The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday that it will file charges for misdemeanor contempt-of-court against Arizona Sheriff Joseph Arpaio. Arpaio is being charged for violating a court order that required him to end his immigration patrols. A judge found that his immigration patrols were illegal because they racially profiled Hispanics. Arpaio claims [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that the 2007 detention of political activist and chess champion Garry Kasparov by Russian authorities was illegal. Kasparov was detained in Moscow for five hours while trying to board a flight. Kasparov was traveling to Samara to attend an opposition rally at the EU-Russia summit. The [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is unconstitutional, holding that too much power is vested in its director, Richard Cordray. The ruling came in a suit brought by the PHH Corporation (PHH) in 2015, seeking to vacate a [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in three cases. In the three consolidated cases of Ziglar v. Turkmen, Ashcroft v. Turkmen and Hasty v. Turkmen , the court will decide whether government officials can be held liable for the decisions made in the wake of the September 11 attacks. These cases center on [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the death sentence of an Oklahoma man convicted of killing his girlfriend and her two children. During sentencing, the prosecution had asked three members of the victim’s family to recommend a sentence to the jury, to which the defendant objected. The judge permitted the family members to do [...]

Maina Kiai , UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, warned Tuesday that the Egyptian government “seems to be systematically attacking civil society in an effort to silence its voice.” Specifically targeting non-governmental organizations and human rights defenders, the Egyptian government has continued to crackdown on rights that has persisted since [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard argument in the cases of Samsung Electronics Co. v. Apple, Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado and Manrique v. United States . In Samsung Electronics, Samsung Corporation challenged a $400 million verdict in Apple’s favor that held Samsung’s copying of the graphical user interface and front screen of the iPhone infringed [...]

The Brazil Chamber of Deputies on Monday voted in favor of a constitutional amendment that would limit government spending to counteract the country’s alarming economic downturn. The Brazilian population has been struggling with rising unemployment rates and an overwhelming recession, and government efforts to stabilize the economy and decrease national debt have been restrained by [...]

A federal judge on Monday partially granted a request by the Florida Democratic Party to extend the state’s voter registration deadline in light of Hurricane Matthew evacuations. The party filed a federal lawsuit on Sunday against Governor Rick Scott requesting that the deadline be extended a full week to give citizens ample opportunity to register. [...]

A federal judge on Friday signed an order permanently preventing Louisiana from enforcing a state law that required websites to age-verify every Internet user before providing access to non-obscene material that could be deemed harmful to any minor. The 2015 Louisiana law required that “any person or entity in Louisiana that publishes material harmful to [...]