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317 entries in 'Topics' |
2024/12/13
South Korean leaders seek calm after Yoon is impeached
2024/12/04
Court seems reluctant to block state bans on medical treatments for minors
2024/11/25
Court backs Texas over razor wire installed on US-Mexico border
2024/10/26
Ford cuts 2024 earnings guidance due to warranty costs and slow pace of cost cutting
2024/09/30
New rules regarding election certification in Georgia to get test in court
2024/09/14
Algerian court certifies Tebboune’s landslide reelection win
2024/09/12
Alaska high court lets man serving a 20-year sentence remain in US House race
2024/08/12
Detroit judge sidelined for making sleepy teen wear jail clothes on court field trip
2024/08/05
Congolese military court hands down death sentence to leader of rebel coalition
2024/07/27
Republican challenge to New York's mail voting expansion
2024/06/07
Three Americans in alleged coup attempt appear in Congo military court
2024/05/28
Trump hush money trial: Prosecution, defense look to score final points
2024/05/25
Trial turns testy as Trump lawyers try to pique fixer-turned-witness
2024/01/26
Man sentenced to death for arson attack at Japanese anime studio that killed 36
2023/12/08
Hunter Biden is indicted on 9 tax charges in a special counsel investigation
2023/11/22
Equal rights for same-sex couples approved by Thailand's Cabinet
2023/10/02
Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina’s new abortion law
2023/09/18
5 former officers charged with federal civil rights violations
2023/07/25
Texas is using disaster declarations to install buoys and razor wire
2023/07/03
Judge allows North Carolina’s revised 12-week abortion law to take effect
2023/05/12
‘Rust’ movie medic gets $1.15 million partial settlement
2023/03/22
Republicans invoke Soros to steer narrative on Trump probe
2023/02/24
Maryland mulls ending child sexual abuse lawsuit time limits
2023/01/03
State seeks long prison term for accused NYC subway gunman
2022/10/20
Ohio governor’s race split by pandemic, abortion, gun rights
2022/10/11
Fishermen hire Bush-era official in challenge to whale laws
2022/10/03
CAS asked to judge Ecuador case by 10 days before World Cup
2022/08/23
Judge rules teen was justified in shooting assailant 7 times
2022/07/13
Court reinstates ban on lobster gear to protect right whales
2022/03/17
Jackson pledges to decide cases ‘without fear or favor
2022/03/02
Israel high court suspends Palestinians’ evictions for now
2021/12/25
Griffis beginning 8-year term on Mississippi Supreme Court
2021/09/20
Spain: Venezuelan spymaster loses court extradition dispute
2021/08/11
Court tosses ruling against Pennsylvania COVID-19 measures
2021/08/09
Order: Mississippi judges have discretion for COVID safety
2021/07/30
Announcing the Launch of Florida Lawyer Website
2021/07/24
40-year sentence upheld for man who killed his roommate
2021/03/22
Israel revokes permit of Palestinian foreign minister
2021/01/06
Arizona Supreme Court upholds election challenge dismissal
2020/10/19
Supreme Court to review Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' policy
2020/10/15
Barrett bats away tough Democratic confirmation probing
2020/09/26
The Latest: Trump says he won't meet with Judge Lagoa
2020/09/16
Shooting outside US court in Phoenix wounds federal officer
2020/09/14
Norfolk courts latest in Virginia OK'd for jury trials
2020/09/13
Girl appeals Slender Man stabbing to Wisconsin Supreme Court
2020/09/07
Saudi court issues final verdicts in Khashoggi killing
2020/08/22
Court halts police subpoena for media’s protest images
2020/07/19
Justice Ginsburg says cancer has returned, but won’t retire
2020/06/16
What Supreme Court? Trump's HHS pushes LGBT health rollback
2020/05/03
Wisconsin court sets argument date for stay-at-home lawsuit
2020/03/21
Supreme Court: Justices healthy and trying to stay that way
2020/02/27
UK court blocks Heathrow expansion over climate concerns
2020/02/05
WADA asks sports court to open Russia case to public hearing
2020/01/16
Germany jails man for tricking women into electric shocks
2019/12/28
Russian court jails 2 terrorism suspects arrested on US tip
2019/09/02
‘The Supreme Court Is Not Well. And the People Know It.’
