Tag: law

Liberia passes law to set up a long-awaited war crimes court

MONROVIA, Liberia — President Joseph Boakai on Thursday signed an executive order to create a long-awaited war crimes court to deliver justice to the victims of Liberia‘s two civil wars, characterized by widespread mass killings, torture and sexual violence. Human rights groups have described how girls were subjected to gang rapes, while children were recruited […]

NLRB: Amazon chief broke labor law with union comments

The National Labor Relations Board ruled Thursday that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy violated federal labor law in comments about unionization at the company. According to a ruling by NLRB Administrative Law Judge Brian Gee, Mr. Jassy made several unlawful comments to The New York Times, Bloomberg and CNBC in 2022 when union drives were popping […]

Arizona Republicans Just Joined Democrats to Repeal 1864 Law

If there’s one thing that Democrats can always rely on squeamish Republicans to do, it’s to sign onto bad legislation because GOP lawmakers think it will help moderate their image in an election year. It’s like Lucy Van Pelt, Charlie Brown and the football: No matter how many times Republicans line up to kick the […]