NEW YORK — New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with “egregious” improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that weren’t part of the case. “We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony […]
Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law, though some also questioned the effects on emergency care for pregnant patients. The case marks the first time the Supreme Court has considered the implications of a state ban since overturning […]
NEWS AND OPINION: This phrase comes to us from Women’s March, a large group of feminist activists that has been staging large-scale marches and protests in the nation’s capital and other U.S. cities since 2017. “On Thursday, starting at 10:00 a.m. — as the Supreme Court begins hearing oral arguments over Donald Trump’s claim of […]
Twenty-five states have approved measures barring transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s scholastic sports, but West Virginia could become the first to have its law taken up by the Supreme Court. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced he will ask the Supreme Court to consider the constitutionality of the 2021 Save Women’s Sports Act […]
The Biden administration on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to declare federal law supreme and to force states with severe abortion bans to allow exceptions in emergency cases where a woman’s health is at risk. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar told the justices that a federal emergency care law that requires hospitals to stabilize patients covers […]
Justice Sonia Sotomayor botched the status of abortion laws Wednesday when she said some states bar all abortions, even in cases where the mother’s life is at stake. She was sparring with Joshua Turner, a lawyer defending Idaho’s law, which does generally bar abortions but also includes a mother’s life exception. “What you’re saying is […]
A guaranteed income pilot program in Harris County (Houston), Texas was shut down before the first payment could be processed. The Supreme Court of Texas ruled it must stop while the question of whether or not it is unconstitutional is considered. Last year the Harris County Commissioners Court passed Uplift Harris. The vote was 4-1. […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s electoral commission formally declared Prabowo Subianto president-elect in a ceremony on Wednesday, after the country’s highest court rejected challenges to his landslide victory lodged by two losing presidential candidates. Subianto, who is currently defense minister, won the election with 58.6% of the votes, or more than 96 million ballots, more than […]
A top Russian military official arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe was sent to pre-trial detention Wednesday after appearing before a court in central Moscow, court officials said in a statement. Timur Ivanov, 48, one of Russia’s 12 deputy defense ministers, was arrested Tuesday evening, Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement. It gave […]
Same song, different verse. American journalist Evan Gershkovich is sitting in a Russian prison cell on charges of espionage. Evan’s appeal was rejected today in a Russian court. That’s the bad news. The good news, if we can believe it is true, is that Russian officials claim that confidential discussions are being conducted about prisoner […]
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