2019/07/31
Dubai ruler, princess in London court over welfare of kids
2019/04/10
Media lawyers in Australian court over Cardinal gag order
2019/03/15
Detained Saudi women's rights activists brought to court
2019/01/16
Congo court poised to rule on presidential vote challenge
2018/12/28
Court: Trump campaign not responsible in gun assault claim
2018/11/19
European court: Russia's arrests of Navalny were political
2018/10/25
Condemned inmate's last meal includes pancakes
2018/10/24
Synagogue suspect at courthouse; survivors recall ordeal
2018/09/28
The Latest: 6 countries seek criminal probe of Venezuela
2018/09/19
Missouri court lets redistricting initiative go to voters
2018/09/07
Pipeline company found guilty in 2015 California oil spill
2018/08/29
Kavanaugh's support for surveilling Americans raises concern
2018/08/25
In Veterans Court, former service members fight new battle
2018/08/10
Nevada Supreme Court taking up execution case
2018/07/16
Hawaii Supreme Court sides with lesbian couple in B&B case
2018/07/05
Lawyers: 2014 arrest at Vegas hotel precursor to killings
2018/06/27
Court opening puts pressure on Democrats in Trump country
2018/06/22
Indonesia court sentences cleric behind attacks to death
2018/06/03
Man run down, 50 years after killing girl in hit-and-run
2018/04/24
Trump travel ban is focus of Supreme Court's last arguments
2018/04/23
Supreme Court seems divided over Texas redistricting
2018/04/11
Russian court blocks popular messaging app in privacy row
2018/04/02
Trump administration backs PLO in victims' high court appeal
2018/03/04
South Carolina court questions transportation tax spending
2018/03/02
Court: Nike logo of Michael Jordan didn't violate copyright
2018/02/09
Wisconsin Supreme Court primary will leave just two
2018/01/30
Court seems to favor death row inmate in dispute with lawyer
2018/01/26
Malaysia's top court annuls unilateral conversions of minors
2018/01/04
Judge Rejects Request for New Vote in Virginia House Race
2017/12/13
S Carolina Rep. Quinn pleads guilty to corruption charge
2017/10/13
Supreme Court refuses to hear Kentucky foster care case
2017/10/11
Court nixes class-action status for TGI Friday's drink suit
2017/10/06
Spooked businesses shift headquarters out of Catalonia
2017/09/14
Rooney gets road ban after pleading guilty to drunk driving
2017/09/10
Court: Apology expressing fault can't be used in lawsuits
2017/08/13
Hailey attorney named to Idaho District Court bench
2017/08/10
Open records policy set for administrative court records
2017/08/02
Man suspected in Indiana officer's killing due in court
2017/07/20
EU closer to sanctions on Poland over changes in judiciary
2017/07/06
Court: Detained immigrant children entitled to court hearing
2017/07/03
Indiana high court to rule on Lake Michigan beach ownership
2017/06/28
Case of gay couple's wedding cake heads to Supreme Court
2017/06/07
Alabama asks US Supreme Court to let execution proceed
2017/05/19
Texas advances new abortion limits despite court defeats
2017/05/09
Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya guilty of disobeying top court
2017/05/01
4th Arkansas inmate executed in 8 days lurches on gurney
2017/04/21
Conservatives fault Arkansas court for halting executions
2017/04/09
Court: Banned Dartmouth fraternity can't live in house
2017/03/31
High Court Struggles Over Hospital Pension Dispute
2017/03/06
Oklahoma tribe sues oil companies in tribal court over quake
2017/03/01
California court expands endangered-species removal powers
2017/02/20
Graft conviction keeps south Indian politician out of office
2017/02/14
NC court blocks law stripping governor of election powers
2017/01/19
Aaron Hernandez expected in court as murder trial nears
2017/01/11
Ohio brother slaying case might return to juvenile court
2017/01/10
Gambia's leader says only court can declare who's president
2016/12/20
Court to unseal Clinton email search warrant
2016/12/16
Man who fired shots in DC pizza parlor expected in court
2016/12/06
Court: Star Chinese investor pleads guilty in stock case
2016/12/02
US Supreme Court could hear Charleston company, Lexmark case
2016/11/21
Election judge pleads not guilty in absentee ballot case
2016/11/04
UK court brings Brexit plans screeching to halt
2016/10/16
Court hearing on potential Ontario ban of Indians name, logo
2016/10/01
Supreme Court in holding pattern, awaiting ninth justice
2016/09/14
Court rules man treated for mental illness can have a gun
2016/08/24
Appeals court: Week of early voting shouldn't return to Ohio
2016/08/22
Differences aside, Supreme Court unites Trump, Senate GOP
2016/08/18
'Whitey' Bulger asks US Supreme Court to hear his appeal
