Trump's "racist" judicial attack Experts worry Trump's rhetoric could cause irreversible damage to the judicial system Salon · Apr 6, 2023
AOC: Impeach corrupt Clarence Thomas "This is beyond party or partisanship. This degree of corruption is shocking," says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Salon · Apr 6, 2023
Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose luxury trips: Report ProPublica says the US Supreme Court justice did not report travel offered by a donor, in possible violation of law. Al Jazeera · Apr 6, 2023
Supreme Court says 12-year-old transgender girl may compete against girls in West Virginia WASHINGTON — In its first decision involving transgender students and sports, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused West Virginia’s bid to bar a 12-year-old transgender girl from competing on the girl’s track team at her middle school. Los Angeles Times · Apr 6, 2023
High court: Trans girl can run girls track in West Virginia The Supreme Court is allowing a 12-year-old transgender girl in West Virginia to continue competing on her middle school’s girls sports teams while a lawsuit over a state ban continues The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023
Supreme Court says West Virginia trans girl can continue playing sports during challenge to state ban The high court rejects the state’s attempt to kick Becky Pepper-Jackson off her middle school track and field team while legal challenges to a state ban on trans athletes continue The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023
Supreme Court won't enforce West Virginia law banning trans athletes from girls' teams The state's law was challenged by a 12-year-old transgender girl named Becky Pepper-Jackson, who has lived as a girl since fourth grade, according to court papers. WEKU · Apr 6, 2023
Court says trans girl can run girls track in West Virginia The Supreme Court is allowing a 12-year-old transgender girl in West Virginia to continue competing on her middle school’s girls sports teams while a lawsuit over a state ban continues The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023
Senators seek probes into report on undisclosed luxury trips by Supreme Court's Thomas Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has for decades accepted luxury trips from a Dallas businessman without publicly disclosing them despite a federal law requiring disclosure of most gifts, a media report said on Thursday, prompting Senate Democrats to call for an investigation. Reuters · Apr 6, 2023
Wisconsin GOP wants to impeach new judge Even other Republicans decried using "impeachments to overturn elections" Salon · Apr 6, 2023
Supreme Court ethics criticism grows louder with Clarence Thomas investigation Thomas accepted luxury trips from a Republican megadonor “virtually every year” for more than 20 years. Axios · Apr 6, 2023
Texas billionaire Harlan Crow treated Justice Clarence Thomas to luxury trips that weren’t disclosed Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. The Texas Tribune · Apr 6, 2023
Clarence Thomas faces new impeachment calls over luxury trip gifts from GOP megadonor Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez condemns ‘cartoonish’ corruption after bombshell report finds Supreme Court justice accepted luxury vacations from a top Republican donor over 20 years The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023
SC to hear YouTuber Manish Kashyap's plea seeking clubbing of FIRs on April 10 The Supreme Court will hear YouTuber Manish Kashyap's plea seeking clubbing of FIRs registered against him on April 10. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Apr 6, 2023
Salon · Apr 6, 2023 Thomas' secret lux trips from GOP donor Thomas has secretly accepted gifts from billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow for 20 years
The Conversation · Apr 6, 2023 Trump’s latest personal attacks on judges could further weaken people's declining trust in American rule of law When former President Donald Trump was arraigned in a Manhattan criminal court on April 4, 2023, Judge Juan Merchan warned him to “refrain” from making social media posts that could incite violence or “jeopardize the rule of law.”
Newslaundry · Apr 6, 2023 Newspapers today: When Modi and friends star in full-page ads, news reports, even edit pages For the beleaguered independent media in India, a gradually disappearing species, the Supreme Court’s ruling in the MediaOne case is important in more ways than one. There is, of course, no guarantee that the governing party will heed the words of the court as it continues to emasculate the media…
AAP · Apr 6, 2023 'Savage and brutal' mass murderer to remain behind bars A Queensland man who killed his partner and three of her children in 1995 has sought to appeal a finding that he would pose too high a risk if granted parole.
Newslaundry · Apr 5, 2023 Dubious links, ‘anti-establishment’: Govt’s reasons for MediaOne ban, and how SC shot them down The central government used the “plea of national security to deny the rights of citizens” and impinged upon MediaOne’s right to a fair hearing.
Al Jazeera · Apr 5, 2023 Imran Khan Q&A: ‘Pakistan civil-military imbalance has to change’ In freewheeling conversation with Al Jazeera, former prime minister looks back at a turbulent year since he lost power.
Al Jazeera · Apr 5, 2023 Imran Khan: ‘Gov’t even willing to violate Pakistan constitution’ In exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, the ex-PM and opposition leader attacks government for delaying crucial polls.
Newslaundry · Apr 5, 2023 ‘Critical views cannot be termed anti-establishment’: Supreme Court lifts telecast ban on MediaOne The Supreme Court today set aside the central government’s refusal to renew the broadcasting licence of Malayalam news channel MediaOne.
Reason · Apr 5, 2023 Restraining Orders Do Not Prove That People Are 'Dangerous' The Biden administration is defending a federal law that disarms Americans based on "boilerplate language" in orders that judges routinely grant.
Tribune News Service · Apr 4, 2023 Noah Feldman: Trump indictment is a risky bet for New York and the nation The criminal indictment of former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump is historic and unprecedented. It stands for the principle that, in the United States, no one is above the law.
The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2023 New antitrust lawsuit against NCAA seeks millions in damages The attorneys who beat the NCAA in the Supreme Court have filed a new class-action antitrust lawsuit against the association and the five wealthiest college sports conferences