Scott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced the agency’s intent to revise greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and light trucks. The emissions standards will affect vehicles with model years of 2022-2025. Pruitt criticized the Obama Administration’s emissions standards, saying the former administration “made assumptions about the standards that didn’t comport [...]
Nauru announced Monday it is cutting ties with the High Court of Australia and establishing its own Court of Appeals. On its Twitter page, the Republic of Nauru said : As a sovereign nation with a democratically (re)elected government, we will make decisions based on what is best for our people, not what ill-informed, racist, [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday filed a motion seeking permission to engage in settlement negotiations with defendants in the multi-district opioid case. The DOJ filed the motion setting forth its role in the case as a “friend of the court,” which will allow the government to more efficiently assist the parties and [...]
The Malaysian Parliament passed an Anti-Fake News bill on Monday, outlawing fake news in an effort to prevent corruption. The law seeks to criminalize acts and publications that would deceive the public. Specifically, the : “reating, offering, publishing, etc., fake news or publication containing fake news … roviding financial assistance for purposes of committing or [...]
The Israeli government reached a common understanding Monday with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to remove half of the African asylum seekers to Western countries. The UNHCR will facilitate the departure of 16,250 migrants from Israel to various Western countries, while Israel will relocate populations in a balanced manner with weight given to occupational guidance, [...]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced Saturday that Mr Al Hassan was surrendered to the court’s detention center in the Netherlands by Malian authorities. According to the arrest warrant , he is accused of crimes against humanity in Timbuktu, Mali, as de-facto leader of the Islamic police force in 2012 and 2013. He allegedly took [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that service advisors at car dealerships are excluded from federal overtime pay requirements. In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled that service advisors are exempt from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime provision, which does not require overtime pay “to any salesman, partsman, or mechanic [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal in a dispute to determine whether a pole can be turned into a cross on public land in Michigan. More than 50 years ago, the “Dewey Hill Monument” was donated to Grand Haven, Michigan, as a memorial for those who served and died in [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday reversed a lower court denial of qualified immunity in a civil rights suit involving a shooting by a University of Arizona Police officer. Hughes, who was shot four times in May 2010, sued Officer Andrew Kisela under 42 USC §1983 alleging Kisela used excessive force in violation of the [...]
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in Stokeling v. United States on Monday, where it will determine whether a state criminal offense requiring only a slight amount of force is categorically a “violent crime” under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) . The ACCA provides for enhanced sentencing guidelines to be imposed on criminal defendants [...]
