The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a stay to Russell Bucklew who was scheduled to be executed that evening. The brief order stayed the execution pending a writ of certiorari to the court because of...
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Supreme Court stays Missouri execution over dissent of four justices
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Supreme Court declines to hear Arizona challenge to dreamer drivers license ruling
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France ex-president taken into custody on illegal campaign finance allegations
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Europe rights court rejects Ireland’s request to revise torture judgment
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UN rights expert reports deteriorating health care in Palestine
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Supreme Court hears arguments on California abortion disclosure law
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Federal judge dismisses Tennessee challenge to refugee resettlement program
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Supreme Court: state courts have jurisdiction over securities class actions
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Scotland court orders hearing on referring Brexit withdrawal question to ECJ
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Amnesty warns China’s new Supervision Law ‘a systematic threat to human rights’
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The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an Arizona challenge to a US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision barring the state from refusing to issue drivers licenses to recipients...
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was taken into custody Tuesday morning for questioning regarding allegations that he received millions of euros in illegal campaign financing from former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi . The questioning...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday rejected a request made by Ireland to find that the "Hooded Men" previously detained by the UK had suffered torture. Dismissing the request 6-1, the ECHR...
An independent UN human rights expert on Tuesday submitted a report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva highlighting Israel's failure to ensure the health and welfare of Palestinians living under their control. Michael Lynk, the current Special...
The US Supreme Court heard oral argument on Tuesday concerning the constitutional validity of California's Reproductive Fact Act , which has been challenged on First and Fourteenth Amendment grounds. The Act requires...
A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Tennessee on Monday dismissed an action by the state of Tennessee against the federal refugee resettlement program. The plaintiffs on behalf of the state of Tennessee asserted...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (SLUSA) did not strip state courts of jurisdiction over class action lawsuits under the 1933 Securities Act . The...
A three-judge panel of the Inner House of the Scotland Court of Session on Tuesday ordered a hearing on whether a referral may be made to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the...
Amenesty International on Tuesday warned that China's new Supervision Law is a "systemic threat to human rights." The stated purpose of the new law is to centralize local and provincial supervision bodies in order to limit...
