Health care activists filed a complaint Monday against Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services for its failure to expand Medicaid after voters had approved its expansion in November. The citizens of Maine voted in November to enact the Medicaid Expansion Act. The Act was effective on January 3, 2018, and provides that “the department [...]
The California Supreme Court issued a ruling Monday making it more difficult for employers to classify their employees as independent contractors. In order for an employee to be classified as an independent contractor, the court ruled that the employer must show three things. First, the employer must show that the employee is not under the [...]
A coalition of 17 states and the District of Columbia, led by California, filed suit against the Trump administration Tuesday to defend an Obama-era rule on vehicle emissions standards. The existing regulations would have required vehicles to meet certain fuel-efficiency standards for model years 2022-2025. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reached a determination last month [...]
The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, on Monday expressed concern over violence against civilians in Myanmar’s Kachin State. A reported 10 civilians were killed and several more severely injured and wounded in the northern part of the state. An estimated 5,000 have also forced out of their homes [...]
UN human rights experts called for a retrial on Monday following flawed trial procedure and due process violations in the conviction of four men sentenced to death in the Bahraini High Military Court in December. The four men, Mohamed AbdulHasan AlMutaghawi, Fadhel Sayed Radhi, Sayed Alawi Husain and Mubarak Adel Mubarak Mahanna, are civilians convicted [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday dismissed a civil suit brought by Paul Manafort alleging that the Department of Justice exceeded its authority in appointed the Special Counsel headed by Robert Mueller and that the Special Counsel, even if permitted to exist, exceeded its authority. The court [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday reversed an injunction against the Texas voter ID law , allowing it to be enforced for the upcoming midterm election. The Fifth Circuit had previously remanded SB 14, the first attempt by the Texas State Legislature at a voter’s ID law in 2014. The [...]
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in three cases Monday, including a dispute over a settlement in a Google privacy case and a Missouri death penalty case. In Frank v. Gaos , the question before the court is, “in what circumstances a cy pres award of class action proceeds that provides no direct relief to [...]
UN human rights experts expressed concern Friday regarding the effects of structural racism in the UK. The UN experts pointed to reports indicating individuals of African and Caribbean descent are more likely to die while in law enforcement or government custody. The data on which the UN experts relied was released by the Metropolitan Police [...]
Following a month of violent clashes between the Palestinian protesters and the Israeli military, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Friday urged the Israeli government to address its military’s use of excessive deadly force against Palestinian civilians. Over the past month, 42 Palestinians have been killed, and more than 5,500 [...]
