The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in California Public Employees’ Retirement System v. Anz Securities, Inc., et al. that a member of a class action suit cannot file a new suit separately past the statute of repose . Justice Anthony Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court in the 5-4 decision. Kennedy did not buy [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Monday in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer that the Missouri Department of Natural Resources policy of excluding religious organizations from receiving grants violates the First Amendment. The Department offers grants to public and private schools and daycares to resurface playgrounds with material made from recycled tires. [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review the Trump administration’s travel ban, partially lifting the temporary injunction that had blocked the ban’s enforcement. The administration sought review of decisions issued by the US Courts of Appeal for the Fourth and Ninth Circuits last month. The Supreme Court’s order permits execution of the travel [...]
Cambodia’s former head of state on Friday rejected charges of crimes against humanity in his UN-assisted tribunal. The 85-year-old Khieu Samphan, who was head of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, said the allegations were concocted by neighboring country Vietnam. Samphan denied knowing about the forced marriages, executions, and starvations that occurred during the regime [...]
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday rejected calls to cease Turkish military presence and close its military base in Qatar. He
The US District Court for the Western District of Washington on Wednesday denied in part and granted in part a motion to dismiss a class-action suit filed against President Donald Trump and the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) . The suit was filed against the Controlled Application Review and Resolution Program (CARRP) and claims [...]
The lower house of the German Parliament on Thursday passed a bill to compensate thousands of individuals who had been persecuted and imprisoned for their sexuality. The law under which the individuals had been convicted is paragraph 175 of Germany’s criminal code, and was put in place in 1871. The scope of the law was [...]
Amnesty International UK (AI) on Friday called for improved police training and a review of the legal framework as they relate to hate crimes in the UK. In a news briefing tilted “Against Hate: Tackling hate crime in the UK” , AI highlights a 42 per cent rise in hate crime in the two weeks [...]
The US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Thursday temporarily blocked the deportation of over 100 Iraq nationals, arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, for approximately two weeks during which time the court will decide whether it has jurisdiction in the matter.Judge Mark Goldsmith, who issued the order staying [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit lifted an injunction Thursday on a Mississippi law that critics say allows individuals, including government employees, to discriminate against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people for religious reasons. According to a legal analysis from Columbia University , House Bill 1523 , or the Protecting Freedom of [...]
