A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday dismissed a challenge to the state’s 2011 collective bargaining law brought by the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Association (WLEA) , holding that the state legislature’s limitation on the right to collectively bargain did not infringe on the constitutional right to freely associate. Judge John Markson, presiding over the Dane County Circuit [...]
About thirty aides to Muammar Gaddafi , including his son Seif al-Islam Gaddafi , were indicted Thursday by a Libyan court for a list of offenses allegedly committed during the 2011 revolt in the country. The charges levied against them include murder, kidnapping, complicity in incitement to rape, plunder, sabotage, embezzlement of public funds and [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Fred Kennedy Nkusi of the Independent Institute of Lay Adventists of Kigali and Mount Kenya University in Rwanda says that the current pressure by the African Union to demonize the ICC as outside control, misses the greater picture and the opportunity for progress …
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Wednesday ruled that restriction of public access to Delaware’s government-sponsored arbitration hearings is unconstitutional. The Court, in affirming the district court’s ruling, held that the provision that allows confidential judge-run arbitration hearings violates the First Amendment , but stated that the decision does not invalidate [...]
An Italian court on Wednesday ordered former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to stand trial for allegedly bribing a senator to step down from a rival center-left party, which helped lead to the downfall of Romano Prodi’s government in 2008. Judge Amelia Primavera set the trial for a corruption charge against Berlusconi to begin February 11 [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Wednesday ruled that the FBI is not required to disclose documents regarding its use of ethnic and racial information. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking the disclosure of those documents, but the district court held that [...]
A federal judge on Tuesday declined to issue a preliminary injunction against the insurance subsidies provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) . Judge Paul Friedman for the US District Court for the District of Columbia held that the lawsuit could proceed and that he would rule on the merits by mid-February. [...]
Australia’s Commonwealth government, led by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, filed suit on Wednesday challenging the validity of the Marriage Equality Bill passed on Tuesday by the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly , legalizing same-sex marriage . In a writ of summons filed with the country’s High Court, the challenge claims that the new laws are [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the National Assembly of Vietnam to bring the country’s constitution in line with international human rights standards in a letter sent Monday to Assembly chairman, Nguyen Sinh Hung. The National Assembly, Vietnam’s legislative body, opened a draft constitution to public comment in January, allowing for the possibility of the first [...]
A French court on Tuesday ruled that a Franco-Moroccan couple could marry despite a circular that bans same-sex marriage. The circular explained that France’s bilateral agreement with 11 countries that do not recognize same-sex marriage prohibited French civil registrars from performing marriages between same-sex couples where one party was a national of one of those [...]
