Judge Theodore Chuang of the US District Court for the District of Maryland on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s latest version of the travel ban , finding that the president’s purpose was to implement a ban against Muslims. The proclamation, which was issued in September, bans travelers from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, Chad, North [...]
The legal defense team for former South Korean presidentPark Guen-hye resigned en masse Monday to protest their client’s corruption trial, citing beliefs that the court was biased against her. In her trial, which is already underway at the Seoul Central District Court , Park faces charges of abuse of power, extortion, bribery and other corruption [...]
A judge for the US District Court for Hawaii on Tuesday blocked the implementation of the latest version of President Donald Trump’s so-called travel ban . The ban significantly limits travel to the US from six majority-Muslim countries and North Korea. In the ruling, the judge said the latest version of the ban violates the [...]
Spain’s Constitutional Court unanimously ruled Tuesday that Catalonia’s referendum on independence was illegal as the regional law upon which it was based was illegal under Spain’s Constitution. Spain’s Constitution prohibits any region in Spain from seceding and mandates that all Spanish citizens must have a voice in the country’s national sovereignty. Earlier this month, the [...]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that the conviction of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny for fraud and money laundering was arbitrary and unfair, and granted damages. The court also found that Navalny’s brother, Oleg Navalyy, was also unfairly and arbitrarily convicted for the same offenses. “he Court concludes that in the [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in a case involving the 2000 Cole attack, leaving intact the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that the military trial of Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri may proceed. Al-Nashiri made his first court appearance in November 2011 after he was [...]
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey filed an amicus curiae brief Monday in support of a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s directive to reinstate a ban on transgender individuals openly serving in the military. Joining Massachusetts in the brief are California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont [...]
Pennsylvania’s Beaver County filed a lawsuit on Monday against opioid manufacturers. The lawsuit, filed in the Beaver County Court of Common Pleas , accuses manufacturers and doctors of deceptive acts, fraud, unjust enrichment, negligence, misrepresentation and public nuisance, seeking in return compensatory damages, punitive damages and the county’s legal costs. The complaint describes the state [...]
A jury in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York convicted Chelsea bomber Ahmed Khan Rahimi on Monday on indictments related to bombings and attempted bombings in New York City last September. The jury found Rahimi guilty of eight counts including, among others, use and attempted use of weapons of mass [...]
The Swiss government said Friday that voters will decide whether to ban the burqa and other full-face coverings after a successful petition by far-right groups, who cited the “dignity of women.” Activists, including the Swiss Peoples Party (SVP) , collected more than the 100,000 signatures required to put the proposal on the national ballot under [...]
