An Egyptian appeals court on Wednesday overturned the November 22 decree by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi which dismissed Prosecutor-General Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud. Morsi had removed Mahmoud from office following the acquittal of some who had been charged with murdering protesters against the rule of then-president Hosni Mubarak during the uprising which brought Morsi to power. The [...]

Egyptian authorities on Tuesday extradited two former Libyan officials from the regime of Muammar Gaddafi , ex-Cairo ambassador Ali Maria, and another ex-official, Mohammed Ibrahim Gadhafi, back to their home country. Both were arrested on corruption charges a week ago with Gaddafi’s cousin Ahmed Qaddaf al-Dam, who was arrested at his home in central Cairo [...]

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell signed into law Monday legislation requiring voters in the state present photo identification prior to voting. The governor signed two bills which established the new ID standards for elections. SB 1256 requires that voters present a photo ID that lists their address, such as a driver’s license, passport or workplace photo [...]

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North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple on Tuesday signed three laws, HB 1305, HB 1456 and SB 2305 , which impose the nation’s most severe restrictions on abortion. These new laws, respectively, ban abortion for the purpose of gender selection or genetic abnormalities, ban abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected, and require that any physician [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Florida v. Jardines that an alert from a narcotics detection dog on the front porch of suspect’s house constitutes a search within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment . The ruling upheld the Florida Supreme Court , which held that evidence gathered pursuant to search warrant obtained based [...]

The Maryland Senate on Monday voted 29-18 to approve a bill that would substantially expand the availability of driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants residing in the state. To be eligible to receive a driver’s license, the applicant must provide proof of having filed Maryland state income tax returns for the previous two years, or being [...]

Congolese war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda denied charges at his first appearance before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday. Ntaganda is accused of 10 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, pillage, using child soldiers and other crimes. After a court official read out the charges , Ntaganda said he [...]

The Maryland House of Delegates on Monday approved a bill to legalize medical marijuana by a vote of 108-28. The bill would also create a state commission to manage medical marijuana programs at participating academic medical research centers. While the amount of distribution centers that would be created is uncertain, neither the University of Maryland [...]

Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe on Monday vetoed a bill that would have required citizens to show photo identification prior to voting. The requirement of photo ID for casting a ballot additionally calls for Arkansas to provide free photo IDs to voters without such items. Beebe rejected the bill citing unnecessary costs faced by taxpayers, the [...]