Courts in England are debating whether to stop requiring wigs as part of the dress code for barristers. The discussions come after complaints from several black barristers who alleged that the archaic piece of dress code for the country’s lawyers is discriminatory against those with Afro-Carribean hair, the U.K. Telegraph reported. “Following questions from barristers […]
Even before kicking off a three-day visit to Madrid on Friday, Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei stirred controversy, accusing the socialist government of bringing “poverty and death” to Spain and weighing in on corruption allegations against the prime minister’s wife. Source link
Two years after the Supreme Court overturned nationwide abortion rights, the majority of voting-age Americans are unhappy with the decision. A CNN poll published Wednesday found that 65% of U.S. adults said they disapproved of the high court’s 2022 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overruled Roe v. Wade. The court’s decision […]
Retired Justice Stephen G. Breyer is telling his former colleagues in the Supreme Court’s conservative majority to “slow down.” In an interview published Wednesday with ABC News Live Prime, the 85-year-old former justice, who stepped down from the bench in 2022, suggested the conservative majority — including the high court’s newest members — should tap […]
The Chinese Foreign Ministry refused to answer questions Wednesday about a U.S. ultimatum ordering China-based ByteDance to sell the American arm of its wildly popular app TikTok or face a ban in the U.S., a contrast with the loud approach Beijing and the app’s supporters have previously pushed. The crackdown on TikTok’s owner passed Congress […]
Former President Donald Trump used a Wednesday break in his New York trial to gripe about the court system that is trying him on charges he criminally concealed hush money payments during the 2016 presidential campaign. Writing on Truth Social, Mr. Trump complained about the cap on the peremptory challenges each side is given to […]
Courts in Florida and South Carolina have each handed Republican legislatures congressional map victories that will affect the 2024 elections. In one case, a federal three-judge panel in South Carolina ruled in favor of Republican lawmakers and will allow their congressional map to stand for this year’s elections while the U.S. Supreme Court hears claims […]
Former President Donald Trump is calling on the Alabama Legislature to preserve access to in vitro fertilization after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are people, prompting a pause in many of the fertility treatments. “Under my leadership, the Republican Party will always support the creation of strong, thriving, healthy American families. We […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s state courts agency said Thursday that it never received a ransom demand as part of a cyberattack that briefly shut down some of its online services earlier this month and prompted a federal investigation. The attack, called a “denial of services” attack, on the website of the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania […]
President Biden used the Super Bowl to join TikTok and lean into MAGA-world conspiracy theories about Taylor Swift and possible support for his campaign, in a social media push that caters to the youth vote. The Biden campaign’s first post on TikTok, which has a Chinese parent company, is captioned “lol hey guys” and features […]
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