Senators David Perdue (R-GA) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Tuesday announced the Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment (RAISE) Act that would reduce overall legal immigration into the US. In 2015 a total of 1,051,031 immigrants entered the US. The RAISE Act would decrease the total number of immigrants entering the US per year to [...]
The New York Attorney General and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against RD Legal Funding, LLC and founder/owner Roni Dersovitz for allegedly scamming 9/11 first responders and NFL concussion victims out of money intended to cover medical costs, lost income and other critical personal needs. The complaint alleges the [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Tuesday refused to lift a preliminary injunction that delays executions in Ohio. Last month Judge Michael Merz blocked Ohio’s lethal injection protocol by deeming it unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment . Attorneys for Ohio’s prison system argue that the court abused [...]
The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an unmarried woman is entitled to the pension of her long-term partner. Denise Brewster and William Leonard “Lenny” McMullan became engaged on Christmas Eve 2009, but two days later McMullan died. McMullan, a long-term employee of Translink , had paid into the Local Government Pension Scheme Northern Ireland [...]
Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court rejected a case on Wednesday alleging that President Robert Mugabe is unfit to hold office because of his age, holding that the applicant failed to follow proper court filing procedures. Mugabe, who has been in office since 1980, will turn 93 this month. Promise Mkwananzi, part of the Tajamuka movement , filed [...]
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was found guilty of embezzlement on Wednesday and suspended sentenced of five years and a 500,000-rouble (USD 8,500) fine by a court in Kirov, Russia. Navalny runs the Anti-Corruption Foundation, which investigates the Russian government, and announced he would run for president in 2018. Under Russian law, a prison term [...]
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a bill into law that decriminalizes domestic violence to make it an administrative offense. The bill allows for criminal prosecution for repeat offenders but allows first time offenders who assault relatives to avoid criminal prosecution . The move has garnered international condemnation , as it is believed a [...]
The Constitutional Court of Romania ruled unanimously Tuesday that a bill permitting the conversion of Swiss francs to Romanian currency was unconstitutional. The bill which was passed last year was meant to help mortgage holders who were behind on their payments due to the rise in value of the franc. The court held the move [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments on Tuesday regarding the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration. The government argued that the executive order was well within the president’s power as delegated by Congress and therefore was constitutional. The government also provided previous risk assessments done before [...]
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will grant the final permit for the Dakota Access oil pipeline after an order from President Donald Trump to expedite the process, according to a court document filed Tuesday. The USACE stated that they would grant the final easement necessary to finish construction of the pipeline despite opposition [...]
