Three former Croatian police officers were arrested Monday in connection to alleged war crimes committed against ethnic Serb civilians during the Serbo-Croatian War in 1991 and 1992. Most notable among the three is Djuro Brodarac, a former police chief in the town of Sisak southeast of the capital Zagreb, who was arrested along with two [...]
Former Tunisian president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali and his wife were sentenced Monday by a Tunisian court after being found guilty in absentia on charges of theft and unlawful possession of money and jewelry. The two were sentenced to 35 years in prison and fined USD $65.6 million. The sentencing came just hours after [...]
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and a coalition of other rights groups Friday rejected the changes announced by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the criticized Secure Communities Program , a federal enforcement program that partners local law enforcement with federal immigration authorities. The groups claim Secure Communities undermines public safety, invites racial [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri that state and local government employees may not sue their employers for retaliation under the Petition Clause of the First Amendment when they petition the government on matters of private concern. To show that an employer interfered with rights under the Speech [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in Wal-Mart v. Dukes that a group of women seeking to recover damages from Wal-Mart failed to meet the requirements for class certification. The case, a Title VII gender discrimination class action lawsuit estimated to include more than 1.5 million women, was filed in 2001 by female Wal-Mart [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Clean Air Act displace claims made under the federal common law of nuisance regarding whether electric utilities contributed to global warming . The court ruled that at least one plaintiff had standing by an [...]
Jennifer Levi : “Recently, the Connecticut Senate passed a bill that adds the phrase “gender identity or expression” to all existing state sex discrimination laws. The Senate’s passage followed that of the House of Representatives where the debate had been much lengthier. Governor Dannel Malloy has pledged his support for this legislation which should be [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 in Turner v. Rogers that an indigent defendant does not have a constitutional right to counsel in civil contempt cases that might result in imprisonment. The court held, however, that this particular defendant’s due process rights were violated because he received neither counsel nor access to alternative [...]
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday announced that he would soon introduce reforms and present a new constitution , alleging that a conspiracy against Syria is ongoing. In a speech before citizens at Damascus University, al-Assad said he wanted citizen input with respect to a new constitution in the form of a national referendum. Al-Assad [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in four cases. In PPL Montana v. Montana the court will determine if the proper constitutional test for whether a river is navigable for title purposes requires a trial court to consider whether the river was considered navigable at the time the state joined the Union or [...]
