Ryan Farrick is a 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.
More than 120 victims of former Michigan State physician Larry Nassar have signed a letter asking the university’s Board of Trustees to replace the school’s interim president. Former Michigan governor John Engler was appointed to head Michigan State after Lou Anna Simon’s departure from the post. Simon—accused of insensitivity and oversight during Nassar’s decades-long crime
President Donald Trump caved to political pressure on Wednesday, signing an executive order meant to limit the separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border. “We’re going to have strong, very strong borders but we are going to keep the families together,” said Trump, speaking from the Oval Office. “I don’t like the sight or the
An exclusive CNN story recounts how some law students are fighting back against the Supreme Court’s stance on mandatory arbitration clauses in employment contracts. “This isn’t stuff you negotiate,” said one student, who’d received a job offer from a prestigious Silicon Valley law firm. “You go intern for the summer. You get a job offer,
The federal government will pay $400,000 to former U.S. Border Patrol agent Anthony Gazvoda, who claims an assignment along the Texan frontier triggered post-traumatic stress disorder brought on by military service. Gazvoda, a Michigan native and member of the National Guard, initially asked for a posting along the U.S.-Canada border. The government rejected his request,
In another bid to ensure its ability to punish so-called sanctuary cities, the Justice Department is sending a petition to the Supreme Court. According to POLITICO, the agency filed an emergency junction with the court on Monday, asking it to overturn a nationwide injunction issued by a Chicago judge. The administration argues that the injunction
An Iowa Supreme Court decision from early June could make it more difficult for ordinary citizens to sue over poorly-kept roads and highways. The court, writes David Pitt of the Associated Press, is playing to a controversial but popular take on public-duty doctrine. From a legal standpoint, some government agencies can be excepted from liability
A 96-year old judge from Brooklyn is pushing back against the Supreme Court, claiming a pair of recent rulings protecting law enforcement from lawsuits had gone too far. In a Monday decision, Judge Jack B. Weinstein claimed the expanded police protections could absolve “all but the plainly incompetent” from the consequences of misconduct. “The Supreme
Friday brought chaos to a conservative effort to broker compromise on a House immigration bill. After a week of long talks, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan promised Wednesday that Republicans were finally finding common ground on a contentious immigration issue. Ever since President Donald Trump formally rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program
Newly-appointed New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood is suing the Trump Foundation, along with the president and his children, alleging “extensive and persistent” lawbreaking. Underwood, writes the BBC, claims that Trump’s charitable group engaged in “unlawful political co-ordination” aimed at influencing the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Along with dissolving the foundation, Underwood
On Thursday, the Supreme Court struck down a Minnesota law banning voters from wearing political apparel at polling places. In what the New York Times describes as a ‘cautious 7-2 decision,’ the court recognized the values underlying Minnesota’s intent. Nevertheless, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. opined that the state’s law wasn’t “capable of reasoned