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Department of Justice says Yale discriminates against whites and Asians

August 15, 2020 World Justice News 0

The US government says Yale University is illegally discriminating against white and Asian-American applicants. The results of a two-year investigation by the Department of Justice found the Ivy League university had breached civil rights law […]

Wife wins legal fight against ex after he sued her over Facebook post about him

April 3, 2019 zoshinuk 0

By Milo Boyd A woman who posted on Facebook about how she was strangled by her ex-husband has won a libel battle against him at the UK’s highest court. The legal dispute started in December 2012 […]

Court rules judges and lawyers can be Facebook friends as they are not real friendships

November 18, 2018 World Justice News 0

Florida’s Supreme Court has ruled on something that most social media users already know: Facebook friendships are not real. Specifically, the court said in a Nov. 15 opinion that a Facebook friendship between a judge and an […]

Christian bakers win ‘gay cake’ Supreme Court fight

October 10, 2018 zoshinuk 0

The owners of a bakery did not discriminate against a customer by refusing to make a cake supporting gay marriage, the Supreme Court has ruled. Christian couple Daniel and Amy McArthur, who run Belfast-based Ashers […]

US Supreme Court Petitioned to Fix Repeat Infringer ‘DMCA Disarray’

September 1, 2018 World Justice News 0

Adult content producer Ventura Content has petitioned the court to clarify how and when the DMCA protects online services from piracy liability. According to Ventura, the lower courts have “given birth to a new monster,” […]

Impeached West Virginia Supreme Court Judges

West Virginia votes to impeach state Supreme Court justices

August 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

Lawmakers in West Virginia have voted to impeach all four justices on the state’s Supreme Court for failing to carry out their duties. Three justices now face an impeachment trial in the Senate while a […]

Virginia asks Supreme Court to block new sentencing of D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo

August 10, 2018 zoshinuk 0

By Peter Williams The state of Virginia asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to block a lower court order that requires a new sentencing hearing for Lee Boyd Malvo, one of the Washington, D.C. […]

Brett Kavanaugh picked for Supreme Court by President Trump

July 10, 2018 World Justice News 0

US President Donald Trump has nominated Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, setting the stage for a bruising confirmation battle. In a primetime announcement at the White House, Mr Trump praised his pick as a […]

Ohio Supreme Court Judge Bill O’Neill brags of sex conquests

November 18, 2017 World Justice News 0

Ohio voters are in shock after a top judge boasted of having been “sexually intimate” with “approximately 50 very attractive females”. State Supreme Court Judge Bill O’Neill, who is a Democratic candidate for state governor, […]

Poker player Phil Ivey loses £7.7m punto banco casino case

October 25, 2017 World Justice News 0

One of the world’s top poker players, Phil Ivey, has lost a Supreme Court bid to reclaim £7.7m of winnings withheld by a London casino for five years. The American was challenging a Court of Appeal […]

Australia

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes

April 7, 2026 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier has been charged over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith – who left the defence force in 2013 – was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday and will […]

Human Rights

‘The gravest crime against humanity’: What does the UN vote on slavery mean?

March 28, 2026 0

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”. Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western […]

Human Rights

Leading anti‑racism activist in Tunisia jailed for eight years

March 21, 2026 0

A Tunisian court has sentenced human rights activist Saadia Mosbah to eight years in prison and fined her £26,000 ($35,000). Mosbah, who leads the anti-racism group Mnèmty, had been charged with money laundering and illicit […]