The Vermont Legislature on Wednesday voted to approve recreational use of marijuana. The bill was amended by the house to permit the recreational use of marijuana in small quantities. The law would create a legal system to regulate the use and sale of the drug, but would still make possession over an ounce a criminal [...]
Kosovo’s government lost a no confidence on Wednesday. In a 78-34 vote , the Kosovo Assembly adopted a no confidence motion against Prime Minister Isa Mustafa’s coalition government. Within hours of the vote, President Hashim Thaci dissolved the parliament. The outcome of the government’s collapse will push an election, which was not due until next [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Tuesday upheld the government bailout of American International Group (AIG) as lawful. The ruling came down in a denial of an appeal from Starr International Co where shareholders were bringing suit against the government, arguing that the bailout was not only unconstitutional but harmful to [...]
Acting Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director Andrew McCabe told the Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday that the FBI would continue to investigate alleged connections between the Trump administration and Russia despite the recent firing of former director James Comey. In response to a question from Senator Marco Rubio about Russian ties, McCabe stated, “The work [...]
Attorneys for US President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked for a dismissal of a lawsuit over an alleged infringement of the Emoluments Clause of the constitution. Lawyers argued that the President has “absolute presidential immunity precludes personal liability based on the president’s office”. The lawsuit was filed by a wine bar over the implications the [...]
Magistrate James Eremye Mawanda of the Nakawa Chief Magistrate Court on Wednesday released a jailed academic on bail after she had been arrested for criticizing Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni . Stella Nyanzi, who teaches at a local college in Kampala, was arrested after criticizing the Ugandan leader over failing to deliver on a promise to [...]
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva appeared in Court on Wednesday and gave a four-hour deposition on the graft charges he faces. In the deposition, da Silva< a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corruption-lula-idUSKBN186239">criticized the charges as “illegitimate” and a “farce,” claiming that the Brazilian media wants to get him “dead or alive”. Three years ago, da Silva [...]
A Canadian Federal Court ruled on Wednesday that certain provisions of the Citizen Act violate principles of fundamental justice under Canada’s Bill of Rights . Judge Jocelyne Gagne , who ruled over eight cases involving the law, struck down provisions that prevented people from challenging their loss of Canadian status over alleged lies on residency [...]
The US Senate on Tuesday rejected a measure that would rollback methane gas regulations. HJ Res 36 was a joint measure which sought to provide Congressional disapproval of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to “Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation” . The rule controlled for the amount [...]
The International Court of Justice on Wenesday scheduled a public hearing to resolve a dispute over an Indian man accused of spying after receiving notice from Indian officials that a Pakistani military court has sentenced the man to death . Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav, an Indian national and former member of the Indian Navy, has been [...]
