US authorities are deliberately concealing information about how they obtained evidence in criminal proceedings, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report Tuesday. HRW divulged findings from over a year of investigating a police practice known as “parallel construction,” in which law enforcement illegally obtain evidence and then hide the illegality through legally obtaining supporting [...]
The Supreme Court of India ruled Tuesday that the national anthem does not have to be played prior to screening of films in theaters. An order on November 30, 2016, had required the playing of the national anthem before films in theaters. The court looked to the Constitution of India which provides that “It shall [...]
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen on Monday, announced the termination of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) established this designation for over 200,000 Salvadorans after the El Salvador’s devastating earthquake in 2001. Under the Immigration and Nationality Act , Nielsen indicated that the TPS designation was [...]
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in two original jurisdiction cases concerning state disputes over water rights and allocation. In the first case, the court heard arguments concerning water rights to the Rio Grande River. Texas filed the original complaint against New Mexico and Colorado, alleging the states were violating the water [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied review in two cases challenging a Mississippi law that would permit businesses and government employees to deny services to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people to protect those individuals’ sincerely held religious beliefs and moral convictions. The bill, entitled “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination” , [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday blocked the execution of Georgia inmate Keith Tharpe, ordering the federal appeals court in Atlanta to examine claims that a juror voted for the death sentence because Tharpe was black. By a 6-3 vote, the court questioned a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit [...]
The Supreme Court of India agreed Monday to re-examine Section 377 , which criminalizes sex between people of the same sex. In its order, the court noted that, “social morality also changes from age to age,” and that it is necessary for the law to be separate from those changes to uphold the rights guaranteed [...]
The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court Friday to uphold the third version of the administration’s travel ban . This petition comes just over a week after the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld an injunction against the measure. The three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit found that the executive action [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled unanimously Friday that a Baltimore law that requires pro-life pregnancy clinics to post signage in their waiting rooms stating that they do not offer or refer women for abortions, is unconstitutional. The court found the law violates the First Amendment , ruling in favor of [...]
Here’s the international legal news we covered this week: The legal world is a busy place. The Oslo District Court ruled Thursday that the government may allow Arctic drilling. The ruling was a defeat for environmental groups Nature and Youth and Greenpeace Nordic , which had argued that allowing the drilling would violate the country’s [...]