2016/08/03
Indiana officer accused of shooting detective due in court
2016/07/22
Kansas court upholds death sentence for sheriff's killing
2016/07/07
Court orders release of Chicago police disciplinary records
2016/07/05
Senate confirms district court judge for New Jersey
2016/07/04
Obama rebukes Poland over paralysis of constitutional court
2016/06/09
Appeals court denies Hope Solo's bid to avoid trial
2016/06/02
Missouri Appeals Court to decide fight over frozen embryos
2016/05/31
Man admits kidnapping teen girl, raping her during captivity
2016/05/30
Egyptian court sentences 36 Islamists to life in prison
2016/05/23
US appeals court revisits Texas voter ID law
2016/05/21
Indiana court to hear woman's appeal of feticide conviction
2016/05/07
Florida's high court urged to throw out death sentences
2016/05/02
Court in Russia-annexed Crimea bans Tatar assembly
2016/04/13
Despite court ruling, China gay rights movement makes gains
2016/03/28
Supreme Court rejects Blagojevich appeal in corruption case
2016/03/23
Court gives green light to death penalty fast-tracking
2016/03/13
RNC launches campaign to oppose Obama's Supreme Court pick
2016/03/01
Top German court considers bid to outlaw far-right party
2016/02/10
Court to weigh cocaine cases, could alter sentencing in Ohio
2016/02/05
NY court agrees to rehear Ex-Goldman board member's appeal
2015/12/10
Supreme Court torn over Texas affirmative action program
2015/11/15
Ruling gives Sandusky back $4,900-a-month Penn State pension
2015/11/01
High court rejects ex-stockbroker's appeal in fraud case
2015/11/01
California appeals court rejects right-to-die lawsuit
2015/10/16
Court records: Ohio man on electronic monitor raped teen
2015/10/11
Quaid expected in Vermont court to face charge
2015/10/06
Familiar, divisive social issues on Supreme Court agenda
2015/09/17
Religious clerks in Kentucky follow law, but see conflict
2015/09/13
Appeals court weighs Justice deal to settle Iran charges
2015/09/07
Chile appeal court upholds convictions in Americans' killing
2015/09/03
Washington Supreme Court rules against Backpage.com
2015/09/01
Burkina Faso court rejects candidate of former ruling party
2015/07/29
Appeals court: Kansas abortion opponent must stand trial
2015/07/27
Appeals court upholds California's shark fin ban
2015/06/14
US appeals court upholds key parts of Texas abortion law
2015/05/15
Pandora loses to BMI in court hearing, vows to appeal
2014/01/20
Italian court hears final rebuttals in Knox trial
2013/10/04
NC court dumps speedway's suit over $80M deal
2013/06/11
Court: $1M coverage for Conn. fire victim families
2013/05/30
Probe of well-connected truck stop chain may widen
2013/03/25
Court backs student in textbook copyright case
2012/12/10
Fed. court orders resentencing in Arkansas bombing
2012/06/21
Use new drug sentencing law in crack cases
2012/06/14
Accused Auburn shooter in court on 3 murder counts
2012/06/09
Fort Hood shooter's beard stops court hearing
2012/05/18
Appeals court upholds key voting rights provision
2012/02/27
BP 'ready for long court battle over Gulf spill'
2012/02/24
Costner sculpture dispute heads to SD high court
2012/02/23
Court seems split on double jeopardy question
2012/02/02
Providence mayor warns of possible bankruptcy
2012/01/30
Robbins Geller Rudman Dowd LLP Files Class Action
2012/01/26
Hustler targeted for printing photos of dead woman
2012/01/25
In Vt., an attorney general's losses raise doubts
2012/01/18
Amazon Hit With Class Action Over Zappos Data Breach
2012/01/01
MT court restores corporate campaign spending ban
2011/12/31
Del. court says ex-HP CEO can't keep letter secret
2011/12/30
Appeals court upholds sentence of former deputy
2011/12/19
Operative gets prison for bilking NYC mayor
2011/12/19
Court schedules week of health care arguments
2011/12/11
Appeals court allows Albany hospital merger
2011/12/02
Farmers Insurance Settles Class Action Lawsuit
2011/11/21
Accused White House shooter to appear in DC court
2011/11/17
NY federal appeals court reverses Bruno conviction
2011/11/15
Justices unlikely to have last word on health care
2011/11/11
Govt asks justices to stay out of immigration case
2011/11/09
Calif high court hears debate over worker breaks
2011/11/03
Police investigate Texas judge over video beating
2011/10/24
Baker Donelson law firm acquires Houston practice
2011/10/24
Federman Sherwood Announces Class Action Lawsuit
2011/10/20
Senate rejects GOP effort on terrorist trials
2011/10/18
Top Europe court bans stem cell technique patents
2011/10/15
Court mulls trial in absentia for Hariri case
2011/10/11
FDIC backs ban on banks trading for own profit
2011/10/11
