Ryan Farrick is a freelance writer and small business advertising consultant based out of mid-Michigan. Passionate about international politics and world affairs, he’s an avid traveler with a keen interest in the connections between South Asia and the United States. Ryan studied neuroscience and has spent the last several years working as an operations manager in transportation logistics.
A United States district judge is allowing a complaint filed by the widow of Gregory Harvey to proceed to trial, despite the objections of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Harvey, a Jamaican-born green card holder, was detained by ICE for nearly two years while awaiting possible deportation to a prison in Goshen, NY.
A coalition of attorneys general from across the United States are backing an effort to overturn a class action settlement against firearms manufacturer Remington. The attorneys general claim the terms of the settlement were too lenient, as they allowed Remington to downplay the danger their defective devices posed to the public. The sweeping class action
A federal judge ruled Monday that the Wisconsin Department of Corrections must institute a series of changes to ‘drastically reduce’ inmate abuse at juvenile detention facilities across the state. Coverage by The New York Times indicates that U.S. District Judge James Peterson delivered his verdict with the intention of reducing and eliminating constitutional violations at
Republicans in Congress are finally warming up to the idea of added consumer protections for air travelers. While The Hill reports that many GOP legislators had been opposed to regulating the airline industry just over a year ago, rejecting calls to curtail a hefty variety of fees and establish minimum seat sizes. However, recent controversies
A trial date has been set for an unprecedented climate change lawsuit being brought against the federal government. Begun when President Barack Obama was still in office, the suit was ordered to trial by U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin. Coffin set the date for arguments to begin as February 5th, 2018. The lawsuit garnered significant
Democratic attorneys general from nearly twenty states have joined in a lawsuit targeting the Department of Education and its controversial head, Betsy DeVos, over a proposed freeze on protections for student loan borrowers. The attorneys general of 18 states, as well as Washington, D.C., are up in arms over DeVos’ decision to hold off on
Six state prosecutors are joining litigation to ban the controversial pesticide chlorpyrifos from being used on American-grown fruits and vegetables. The attorney generals for the states of New York, Maryland, Vermont, Washington, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C., all Democrats, filed a motion to intervene in a case first filed by environmental and social justice advocacy groups
A federal judge in Detroit granted a temporary stay to 114 Iraqi nationals due up for deportation. According to MLive.com, the order was issued by U.S. District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith of Detroit. The arrests are part of a broader net cast nationwide, in which immigrants previously accused and convicted of criminal offenses are being
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that unaccompanied minors detained for immigration offenses are entitled to bail hearings. According to Politico, the Justice Department had been arguing that a 2002 law transferring responsibility for unaccompanied immigrant minors to the Department of Health and Human Services ‘superseded a 1997 settlement under which the government
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette determined Thursday that the State Superintendent doesn’t have the authority to fine or withhold funds from school districts that use potentially offensive sports mascots. Midway through March of 2017, Michigan’s state superintendent, Brian Whiston, asked Schuette to investigate whether he’d be able to fine districts which use potentially offensive Native