The Supreme Court of Nebraska on Friday found that provisions of a challenged criminal reform act, Legislative Bill 50 (LB50), are in fact constitutional. LB50, passed in 2023, is just one in a spate of reform legislation enacted in recent years by Nebraska. State Attorney General Michael Hilgers took issue with LB50, arguing the provisions [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday rejected a bid by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to strip deportation safeguards from roughly 350,000 Venezuelans who live and work in the US under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), according to the plaintiffs. The three-judge panel in San Francisco denied DHS’s request to [...]
In August 2021, the world watched as the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, sweeping away two decades of progress toward democracy, human rights and gender equality. While international headlines have since moved on to other crises, millions of Afghan women and girls continue to live under increasingly restrictive policies that have systematically stripped away their [...]
In yet another development within a one-week period in the wrongful deportation case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Thursday denied the Trump administration’s request for an emergency stay of a lower court order demanding Abrego Garcia’s return. Including the Supreme Court, this is now the [...]
Polish President Andrzej Duda sent a bill to the Constitutional Tribunal Thursday for review, seeking to expand on hate crimes provisions by adding sexual orientation, gender and other categories to the list of protected groups. The tribunal will consider whether the bill violates the constitutional right to free speech. The current Polish Penal Code includes [...]
US District Court for the District of Columbia judge James Boasberg on Friday denied an emergency motion to grant a temporary restraining order (TRO) halting deportations under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA). Boasberg denied the ACLU’s request for an immediate ruling mandating that the government give 30 days’ notice before removing individuals under the AEA, [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Thursday held that a Massachusetts law banning the sale, transfer or possession of an assault weapon is not unconstitutional under the Second Amendment to the US Constitution. The case was brought by Massachusetts resident, Joseph Capen, who announced that he was planning on purchasing items [...]
The Russian Supreme Court officially lifted the designation of the Taliban as a terrorist organization on Thursday, marking a significant shift in Moscow’s diplomatic stance toward Afghanistan’s de facto rulers. The move was confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which stated that the decision aims to facilitate the establishment of a “full-fledged partnership” with [...]
The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite, expressed concerns on Thursday over the suspension and disciplinary actions taken against three judges of the Supreme Court of Maldives. The UN expert indicated that these suspensions are aimed at preventing the Supreme Court from reviewing a constitutional amendment announced in November [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland imposed a preliminary injunction on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on Thursday, restricting access to personally identifying data in the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) database. The preliminary injunction comes after Judge Ellen Hollander granted a temporary restraining order on March 20, [...]
