Demonstration organized by Teens For Gun Reform, an organization created by students in the Washington DC area, in the wake of the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. (Photo Credit: Lorie Shaull, CC 2.0) Parkland, Florida, mass shooting survivor Robert Schentrup attended the ceremony April 12th as … [Read more...]
London Court Will Hear Assange Extradition Request
According to Reuters, a London court will hear an extradition requested by the US government for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The Westminster Magistrate Court will hear the request in the morning on May 2nd. The US Justice Department charged Assange for conspiring with former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning. Their arrangement … [Read more...]
Michigan Congressional Map Gerrymandered
On Thursday federal judges threw out Michigan’s congressional and state legislative maps, calling them unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders. Politico reports that the case is on hold till the outcome of cases already pending at the Supreme Court which will likely determine whether Michigan redraws its districts before the 2020 election. A … [Read more...]
Feds File Criminal Charges Against Opioid Distributor, Two Executives
Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against drug distributor Rochester Drug Cooperative (RDC) and two of its former executives. The charges, a first, targeted at legal painkiller wholesalers for contributing to the opioid epidemic. Prosecutors allege executives shipped tens of millions of oxycodone pills, as well as other drugs like … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Ready To Hand Trump Victory On Census Citizenship Question
According to a report by Reuters, on Tuesday, the US Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared ready to hand President Donald Trump a victory on his administration's plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Conservative justices reportedly rallied in defense of the administration's stated justification for using the … [Read more...]
Special Counsel Sent Criminal Referrals To Other Prosecutors
According to Business Insider, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team sent 14 criminal referrals to other prosecutors. Only two of those cases have been made public, including a case against President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen. The other case involves former White House counsel Gregory Craig, who served under … [Read more...]
Federal Court Dismisses Trump Administration’s Repeal of Coal, Oil Valuation Rule
A federal court has struck down the Trump administration’s repeal of an Obama-era policy aimed at boosting revenue for taxpayers, according to Reuters. The policy changes how energy companies value sales of coal, oil and gas extracted from federal and tribal land. The decision, which found the Interior Department’s repeal of the so-called … [Read more...]
Yahoo Reaches $117.5 Million Data Breach Settlement
Yahoo has struck a revised $117.5 million data breach settlement, says Reuters. Millions of people whose email addresses and other personal information were stolen in the largest data breach in history. Yahoo was accused of being slow to disclose three data breaches affecting about 3 billion accounts from 2013 to 2016. The new … [Read more...]
U.S. Appeals Court Refuses to Block ‘Bump Stocks’ Gun Ban
A U.S. appeals court on Monday said it would not halt President Donald Trump’s ban on “bump stocks”, the latest in a string of courtroom defeats for firearms rights advocates opposing the policy, according to Reuters. The court upheld a lower court ruling that denied a request by opponents of the policy for a preliminary injunction lifting the … [Read more...]
U.S. Supreme Court Revisits Federal Agency Power
Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday expressed skepticism toward the wide latitude courts give federal agencies to interpret their own regulations in a case that could bolster the Trump administration’s push toward curbing agency power, according to Reuters. The case, involving a Vietnam War veteran’s fight with the Department … [Read more...]
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