The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case brought by Nebraska and Oklahoma against Colorado, challenging its marijuana laws. The lawsuit , filed directly in the Supreme Court , claimed that Colorado’s actions to legalize and regulate marijuana and marijuana products contravene the US Constitution and intrude on the petitioning states’ internal [...]
UN Special Rapporteur Michael Frost urged Honduras on Friday to protect human rights defenders and their families in light of the recent deaths of prominent activists. Frost’s plea follows last Tuesday’s murder of Nelson García, a leader of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations Honduras (COPINH). García was shot by unidentified gunmen after [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday announced that it will hear Samsung‘s appeal against Apple regarding Apple’s 2012 victory in a patent dispute. The appeal deals with the amount awarded to Apple, which in December 2015 was set at $548 million in a settlement agreement , and claims that the $399 million that applies to [...]
US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has ordered Montana to respond to the Montana Republican Party’s application for injunctive relief requesting the right to a closed primary in the state. Earlier this month, state Republicans filed the application following concerns since 2014 that the MEA-MFT , Montana’s largest union, encouraged state Democrats to cast GOP [...]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday urged the prosecution of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Speaking on a live broadcast on the TRT state news network, Erdoğan called for Assad to be charged with state terrorism , claiming that the Syrian president is responsible for the death of [...]
Salem al-Muslet, leader of the main faction opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad , on Saturday said that Assad and various security officials must leave office for his faction to agree to a transitional government. The High Negotiations Committee (HNC) is the largest opponent to Assad’s rule in Syria, and would, according to Muslet, only agree [...]
Canadian indigenous people, including Inuits of Nunavut and the Chippewa, were granted an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada earlier this month, challenging the use of seismic testing to find natural gas under the Davis Strait and Baffin Bay. Lead by Jerry Natanine, the former mayor of Clyde River in Nunavut, the Canadian natives [...]
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff , on Sunday, stated that she will take legal action against the senator who accused her of corruption charges. Rousseff stated that she would sue Senator Delcidio Amaral for his defamatory statements made against her. Amaral worked out a plea deal with the prosecutor over his involvement in the Petrobras scandal [...]
Elections are being held in several African countries on Sunday, a day many people have called “Super Sunday.” Citizens in Benin, Cape Verde, Congo, Niger, and Zanzibar are voting for President, while voters in Senegal are voting to reform Presidential term limits. In Niger, the country is holding a Presidential run-off election to determine the [...]
The US Supreme Court on Friday released the hearing list for the two-week, 11 hearing period beginning on Monday. The court will hear arguments for Wittman v. Personhuballah on Monday. The case concerns Virginia’s redistricting plan and the court will consider whether the Third Congressional District relied on racial demographics. The court will also consider [...]
