The UK parliament voted Wednesday to move the date of the next parliamentary general election up from May 7, 2020 to June 8, 2017. The motion was approved by a vote of 522 to 13, which exceeded the necessary two-thirds vote to hold an early election. The conservative party currently has a small majority in [...]

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday that the Trump administration will have “zero tolerance for gang violence” from transnational criminal organizations such as MS-13, in remarks made to the Organized Crime Council and the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF). The gang Mara Salvatrucha , or MS-13, was formed in the 1980’s in [...]

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a lawsuit against the founder of the website The Daily Stormer. SPLC filed the suit on behalf of a Montana woman who claims to have been targeted by the website with an anti-Semitic harassment campaign. According to the suit, the founder Andrew Anglin published over 30 articles encouraging [...]

A new plaintiff joined a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York Tuesday accusing the current administration of unfair business practices by violating the Emoluments Clauses of the Constitution. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) is a non profit organization who is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit that alleges foreign payments [...]

Arizona Governor Doug Doucey on Monday signed into law a “Blue Lives Matter” law imposing stricter penalties on assaulting, even off duty, police officers. The bill creates new maximum and minimums for offenses against police officers and supporters of the bill, such as Sen. Steve Smith, R-Maricopa, have said it is a measure “to protect [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in Coventry Health Care of Missouri, Inc. v. Nevils that a Missouri statute, which served to expand insurance benefits for federal employees, is preempted under federal law. Under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959 (FEHBA), the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is authorized to contract with [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in Kokesh v. Securities and Exchange Commission and Henson v. Santander Consumer USA, Inc. . In Kokesh, the court is asked to decide whether the five-year statute of limitations in 28 U.S.C. § 2462 applies to claims for “disgorgement.” Under this statute of limitations, “enforcement of [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday held unanimously in Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger that a monetary sanction of bad faith conduct is limited to the fees the innocent party incurred because of the conduct. Justice Kagan delivered the opinion of the court. We hold that such an order is limited to the [...]

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed Senate Bill 10 , legalizing the medicinal use of a marijuana extract, into law Monday. The bill, which was passed by both houses of the Wisconsin legislature earlier this year, allows patients to receive Cannabidiol from a physician or pharmacy with a prescription. The oil, which contains THC common in [...]

Russian authorities say they have detained, and obtained a confession from, a man linked to a terrorist metro bombing in St. Petersburg that killed 14 passengers. The Russian Federal Security Service says that Abror Azimov pled guilty to planning the attack. Officials say that, for his part, Azimov says that he does not object to [...]