The administration is cranking up efforts to kill state laws and legal cases that would force fossil-fuel companies to pay for climate damage.
Tag: Law and Legislation
Under New Law, Greece Can Imprison Rejected Asylum Seekers
A surge in migrants landing on Crete this summer has diminished, but Greece is hoping to deter future undocumented immigration.
Under New Law, Greece Can Imprison Rejected Asylum Seekers
A surge in migrants landing on Crete this summer has diminished, but Greece is hoping to deter future undocumented immigration.
Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs Invalidated by Appeals Court
The decision is a big blow to President Trump’s trade policies, but the judges left the duties in place for now to allow time for a likely appeal to the Supreme Court.
South Korea Outlaws Use of Smartphones During Class
It becomes the latest country to restrict phone use in schools, with a law that will go into effect in 2026.
Germany Proposes Plan to Boost Recruitment or Resort to Draft
Some detractors think the new bill is too weak to fill the recruitment gap. Others worry it will inevitably lead to forced conscription.
Hundreds Languish in Pakistan’s Prisons on Blasphemy Charges
In Pakistan, hundreds are in jail on charges of blaspheming Islam. Rights groups say some of these cases are due to bad actors’ entrapping victims online.
A ‘Dexter’ Obsessed Man Highlights a Gap in British Law
Inspired by the TV serial killer, Jacob Power wrote out detailed murder plans and dug graves. Still, prosecutors could not charge him with attempted murder.
A ‘Dexter’ Obsessed Man Highlights a Gap in British Law
Inspired by the TV serial killer, Jacob Power wrote out detailed murder plans and dug graves. Still, prosecutors could not charge him with attempted murder.
New Delhi Is Ordered to Round Up Hundreds of Thousands of Stray Dogs
In cities across the country, the feral animals are both loved and feared. The judges are forging into intensely emotional territory by going after the ones in the capital.