Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion law
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge to one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S. following a lawsuit…
Russian court extends detention of journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to August
A Russian court extended the pretrial detention of U.S. radio journalist Alsu Kurmasheva on Friday, saying it will not appear before judges again until Aug.…
Bruce Lehrmann lodges notice of appeal with Federal Court after it was found he did rape Brittany Higgins on the balance of probabilities
Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has lodged a notice of appeal with the Federal Court after a ruling by Justice Michael Lee that on the…
Roberts rejects senators’ request to discuss court ethics, Alito
WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Thursday declined an invitation to meet with Democratic senators to talk about Supreme Court ethics and the…
Supreme Court gives National Rifle Assn. a 1st Amendment win
WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Assn., best known for advocating for gun rights under the 2nd Amendment, won an unusual 1st Amendment free-speech decision from the…
Hong Kong court finds 14 of 16 democracy activists guilty of subversion | Courts News
BREAKINGBREAKING, This is a breaking news story. More details to follow. A Hong Kong court has found 14 of 16 activists and politicians guilty of…
Why Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s lapse is different
Another day, another ethics crisis at the Supreme Court. When I first read about the upside-down American flag that flew at the Virginia home of…
Man faces court after man and woman allegedly stabbed during violent home invasion in Canberra
In short: An 18-year-old man has been charged over an alleged home invasion and the stabbing of two people at a home in Conder in…
The dangerous push to legalize gambling on U.S. elections
Free and fair elections, the foundation of our democracy, face an unprecedented array of threats as the next one approaches. While some of these threats…
Papuans head to Indonesian court to protect forests from palm oil | Indigenous Rights News
Indigenous activists from the Indonesian province of West Papua have held traditional ceremonies outside the country’s Supreme Court in Jakarta calling for their traditional land…
European Super League: Spanish court says Uefa and Fifa wrong to ban clubs from joining breakaway competition
Uefa and Fifa were wrong to ban clubs from joining the breakaway European Super League, a Spanish court has ruled.Madrid's commercial court said the European…
Republican voter suppression is driven by more than partisanship
Of all the modern Supreme Court’s incredibly disappointing rulings, gutting the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is near the top, second only to its catastrophic…
Democratic senators urge Chief Justice Roberts to act on Alito recusal
WASHINGTON — Two Democratic senators are requesting a meeting with Chief Justice John Roberts after reports that two separate flags carried by rioters at the Jan.…
Plaschke: Caitlin Clark brings the magic in her Hollywood debut
All night, bricks. Then, boom. All night, dreadful. Then, dagger. Caitlin Clark spent most of her first visit to Los Angeles stuck in terrible traffic…
Israel ordered to immediately halt offensive in south of Gaza by international court as it calls the crisis ‘disastrous’
ISRAEL was ordered to immediately halt an offensive in the south of Gaza yesterday by an international court. Judges declared the humanitarian crisis in Rafah…
The evolution of the ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag in Alito controversy
WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is embroiled in a second flag controversy in as many weeks, this time over a banner that in…
Target to cut court backlog cannot be met, says watchdog
56 minutes agoDominic Casciani,Home and legal correspondent, @BBCDomCPAThe 2022 barristers' strike added to the backlogs that began before the pandemicThe government’s target to reduce unprecedented…
The Arizona political couple on opposite ends of 1864 abortion ban
Before she voted to repeal Arizona’s near-total abortion ban, Sen. Shawnna Bolick rose from her seat on the Senate floor to painstakingly detail one woman’s…
Supreme Court OKs shift of Black voters to shore up GOP district
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a state’s mapmakers may shift tens of thousands of Black voters to a different district if they were…
Thai court to hear ethics case calling for removal of PM | Politics News
Judges accept petition seeking Srettha Thavisin’s removal over cabinet appointment of lawyer who did jail time. Thailand’s Constitutional Court will examine a plea seeking to…