The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is fighting the United States Government in Court in an effort to put a stop to the separation of children and their families at the US-Mexico border and to reunite separated families. The judge in that case (Ms. L., et al. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al, 18CV0428) issued an order last … [Read more...]
Alabama Prisons Are Killing Fields Rampant With Crime, Report Claims
Aliceville Correctional Facility (Photo Credit: Prison Insight, CC 2.0) Rape. Murder. Drug possession. Drug manufacturing. Drug trafficking. Assault. Weapons possession. Extortion. Menacing. Armed robbery. These are the crimes that can land you in a prison, but in Alabama, these are the crimes that happen on a daily basis in the state’s … [Read more...]
Maryanne Trump Barry Resigns in Face of Ethics Investigation
Maryanne Trump Barry, former Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Pubic Domain) Few people realize that President Trump has an older sister, but you will likely be hearing her name quite a bit over the coming weeks. Maryanne Trump Barry was a federal appellate judge, but she resigned … [Read more...]
Judge Orders Mediation in Roundup Case
In an effort to organize and settle some of the thousands of lawsuits filed against Bayer AG and Monsanto, the maker of the once-popular weed killer, Roundup, a federal judge has ordered the company to pursue mediation with one plaintiff claiming that Roundup caused her cancer. Even though Bayer execs still maintain there’s no legitimate … [Read more...]
Lawsuit Being Settled Between 3M and Alabama Water Authority
3M probably doesn’t agree with that old saying that there’s no such thing as bad publicity because all they’ve had recently is bad publicity. 3M has been all over the news in recent months for its defective earplugs as well as for for contaminating groundwater around its chemical plants, and now one of the lawsuits against the home and office giant … [Read more...]
DHS Request for Change in Detention Law Opposed by ABA
WASHINGTON – Kirstjen Nielsen is sworn in at a hearing on her nomination to become the 6th Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee in Washington, D.C., Nov. 08, 2017. (Official DHS photo by Jetta Disco, Public Domain) At the end of March, now former Secretary of … [Read more...]
Days After County Judge Strikes Down Laws, Court of Appeals Stays Ruling
Photograph of Tony Evers giving a speech to a crowd in the Wisconsin Capitol Rotunda for the 2012 State of Education Address (Photo Credit: Lisacheese, CC 4.0) A county judge in Wisconsin this month ruled that the laws passed by the Wisconsin legislature during then-Governor Scott Walker’s lame-duck session were unlawful because the legislature … [Read more...]
New Study Supports That Glyphosate Causes Cancer
As the number of lawsuits mount against Bayer AG, the maker of Roundup weed killer, new studies continue to show that the active ingredient in the formerly popular product does cause non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Bayer AG, the owner of the seed company, Monsanto, has been named in over 11,200 lawsuits, and that number is expected to continue to rise … [Read more...]
Michigan to Set PFAS Standards for Public Water
Sen. Gretchen Whitmer speaking at the Panel of Distinguished Women Elected Leaders hosted by the Women and Gender in Public Policy (WGPP) and the Ford School’s Graduate Career Services. (CC BY-ND 4.) Fed up with the snail’s pace at which the federal government is moving to set standards on PFAS, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer ordered the … [Read more...]
NJ Governor Signs Bill Allowing Terminally Ill to End Their Lives
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is signing bills and taking names. While Democrats are thrilled with some of his recent gubernatorial decisions, there are some Republicans who have become frustrated with the pace of change. One of his recent decisions was to expand family leave provisions for residents of the Garden State, and now he’s making it … [Read more...]
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