The Venezuelan National Assembly ] declared on Sunday that there is a breakdown of constitutional order and that the government had staged a coup by blocking an attempt to remove President Nicolás Maduro...
The Spanish Constitutional Court on Thursday overturned the bullfighting ban in Catalonia. The court reasoned that governmental intrusion into state ordered and sponsored entertainment undermines individual states' rights to maintain common cultural heritage—bullfighting...
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday acquitted 14 of the 31 individuals convicted of burning more than 30 people to death in the 2002 post-Godhra Sardarpura massacre, while maintaining the sentences of the rest. The High...
A former Chinese senior energy official who had hoarded 200 million yuan ($29.99 million) has been given a suspended death sentence after being convicted of corruption. Wei Pengyuan, who had been the deputy director of the coal department at the...
The Bahrain Court of Cassation on Monday overturned the sentence of Shiite opposition leader Ali Salman , who had been convicted for inciting hatred and encouraging violent regime change and sentenced to multiple years imprisonment ....
Judge Douglas L. Rayes on the Arizona District court ruled on Tuesday that he will not accept the Democratic National Committee's argument and require Arizona to accept provisional ballots from outside a voter's home precinct. Feldman et al v....
The High Court of the United Kingdom heard arguments today about the constitutionality of the Brexit referendum that occurred in June. The case centers around the question of whether it is constitutional in the UK for the Prime...
The Ethiopian government declared a national state of emergency on Sunday. This is the first time that a state of emergency has been declared in the country in 25 years, since the ruling party came into power. Prime...
The Federal Supreme Court of Iraq ruled Monday against Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's proposal to eliminate the mainly ceremonial roles of Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister. The court reasoned that these roles are...
Three transgender students in the Pine-Richland school district in Western Pennsylvania filed suit Thursday against the school district for their decision to implement gender specific restrooms. After months of deliberation, the school district decided last month to return to...
