In anticipation of the expiration of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, a panel of UN rights experts on Tuesday urged urged the US to protect the lawful status of approximately 800,000 people. DACA recipients, or "dreamers,"...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upholding California's 10-day waiting period for purchasing a gun. The court denied a petition for...
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania released a map on Monday intended to remedy what the court declared as the unconstitutional gerrymandering present in the 2011 redistricting plan. While the court gave the legislature 18 days...
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) released two letters on Thursday stating that it would consider requests from two Congressional Representatives to release the hearing transcripts which caused former Trump advisor Carter Page to be...
Addressing the nation at Gambia's 53rd Independence Anniversary celebration on Sunday, Gambian President Adama Barrow announced the suspension of the death penalty. Barrow stated, "at this junction, I will use this opportunity to declare a moratorium...
The Belgian Court of First Instance ruled against Facebook Friday, stating that the company is in violation of Belgium's privacy laws by placing tracking codes, commonly referred to as "cookies," on third-party websites. The court found in favor...
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A federal grand jury in Washington, DC, indicted 13 Russian citizens and three Russian organizations for interfering in the 2016 US presidential election. UN High Commissioner for...
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: A federal grand jury in Washington, DC, indicted 13 Russian citizens and three Russian organizations for interfering in the 2016 US presidential election. Nine local government and...
A federal grand jury in Washington, DC, indicted 13 Russian citizens and three Russian organizations for interfering in the 2016 US presidential election. The indictment alleges that the citizens were working with the organizations. All 16 defendants...
Nine local government and health care organizations filed four lawsuits on Thursday in US federal district courts challenging the Trump administration's July 2017 termination of grants for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPP Program), a congressionally mandated initiative funding programs...