Two lawsuits challenging Wisconsin’s voter ID law are heading to the Wisconsin Supreme Court after two appellate courts sent them to the state’s high court on Wednesday. In the two cases, NAACP v. Walker and League of Women Voters v. Walker, the plaintiffs assert that Wisconsin’s voter ID law is too restrictive and prevents many [...]
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges of unlawful assembly stemming from an incident at a protest last week. Besigye and other protesters were arrested last week after a police officer was killed while attempting to disperse the crowd. Besigye denies that any of the protesters were involved in the [...]
The Arizona State Senate approved a bill on Tuesday that bans abortions after 20 weeks into a pregnancy, with an exception carved out only for medical emergencies. In addition to banning abortions after 20 weeks, the bill imposes other restrictions. It requires a woman seeking an abortion to receive an ultrasound 24 hours before an [...]
The Obama administration on Monday petitioned the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for an expedited en banc review of two test cases on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) . DOMA excludes otherwise valid state same-sex marriages from recognition under federal law. In its request for review, the Obama [...]
The former head of the Polish Intelligence Agency may face charges for his assistance of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in operating a secret prison in Poland. Zbigniew Siemiatkowski told a Polish newspaper on Tuesday that he could face charges for his association with the prison and the allegations of torture that occurred there. [...]
The Georgia Senate approved legislation on Tuesday that would make it a felony to assist in another person’s suicide. HB 1114 was approved after the Georgia Supreme Court in early February struck down a 1994 law that banned publicly advertising suicide assistance. Under the new law any person with knowledge of a possible suicide must [...]
Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday implored the Indian government to stop the execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana and ban all forms of capital punishment. AI claimed that if India allows the execution, the country’s first since 2004, it would be moving backward and away from an international trend of eliminating the death penalty. The group [...]
Judge Victoria Roberts of the US District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan on Tuesday issued an order dismissing the case against Hutaree militia members before it was submitted to a jury. Roberts held that the government did not sufficiently prove the elements of the charges of seditious conspiracy, conspiracy to use weapons of [...]
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard the second day of oral arguments in United States Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida , the challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) . Tuesday’s arguments focused specifically on the constitutionality of the “individual mandate” provision , which requires every person, with [...]
WE NEED YOUR HELP. Our spring fund drive ends on March 31 – that’s only four days! Our annual goal is $30,000, so if we can raise another $1,500 during this drive, we’ll be 25% funded. . .another $4,000 and we’ll be 33% funded. Help make it happen! As previously mentioned, due to general economic [...]
