The government of Argentina made changes to the country’s immigration laws on Monday that will make the deportation of alleged criminals easier and restrict entry for those with an outstanding criminal case in other countries, according to a post in its Official Bulletin . In explaining the need for the changes, the posting cites a [...]

US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order aimed at reducing the number of federal regulations. The executive order requires two regulations to be eliminated for every new one created and caps the costs of new regulations, which, according to White House officials, will spur economic growth. According to the executive order: Unless [...]

The attorneys general of 16 states, plus the District of Columbia, issued a joint statement on Sunday calling US President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration “un-American.” The attorneys general pledged to “work together to ensure the federal government obeys the Constitution, respects our history as a nation of immigrants, and does not unlawfully target [...]

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte , who was elected last May after campaigning on a promise to be extremely harsh on drug users , announced the suspension of the island nation’s “war on drugs” during a press conference Sunday night. In a statement to reporters on Monday, Philippines National Police chief Ronald dela Rosa confirmed that [...]

Turkey threatened to scrap an agreement with Greece on refugees and migrants on Friday if eight soldiers from Turkey are not retried in Greece. The soldiers fled Turkey for Greece following last year’s failed coup. Greece’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Turkey’s extradition request, saying they feared for the soldiers’ lives. In response to the [...]

A three-judge panel for the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin ordered the state legislature on Friday to redraw legislative district lines by November 1. The panel’s decision, which they stated was to spare the state voters from further enduring the current “unconstitutional reapportionment scheme,” was celebrated by state Democrats. However the [...]

The US District Court for the Western District of Texas continued the suspension of a Texas health department regulation on Friday which would require the burial or cremation of all fetal remains in Texas. The regulation is on hold until further notice and the constitutionality of the regulation will be determined at an upcoming trial. [...]

The US District Court for the Eastern District of NY in an emergency ruling Saturday stayed the execution, until further notice, of an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump , which would restrict access to the US for visa holders and refugees from certain countries. Trump signed the executive order: ‘Protecting the Nation [...]

Maine Governor Paul LePage on Friday signed the marijuana moratorium bill into law, just three days before recreational marijuana becomes legal in Maine. The bill allows personal marijuana use but restricts retail sales for one year, at which time the governor and legislature will have had time to set out a proper regulatory structure for [...]

Following Twitter’s release of two warrantless surveillance orders published on Friday, some legal experts have said the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) may have overstepped current legal guidelines for acquiring certain internet data. The two orders released by the social media site, known as national security letters (NSLs), requested certain data that could include email [...]