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Protesters March in Detroit against Emergency Law
On Thursday, protesters in Detroit came out in support of a lawsuit filed on Wednesday challenging Michigan’s emergency manager law. The lawsuit claimed that the law “effectively establishes a new form...
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FDA Changing Labeling Rules for Tobacco Alternatives
On Monday, the Consumer Updates of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration informed that soon the labels of nicotine replacement therapy products may soon change. The proposed changes have come in the...
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Seattle Public Schools Will Not Punish Teachers Who Boycotted Standardized Test
On Friday, Jose Banda, the superintendent of Seattle Public Schools, announced on the school district’s website that “There will be no discipline of any test administrator.” Jose referred to the fact...
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U.S. Changes Security Clearance Question to Help Sex Assault Victims
On Friday, in what an activist termed as a “huge victory for survivors of military sexual assault,” the U.S. government announced that people in U.S. national security jobs can now opt out of Question...
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Facebook’s Zuckerberg Says U.S. Needs to Fix Its “Strange” Immigration Policy
On Thursday, the 28-year-old founder of Facebook, Zuckerberg, said in an opinion column on the Washington Post, “We have a strange immigration policy for a nation of immigrants. And it’s a policy unfit...
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SEC Accused of Neglecting Implementation of the JOBS Act
On Thursday, Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives criticized SEC for failing to meet deadlines mandated by the Congress to complete portions of the JOBS Act designed to help small...
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AP Criticizes Seizure of Telephone Records by U.S. Government
On Monday, the Associated Press said that the U.S. government had secretly accessed and seized telephone records of AP reporters and offices over a two-month period last year. In a letter posted on...
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FBI Starts Criminal Probe of IRS
In a possibly unprecedented move, on Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder ordered the FBI to launch a criminal investigation into the targeting of conservative political groups by IRS, which has grown...
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Obama Administration Extends Foreclosure-Prevention Program by Two Years
On Thursday, the Obama administration said that it was extending the life of the Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP by two years. The anti-foreclosure program was set to expire this year....
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Big Brother is Watching You: Daily Communications Metadata of Citizens...
According to a top secret court order disclosed by The Guardian on Wednesday evening, certain federal government agencies, (The order says “no person shall disclose to any other person that the FBI or...
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Is Edward Snowden a Traitor? To Who? Humanity? U.S.A? Or Those Who Rule U.S.?
Even before starting this debate, let’s make one thing clear – constitutional democracy accepts that “those who rule” may not continue to reflect “the will of the people” once in seats of power, and...
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Secret Court Opinion Warning DOJ of Unconstitutional NSA Surveillance Isn’t...
On Wednesday, in a public ruling quite foreign to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the court’s chief judge Reggie Walton rejected arguments made by the DOJ for continuing to keep under...
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NSA Whistleblower Snowden Emerges from Hiding to Discuss Extradition
Edward Snowden, the man responsible for releasing National Security Agency documents revealing the existence of the PRISM data collection project emerged from hiding in Hong Kong and spoke with the...
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All Boston Public High Schools to Receive Free Condoms
On Wednesday, the Boston School Committee approved a policy to distribute free condoms for students to all 32 public high schools and their 17,000 students. Until now, such condoms were available at...
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U.S. Files Espionage Charges against Snowden
A court document unsealed on Friday at a federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia showed that Edward Snowden has been charged with theft of government property, unauthorized communication of...
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U.S. Government Regains Indefinite Detention Powers
The Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit has permanently vacated the injunction against “indefinite detention” issued by District Court Judge Kathryn Forrest in respect of the federal government’s powers...
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Detroit Goes Broke, Files Chapter 9 Bankruptcy
On Thursday, Detroit became the largest American city to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. Law firm Jones Day is restructuring counsel for the bankruptcy. While approving the voluntary Chapter...
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Supreme Court to Stay Open Even if Government Shuts Down
The U.S. Supreme Court has announced on its website that “In the event of a loss of appropriations, the Court will continue to conduct its normal operations through October 4. The Court building will...
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The NSA and Your Privacy
With all the recent leaks by Snowden and others about the NSA and how it has been spying on so many American citizens, we wanted to find out how people around the country felt about this. We wanted...
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Supreme Court Justices Attend Mass before New Term
On Sunday, a number of Supreme Court Justices attended the annual Red Mass at Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, before starting the new term on Monday amid government shutdown. This...
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Why Did the US Government Shut Down? Experts Weigh In
We reached out to experts across the nation to get their thoughts on why the recent government shutdown happened. Although a deal has been reached and the government is now back up and running, we...
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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Opens Marriage to Nearly 7 In 10 of...
Summary: A press release just released by the Williams Institute estimates that same-sex marriage is now available for nearly 7 in 10 same-sex couples throughout the United States. Here is the press...
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Texas Moving Towards Allowing Medical Marijuana
Summary: Texas is completing an overhaul of their laws today with nearly 700 new laws being passed, one of the most highly anticipated being the ability for some to get medical marijuana. Texas is...
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DUI Drivers Get More Chances in Illinois
Summary: Illinois residents with four DUI convictions will be able to apply for a restricted permit. Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a new law that will go into effect January 1 that gives drivers with...
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Ralph Nader Opens American Museum of Tort Law
Summary: Tort cases change entire industries and make people safer. Ralph Nader wants to remember them. There’s an old adage that “One man’s garbage is another man’s treasure.” Presidential candidate...
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Are DUI’s Unconstitutional?
Summary: Breathalyzer tests may violate the Fourth Amendment. While other countries buckle down on drunk drivers, one Florida lawyer wants to see the U.S. ease up. Jordan Redavid, who claims he’s one...
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Watch Out Cyber Bullies – They Are Coming to Get You
Summary: California is taking the fight against cyber-exploitation to the next level by starting a new campaign that pairs law enforcement with tech companies to stop the damaging cyber assault from...
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Abortion Providers Get a Win in Wisconsin
Summary: Abortion providers no longer are required to have privileges at local hospitals in order to perform the procedure. Wisconsin required doctors that perform abortions to have privileges at a...
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Kentucky Removes Clerk Names from Marriage Certificates
Summary: Kentucky marriage licenses will no longer feature the names of county clerks in order to protect the religious freedom of all involved. The Republican Governor of Kentucky, Matt Bevin, has...
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Fetal Tissue Research to be Investigated
Summary: An official investigation into fetal tissue research has been requested by the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. On the heels of the controversial Planned...
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Alabama Chief Justice Stops Issuance of Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
Summary: The chief justice of Alabama’s Supreme Court has ordered probate judges to stop giving marriage licenses to same-sex couples until the state can determine what their rights are to uphold...
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Massachusetts Prepares for Recreational Marijuana Use
Photo credit: FreeImages Summary: A specially appointed committee of Massachusetts Senate members will travel to Colorado to learn all they can about what regulations work for recreational marijuana...
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Executive Gun Order Sees First Legal Challenge
Summary:President Barack Obama’s executive gun order has been hit with its first lawsuit of what is expected to be many more to come. Just two weeks since President Barack Obama issued his executive...
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Why Did the Number of Lawyers in Congress Plummet?
Photo credit: Robert Linder/FreeImages Summary: A study has found that the number of lawyers in Congress has dropped significantly. A new research paper has shown that Congress has changed. It’s no...
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Kansas Given Go Ahead to Uphold Death Sentences of Carr Brothers
Photo courtesy of the Kansas Department of Corrections Summary: The Kansas Supreme Court overturned the death sentence convictions of the Carr brothers, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Kansas had...
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