Four Black Lives Matter protesters in Seattle have been awarded approximately $700,000 by a federal court jury. The court ruled their civil rights were violated when they were arrested for writing anti-police graffiti in chalk during the Black Lives Matter protests four years ago. Those were sparked by the May 2020 murder of George Floyd, [&h...
Ninety-three nations have reaffirmed their support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) emphasizing its independence in pursuing legal actions. This follows recent threats aimed at ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan, who will be seeking arrest warrants against Israeli leaders and Palestinian figures. A statement was issued by member states of th...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Biden administration is set to announce a major immigration relief program granting legal status to hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who have lived in the US for at least 10 years, officials have reported. According to sources familiar with the plans, the program, known as “Parole in Place,”...
The Justice Department has revealed that police in Phoenix violated the Constitution and federal law by discriminating against Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and others. Following a three-year investigation into allegations of brutality and discrimination, the department concluded that Phoenix police engaged in unlawful practice. These ...
The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a ban on bump stocks. It was enacted by the Trump administration after a 2017 deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas. By a 6-3 vote the justices found the Trump administration had exceeded its power when it prohibited an attachment that enables a semiautomatic rifle to fire at […]
Judge Ryan Nelson of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has recused himself from a case challenging the Biden administration’s Gaza policy. Nelson had participated in a judicial delegation that toured Israel. Plaintiffs, including Palestinian human rights organizations, and Palestinian and American nationals, argued Nelson’s involvement compr...
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has initiated an investigation into Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito over what is being called an “improper” interview with the Wall Street Journal. In it, Alito claimed Congress has no authority to regulate the Supreme Court. The statement was made just before revelations about a luxury fishing trip fu...
Wilmington, United States – AFP A jury found Hunter Biden guilty on Tuesday of federal gun charges in a historic first criminal prosecution of the child of a sitting US president. The 54-year-old son of President Joe Biden was convicted on all three of the counts facing him, CNN and other US media reported. Hunter […]
Steve Bannon, the former strategist of ex-president Donald Trump, has been ordered to begin his four-month prison sentence by July 1. A federal jury had found Bannon guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress in July 2022. In October, he was sentenced to four months in prison and ordered to pay a $6,500 fine. […]
The Columbia Law Review journal removed its entire website after publishing an article on the Nakba by Palestinian human rights lawyer Rabea Eghbariah, who is also a Harvard Law student. The Nakba, meaning “Catastrophe” in Arabic, refers to the mass displacement of Palestinians during Israel’s war on the region in 1947 and 48, whic...
