The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) interpretation of the permit requirement codified in the Clean Water Act (CWA) The question for the...
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Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to EPA rule
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China Communist Party proposes constitutional amendment to extend presidential term
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UN group: detention for asylum seekers should be last resort
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Supreme Court hears arguments in union case
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ACLU challenges policy separating children from asylum-seeking parents
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UN rights chief urges Security Council to end ‘pernicious use’ of veto
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Federal appeals court finds Title VII protects against sexual orientation discrimination
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Supreme Court declines to hear DACA case
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Supreme Court adds three cases to 2018 docket
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HRW: Egypt escalating arbitrary arrests of political opponents
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The Communist Party of China (CCP) Central Committee on Sunday announced plans to abolish the presidential term limits, which would permit President Xi Jinping to stay in office indefinitely. The CCP proposed removing Article 79 from...
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said Monday that detaining migrants and asylum-seekers violated international law unless it is done as a last resort. In the Revised Deliberation Number 5 released at the...
The US Supreme Court heard two oral arguments on Monday. Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31s concerns whether mandatory agency fees violate the First Amendment. The petitioners...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of California on Monday challenging the Trump administration's policy of separating asylum-seeking immigrant parents from their children. The...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Monday urged the five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council to end the "pernicious use" of the veto. At the thirty-seventh session of...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Monday that a federal law banning workplace discrimination based on sex extends to sexual orientation. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ...
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an expedited appeal of a ruling that blocked the Department of Justice (DOJ) from cancelling the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in three cases for its next term on Monday. New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira challenges the applicability of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) and presents...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday accused Egyptian authorities of escalating arbitrary arrests against political opponents. According to HRW, the arrests, which took place in late January to February, are part of a government strategy to...
