Israel’s court plan is in trouble as pressure rises on Netanyahu After weeks of turbulence over the Israeli government’s attempt to weaken its judiciary, the controversial package is in trouble. Tribune News Service · Apr 4, 2023
NCAA Faces New Multimillion Dollar Lawsuit Less than a day after the doors closed on March Madness, college athletics’ governing body was handed a new legal battle from the firms behind the Alston Supreme Court case. Sports Illustrated · Apr 4, 2023
For many Palestinian citizens of Israel, judicial battle leaves them out A plan by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to limit powers of the Supreme Court sparked huge protests across Israel before it was put on hold last week, but the country's Palestinian citizens have largely remained on the sidelines. Reuters · Apr 4, 2023
Kenya opposition protests pause for talks: All you need to know Two weeks of protests against the high cost of living and alleged electoral rigging have been paused for dialogue. Al Jazeera · Apr 4, 2023
Commentary: Even as mass shootings multiply, federal judges are erasing gun safety laws Once again a mass shooting is in the headlines — this time in Nashville, with three children among the six victims. This latest horrific tragedy is prompting renewed calls for gun reform, but what most Americans don’t know is that a different kind of gun revolution is already underway. Los Angeles Times · Apr 4, 2023
Trudy Rubin: Elected leaders in Israel, Poland, and Hungary are following the 'autocrat's playbook' A couple of weeks ago, as I moderated a discussion at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House on the heated battle to control Israel's courts, the talk turned to "the elected autocrat's playbook." The Philadelphia Inquirer · Apr 4, 2023
Ethan McPherson sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison for killing David Murphy in Springfield Lakes in 2019 Ethan McPherson is sentenced in the Supreme Court in Brisbane after pleading guilty to a downgraded charge of unlawful striking causing the death of David Murphy. ABC News · Apr 4, 2023
Former FTC chair urges agency not to tarnish a bipartisan legacy from Reagan to Obama: ‘We can’t ignore the last 40 years of antitrust based on protecting consumers’ Fromer FTC chair and law professor Timothy J. Muris critiques the FTC's new enforcement approach for breaking with precedent. Fortune · Apr 3, 2023
Oscar Pistorius' lawyer: 'Mistake' to deny parole, appealing Oscar Pistorius' lawyer says there was an “obvious mistake” in the process to deny him parole last week The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023
Supreme Court rejects appeal from Louisiana man on death row The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from a Louisiana death row inmate seeking a new sentencing hearing The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023
'Chuvit Garden' plans face scrutiny Many Bangkokians not living in the Sukhumvit area may not realise that there used to be a small park, named Chuvit Garden, at the entrance of Soi Sukhumvit 10. Bangkok Post · Apr 2, 2023
Israelis continue protests over judicial overhaul plans Demonstrators take to the streets days after Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to freeze the controversial proposal. Al Jazeera · Apr 1, 2023
Benjamin Netanyahu has been a political magician for years. Has Israel's leader finally run out of tricks? Benjamin Netanyahu planned to remake Israel's justice system to give the government greater powers to appoint judges to the Supreme Court. But the public response plunged Israel into its worst upheaval in decades. ABC News · Apr 1, 2023
Navjot Singh Sidhu walks out of Patiala jail to grand 'dhol' welcome Cricket-turned-politician and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu was released from Patiala jail today. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Apr 1, 2023
ABC News · Apr 1, 2023 The other Perth Mint scandal: The Mickelberg brothers and the great gold swindle Revelations aired by the ABC’s Four Corners about the Perth Mint have been startling to many, but it's not the first time the institution has been embroiled in a scandal.
Salon · Mar 31, 2023 Expert: Indictment won't help Trump The spectacle of a criminal trial in state or federal court would have a dramatic effect on a presidential campaign
Reason · Mar 31, 2023 Federal Court Strikes Down Obamacare Preventive Care Insurance Mandates The ruling is based on separation of powers and Religious Freedom Restoration Act grounds.
Reuters · Mar 31, 2023 Pakistani parliament approves new law to curtail chief justice's powers Pakistan's parliament has passed a new law to curtail the powers of the Supreme Court's chief justice, Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said on Friday, a move that comes amid a row between the higher judiciary and the government.
The Conversation · Mar 30, 2023 Trump indictment won't keep him from presidential race, but will make his reelection bid much harder A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict former President Donald Trump. The specific state charges, reports The New York Times, “remain a mystery” but will be related to the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation of Trump for making hush money payments to a porn star just before the 2016 presidential…
ABC News · Mar 30, 2023 'Shaman' accused of drugging and raping women on the Gold Coast used accomplice to 'silence' victims, police allege Court documents obtained by the ABC show detectives allege a man was recruited to "silence" the alleged victims of a 50-year-old "shaman".
Salon · Mar 30, 2023 How abortion bans impact pregnant people Leading legal scholar Mary Ziegler and Tennessee OB-GYN Dr. Nikki Zite talk to ProPublica about ominous trends
Al Jazeera · Mar 30, 2023 Pakistani court strikes down sedition law in win for free speech Ruling says the colonial-era law, which governments have used against their political opponents, is ‘unconstitutional’.
Daily Mirror · Mar 30, 2023 Why there are protests in Israel as country 'on fire' during catastrophic demonstrations Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu wants to give his government almost total power over who is appointed to the courts and hundreds of thousands of Israelis have been taking to the streets to protest changes
The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023 Kenya opposition in fresh protests amid government warning Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has led thousands of protesters in a third round of anti-government demonstrations as the interior ministry in charge of police has warned that no more violent protests will be tolerated
The Times of India · Mar 30, 2023 Murder of 12-year-old: SC notice to Delhi govt on father's plea seeking CBI probe NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has sought a response from the Delhi government on a plea seeking a CBI investigation into a kidnapping and murder of a 12-year-old boy in 2014.