman of the US House Judiciary Committee, Jerry Nadler, on Monday announced an investigation into allegations of obstruction of justice, public corruption and other abuses of power by President Donald Trump, his associates and members of his administration. As a first step, Nadler announced that the Committee has served 81 agencies, entities and individuals believed to have [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a railroad’s payment to an employee for lost wages due to an on-the-job injury is taxable “compensation” under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act (RRTA). In BNSF Railway Company v. Loos, the justices ruled 7-2 in favor of the Railway Company. BNSF asserted that their payment of lost wages to employee, Michael [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Rimini Street v. Oracle USA, Inc. that Oracle was not entitled to a $12.8 million award for certain litigation expenses beyond what is considered “full costs” of attorneys fees under 28 USC §§ 1821 and 1920. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit previously ruled in Oracle’s [...]
Meng Wanzhou, the Chief Financial Officer of Chinese technology giant Huawei, filed a lawsuit on Friday against the Canadian government, its border agency and federal police, alleging she was “detained, searched and interrogated” for three hours in violation of her constitutional rights. The suit alleges that members of Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Canadian Border [...]
UN housing crisis expert Leilani Farha on Monday criticized human rights leaders who have failed to hold themselves accountable for inadequate housing rights. The UN Special Rapporteur previously urged the leaders of the G-20 summit to address the global housing crisis. Following the summit, Farha presented a report to the UN Human Rights Council in [...]
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, David Boyd, said Monday that air pollution contributes to six million deaths a year. Boyd put out a call for input that was received by over 30 civil society representatives and international organizations who participated in a public consultation in Geneva last October. In order to [...]
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously ruled Thursday that a federal district court improperly limited the scope of a lawsuit alleging that the FBI had illegally targeted mosques and Islamic individuals for surveillance on a basis of religion. The suit, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union [...]
Thailand unanimously passed the Cybersecurity Act on Thursday that gives the government control over the internet. This act permits the National Cybersecurity Committee, led by Thailand’s military, “to summon individuals for questioning and enter private property without court orders in case of actual or anticipated ‘serious cyber threats.'” Another branch of the government can now search and seize [...]
