Former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli was extradited to Panama Monday to face four charges of illegally monitoring private communications, and for embezzling over $10 million in public funds. The extradition honored a 1905 treaty . Martinelli fled Panama in January 2015. The Supreme Court of Justice of the Republic of Panama issued an arrest warrant [...]
Four days after the New Jersey legislature passed Assembly Bill 4111 through both houses, Governor Phill Murphy signed the bill into law on Monday. Starting Thursday, the state will implement sports betting in licensed casinos and racetracks. According to the announcement, New Jersey expects to raise approximately $13 million in the first full year on [...]
A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order requiring a Washington correctional facility to provide four inmates with nutritional diets for the remainder of Ramadan, the holy month in which Muslims abstain from eating or drinking between dawn and sunset. The temporary order was necessary due to the immediacy of the concern. The inmates had [...]
In a per curiam opinion Monday, an equally divided US Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Washington v. United States . The court was to determine whether road culverts that reduce fish habitat in Washington state violate a Native American fishing treaty, but said that [...]
Several organizations presented a report Monday to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) concerning crimes against humanity committed from 2008-2010 by the Mexican Army known as the Chihuahua Joint Operation (CHJO). The report outlines the murders, torture, sexual violence and forced disappearances of more than 121 victims committed by the [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that upon denial of class certification, a member of a class action suit may not commence a new class action on behalf of others beyond the time allowed by the applicable statute of limitations. In China Agritech, Inc., v. Resh , the court determined that a series of [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Monday that a Minnesota revocation-on-divorce law—which automatically redirects life-insurance payments to secondary beneficiaries, such as children, if the primary is an ex-spouse—is not a violation of the constitution’s contracts clause. Sveen v. Melin questioned whether a man’s ex-wife or his adult children were the rightful beneficiaries of the proceeds [...]
In a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court ruled Monday that an Ohio law that uses voter inactivity as a reason to remove names from the voter registration list is not unconstitutional. Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute challenged the state’s voter registration maintenance policy, which permits the government to remove individuals from the voter [...]
California was the 5th state to explicitly permit mentally competent terminally ill patients to obtain a prescription from their physician for medication the patient may ingest to achieve a peaceful death, a medical practice known as aid in dying. This option appeals to some patients who find themselves trapped in a protracted dying process, where [...]
Prosecutors added new obstruction of justice charges Friday against President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort, his third indictment since Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to probe into possible Russian influence in US political affairs. The charges also include the addition of a new defendant—Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian partner of Manafort’s—for trying to [...]
