The US Supreme Court on Monday blocked the execution of Georgia inmate Keith Tharpe, ordering the federal appeals court in Atlanta to examine claims that a juror voted for the death sentence because Tharpe was black. By a 6-3 vote, the court questioned a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit [...]

The Supreme Court of India agreed Monday to re-examine Section 377 , which criminalizes sex between people of the same sex. In its order, the court noted that, “social morality also changes from age to age,” and that it is necessary for the law to be separate from those changes to uphold the rights guaranteed [...]

The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court Friday to uphold the third version of the administration’s travel ban . This petition comes just over a week after the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld an injunction against the measure. The three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit found that the executive action [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled unanimously Friday that a Baltimore law that requires pro-life pregnancy clinics to post signage in their waiting rooms stating that they do not offer or refer women for abortions, is unconstitutional. The court found the law violates the First Amendment , ruling in favor of [...]

Here’s the international legal news we covered this week: The legal world is a busy place. The Oslo District Court ruled Thursday that the government may allow Arctic drilling. The ruling was a defeat for environmental groups Nature and Youth and Greenpeace Nordic , which had argued that allowing the drilling would violate the country’s [...]

Here’s the domestic legal news we covered this week: The legal world is a busy place. US Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke on Thursday announced plans to make much of the US coast available for potential offshore drilling. Lawyers for US President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a cease and desist letter seeking to [...]

The legal world is a busy place. Here are a few stories we didn’t get to this week that we thought you might be interested in. A new law took effect in Iceland Monday, making it the first country to require equal pay for women. A court in Bangladesh issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for [...]

US Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke on Thursday announced plans to make much of the US coast available for potential offshore drilling. Zinke unveiled a 380-page Draft Proposed Program (DPP) that includes 47 potential leases in 25 of the 26 planning areas. According to Zinke: Today’s announcement lays out the options that are on [...]

The Oslo District Court ruled Thursday that the government may allow Arctic drilling. The ruling was a defeat for environmental groups Nature and Youth and Greenpeace Nordic , which had argued that allowing the drilling would violate the country’s obligations under the Paris Agreement on climate change as well as the Norwegian Constitution . The [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday urged Iranian authorities to investigate all deaths and injuries stemming from the recent protests. The mass protests began in late December in Mashhad, Iran’s second largest city. Originally, protests were rallying against economic policies, but as the protests have spread throughout the country, [...]