The joy and amazement Second Amendment supporters felt in July at two Ninth Circuit Appeals Court opinions were dashed in August when, in Pena v. Lindley the Ninth Circuit upheld California’s Unsafe Handgun Act banning purchase of new handguns that lack technology no current gun has and no manufacturer is contemplating. Although the two July opinions [...]
California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill Sunday that would allow past marijuana convictions to be recalled or dismissed if the conviction would no longer violate the law due to the passage of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use Marijuana Act (AUMA). AUMA legalized, among other things, possession of up to 28.5 grams of [...]
A referendum in Macedonia to change the country’s name to “The Republic of North Macedonia” garnered a 94.2 percent “yes” vote Sunday, but only 36.8 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots. Despite the low turnout, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev accepts the result and says he and the government will move forward with bringing the [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday upheld New York’s Zero Emissions Credit (ZEC) program, which provides subsidies to specific nuclear power plants in New York for being greenhouse gas-emission free sources of energy. In the first two years of the program, the FitzPatrick, Ginna and Nine Mile Point nuclear power [...]
An Egyptian court on Sunday ordered the retrial of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and other prominent members from the group after new evidence arose from a February 2015 ruling. State news agency MENA reported that the retrial relates to a case in which “Badie and 14 others were handed life sentences for incitement to [...]
California Governor Jerry Brown signed a net neutrality bill into law Sunday, drawing an immediate lawsuit from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) . The suit alleges that the bill “unlawfully imposes burdens on the Federal Government’s deregulatory approach to the Internet.” US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that “nder the Constitution, states do not regulate [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Friday that Democratic members of Congress may sue President Donald Trump over alleged violations of the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. Under the Foreign Emoluments Clause, federal officials, including the president, are not allowed to accept any foreign “present, Emolument, Office, or [...]
Palestine asserted in an application submitted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday that the recent relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem constitutes a breach of international diplomatic law. In support of its claim, Palestine directed the ICJ to multiple UN General Assembly and Security Council Resolutions affirming the [...]
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-10 Friday to advance Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh for a full vote on the Senate floor. The vote was along party lines, with the 11 committee Republicans voting in favor of Kavanaugh’s advancement and the 10 committee Democrats voting against his advancement. However, Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) said that he would only vote [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday found a Washington county violated the First Amendment when it refused to run an anti-terrorism advertisement on the side of a bus. The American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) sued King County Metro for refusing to run an ad featuring photographs of people exclusively of [...]
