The US Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously decided in Dean v. United States that trial courts could consider mandatory minimums when imposing sentences for other underlying offenses. In Dean, the appellant had been convicted of...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday upheld a visa ban on an Iranian student seeking to study in Germany. Sahar Fahimian applied to study sensitive security topics at a University in Germany, but was subsequently...

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases on Monday. Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC focuses on a corporate liability issue. The plaintiffs in the case are victims of...

The California State Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill on Monday that would expand protections for undocumented immigrants by prohibiting state or local law enforcement from using resources to investigate, detain, report or arrest people for immigration...

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memorandum on Monday, ordering the Department of Justice to undertake a comprehensive review of all police reform activities issued during the Obama administration. During the Obama...

The Hungarian National Assembly on Tuesday passed a law in a fast-track process which would require foreign universities to have campuses in Hungary and their home countries.This bill threatens to push out Central...

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday voted to endorse Judge Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court 11-9, setting up a confirmation vote before the full Senate later this week. Committee Chairman Senator Chuck Grassley stated [text,...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments Monday over a Mississippi law dealing with religious objections to same-sex marriage. The Mississippi law would let merchants and government employees cite religious...

The top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) released a statement Friday alleging that recent acts of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could amount to war crimes. According to Fatou Bensouda [official...

Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice reversed a prior ruling to take over the National Assembly on Sunday. The court effectively dissolved the legislature in its decision last Wednesday. The Supreme Court and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro [official...