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.
In a unanimous ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday made it harder for citizens to sue law enforcement in instances wherein police barge into a home and provoke a shooting. The decision set aside a $4 million verdict that had been awarded to a homeless couple against two Los Angeles County deputies. The case
Bernards Township, NJ, officials will pay a Muslim organization $3.25 million under the terms of a federal lawsuit. The details of the award and its stipulations were released Tuesday. On top of having to write a large check, Bernards Township officials agreed to provide diversity and inclusion training for its current and future planning board
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a transgender student from Wisconsin must be allowed to use the bathroom suiting their gender identity in school. The decision was praised by lawyers for 17-year old Ashton Whitaker. Reuters reports the ruling was the first time a federal appellate court upheld the notion that transgender students
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., dismissed a lawsuit brought against Hillary Clinton over the deaths of two Americans in the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya. U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson dismissed the ‘wrongful death’ portion of the lawsuit on technical grounds. The complaint levied against Clinton suggested
Litigation against Fox News is moving forward following the death of the network’s former chairman and chief executive officer, Roger Ailes. The Washington Post reported on Monday that three new lawsuits alleging a ‘hostile work environment’ were filed in the days after Ailes’ death. Although the late corporate helmsman was a witness and defendant in
Golfer Tiger Woods was arrested early Monday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence. Around 3 o’clock on Memorial Day, the athlete was arrested and booked into a local Jupiter, FL, jail. Woods was released after several hours on his own recognizance and without having to post any bond. According to CNN, there are
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s words Sunday indicate what may begin a gradual parting of ways between Europe and the United States. Speaking at a campaign event in Munich, Merkel said her recent interactions with Donald Trump have shown her that Europe can no longer “completely” rely on America and its other longstanding allies. “The times
The Trump administration suffered another embarrassing legal defeat on Thursday, after a panel of judges upheld a halt on the President’s revised travel ban. The controversial executive order – widely regarded and derided as a ‘Muslim ban’ – was indefinitely halted by a district court in March. Judge Derrick Watson, of Hawaii, had blocked the
Warning: featured video may be disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. The family of Michael Sabbie is suing the for-profit prison which ignored his pleas for help. In July of 2015, Sabbie was booked into the Bi-State Jail along the Oklahoma-Arkansas border. He’d had an argument with his wife, Teresa, about money. The police were called
Republicans in the House and Senate have introduced identical bills, both entitled the Back the Blue Act of 2017. Under the guise of protecting law enforcement officers from assault and any variety of criminal mischief and mayhem, the implications of Back the Blue are severe. If the Act passes as proposed, killing or conspiring to