The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in three consolidated cases regarding the consideration of the cost of regulating hazardous air pollutants by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) . The question before the court was “whether the Environmental Protection Agency unreasonably refused to consider costs in determining whether it is appropriate to regulate hazardous [...]
Myanmar authorities on wednesday charged 69 protesters for demonstrating against the Myanmar National Education Law . The law has faced tremendous criticism from the public since its passage in 2014, in part due to lawmakers’ lack of consultation with student and teacher groups, and also because the law does not accommodate for the recognition of [...]
A lawyer for former Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr asked the Court of Queen’s Bench in Edmonton Tuesday to release his client on bail while his US war crimes appeal is being considered. Nathan Whitling argued that his client’s appeal is taking too long to process, and Khadr’s sentence may be completed before a decision is [...]
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 6-3 in Young v. United Parcel Service that a plaintiff may satisfy the requirement to show a prima facie case of discrimination under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) by showing that the employer accommodates a large percentage of nonpregnant workers while failing to accommodate a large percentage of [...]
Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed House Bill 1065 into law Tuesday to allow terminally ill patients access to experimental drugs before they have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) . The bill, approved by the Senate last week, applies to qualified patients who have been diagnosed with a terminal disease or condition [...]
A bipartisan bill seeking to change the US federal government’s approach to medicinal marijuana was introduced in the US House of Representatives Tuesday. The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States Act of 2015, or CARERS Act, was introduced by Reps. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) and Don Young (R-AK) and is an identical companion bill to [...]
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday vacated a lower court decision that Alabama’s redistricting plans did not improperly rely on race to determine voting districts. In a close 5-4 decision, the court found in Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama that the decision of the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama reached [...]
The Chinese government on Wednesday refused to discharge five women’s rights activists despite overwhelming calls for their release from the international community. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying defended the Chinese legal system and detention of the activists and asked that people refrain from interfering in China’s judicial system. The five women activists have been held [...]
Maryland’s House of Delegates approved a bill Tuesday that would place a three-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in the state. The bill, HB449, passed on a third reading by a vote of 93 to 45, and will now go before the Senate for a vote. If passed, the bill would prohibit the Maryland Department of [...]
A criminal court in chad on Wednesday sentenced seven ex-police officers to life in prison for crimes committed during the rule of dictator Hissene Habré . The former members of Habre’s Directorate of Documentation and Security Directorate (DDS) were accused of murder, torture, kidnapping, arbitrary detention, and assault and battery. Counsel for Human Rights Watch [...]
