Former Acoma Pueblo Gov. Kurt Riley has worked for years to have the STOP Act passed and signed into law. (Photo/Acoma Pueblo) President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony (STOP) Act into federal law. The law will prevent the illegal exportation of tribal cultural heritage items whose trafficking is already…
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Augusta National is right to keep LIV golfers on the Masters invite list
Of course Augusta National stuck with its current method of filling the field for the Masters Tournament. Imagine the ugliness — unless you’re fond of swarming lawyers — if Chairman Fred Ridley had drawn a line in the bunker and banned the Saudi tour golfers who are otherwise eligible for the annual “tradition unlike any…
This Week in the Supreme Court – week commencing 19th December 2022 – UKSCBlog
On Wednesday 14th December the Supreme Court will hand down two judgments. The hand-downs will take place at 9:45 a.m. in Courtroom One: Stanford International Bank Ltd (In Liquidation) v HSBC Bank PLC, on appeal from [2021] EWCA Civ 535. The Court was asked to consider whether an insolvent company suffers any loss if payments…
Winter storm takes aim at Southern Tier and Northeast; here’s what residents can expect
A winter storm that has wreaked havoc across the Midwest is expected to bring the first major snowfall of the season to the Southern Tier of New York and Northern Tier of Pennsylvania from Thursday afternoon to Friday, and forecasters are concerned about travel issues and possible power outages . The National Weather Service has…
Idaho Murders Update as 50 Search Warrants Obtained in Investigation
Latah County prosecutor Bill Thompson said that his office had obtained more than 50 search warrants for the investigation into the brutal murders of four University of Idaho college students. Speaking to the local newspaper the Moscow-Pullman Daily NewsThompson said the Latah County Prosecutor’s Office is currently providing legal advice to law enforcement investigating the…
Oh, to be royal, without the obligations! Have Harry and Meghan figured out how?
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at their wedding in May 2018. It may feel like a lifetime ago, but that doesn’t mean you’re ready to relive it with an exhaustive docuseries. (Andrew Matthews/WPA via Getty Images) Here’s the good news about the new six-part docuseries about Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of…
Wild Honey expands, Pensacola gift guide and great local coffee
Between travel, Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping, it’s been a busy week for most. With all the holiday hubbub, you may not have had a chance to cat up on all the news from this week. But never fear, from the expansion of a fan favorite frozen yogurt shop, to a Pensacola-centric holiday shopping guide,…
Reference by the Lord Advocate of devolution issues under paragraph 34 of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998 [2022] UKSC 31 – UKSC Blog
The Scottish Government drafted a Scottish Independence Referendum Bill which makes provision for a referendum on the question, “Should Scotland be an independent country?”. Under the Scotland Act 1998 (“the Scotland Act”), the power of the Scottish Parliament to make legislation (or its “legislative competence”) is limited. A provision of a Bill will be outside…
Student loan forgiveness: Payment pause extended to June 2023
The student loan payment pause was set to expire Jan. 1, a date that Biden set before his debt cancellation plan stalled in the face of legal challenges. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that his administration will extend a pause on federal student loan payments while the White House fights a legal battle…
3 top law schools quit US News rankings over equity concerns
The University of California, Berkeley’s law school on Thursday joined the law programs at Harvard and Yale in pulling out of US News & World Report’s rankings over concerns that they punish efforts to attract students from a broad range of backgrounds. The deans of all three law schools said the magazine’s influential ranking system…