Kentucky man sues Facebook over tracking cookie
2011/10/05
European court rules against Soros in trading case
2011/10/03
High court appears to favor Ala. death row inmate
2011/10/03
Court refuses to hear Maryland gun case
2011/09/20
Idaho inmates settle lawsuit over prison violence
2011/09/06
Ex-Va attorney convicted in law firm embezzlement
2011/08/30
Court approves Harry and David reorganization plan
2011/08/30
BofA sued over $1.75 billion mortgage trust
2011/08/26
No choking charges for Wis. Supreme Court justice
2011/08/19
Former U.S. attorney Lampton dies at 60
2011/08/15
Tech blogger won't be charged in Apple iPhone case
2011/08/15
White House criticizes court's health care ruling
2011/08/10
Ariz. governor on deadline for immigration appeal
2011/08/01
Court upholds Chinese journalist's jail sentence
2011/07/26
Calif Supreme Court rules on illegal local taxes
2011/07/05
Bill revision could mean money for NJ drug company
2011/07/04
Mich. man sues, wants Chevron stock at '04 price
2011/07/03
Law school enrollment in Missouri lags as legal jobs dry up
2011/06/24
N.Y. governor signs gay marriage into law
2011/06/13
Court won't hear restitution claim in Ponzi case
2011/06/10
Toyota class action suit to start with Utah case
2011/06/07
Court: No shield law for message boards posters
2011/06/02
NJ mom accused of starving child pleads not guilty
2011/05/29
Court: Sex-offender list is not cruel punishment
2011/05/23
Not guilty plea entered for teen in NJ webcam case
2011/05/18
Ala. chief justice warns more court layoffs coming
2011/05/10
Court in Va. to hear US health care law challenges
2011/05/10
Pa. lawmaker faces hearing on gun-related charge
2011/05/09
Judge dismisses EA from NCAA antitrust lawsuit
2011/05/06
Court puts Carl Lewis back on NJ primary ballot
2011/05/03
NH Senate rejects changes to anti-bullying law
2011/05/02
Firm hired by GOP ends work on gay marriage ban
2011/05/02
Bachmann uses Holocaust to illustrate tax point
2011/05/02
Court sides with Wyoming in dispute with Montana
2011/04/28
Kan. House debates forcing lawsuit over casino
2011/04/28
US envoy says rights talks with China yield little
2011/04/06
2 charged with insider trading involving law firms
2011/02/23
Court turns down campaign disclosure challenge
2011/01/31
Reno court accepts deal for model in arch crash
2011/01/18
High court denies man's gun arrest appeal
2010/12/30
Mich. court ruling would nix water discharge plan
2010/11/28
Judge denies class action in cigarette lawsuits
2010/11/28
Ruling on Wal-Mart class-action case may have broader impact
2010/11/28
Conn. high court to hear immigrant benefits case
2010/11/27
Supreme Court: drugs can be forced on defendant
2010/11/02
WA voters say no to state income tax Initiative 1098
2010/10/07
Genzyme board rejects Sanofi $69-a-share offer
2010/08/03
Murder conviction of mom reversed in California
2010/07/12
Judicial Vacancies Slow the Wheels of Justice
2010/02/25
Law firm probes Skipton ceiling contract clause
2010/02/16
Montgomery law firm files suit against Toyota
2010/02/12
The money question: At many law firms, these prices are in-SANE!
2010/02/08
Private equity firms brace for tax battle
2010/01/31
First class-action lawsuit filed against Toyota
2009/12/28
Judge names Houston attorney to monitor company
2009/12/18
Ky. League of Cities audit goes to law enforcement
2009/10/26
NH judge refuses to dismiss poetry program lawsuit
2009/04/27
Judge waives waiting period for gay Iowa couple
2009/04/24
Judge in LA orders green card cases reopened
2009/04/21
US Supreme Court to rule on animal cruelty law
2009/02/26
Christian Boot Camp Accused of Abusing Kids
2009/02/20
Microsoft Dodges Class Action For Now
2009/01/26
FBI: Long Island investment firm boss surrenders
2009/01/05
Grocery Wholesaler in Federal Antitrust Action
2008/12/24
Court reinstates clean air rule during EPA fix
2008/11/23
Singapore rules Journal in contempt of court
2008/11/13
High court to rule when judges must bow out
2008/11/05
Court: Payday lending law violated constitution
2008/10/30
Alinghi, rivals call on BMW Oracle to drop lawsuit
2008/10/28
Hot-button social issues highlight state ballots
2008/08/28
Attorney Need Not Deliver Subpoenaed Transcript
2008/08/27
Citibank Stole From 53,000 Customers
2008/08/22
Court says Guantanamo documents should be released
2008/08/21
Urban League Challenges Illinois School Funding
2008/08/13
Steve Wynn Sues Soft-Core Porn King
2008/08/12
DuPont Loses Bid to Enforce Supply Contract
2008/08/11
DC Circuit dismisses Fannie Mae shareholder suit
2008/08/08
Texas executes second foreign national since ICJ order
2008/08/06
Female Football Player Claims Discrimination
2008/07/09
Anheuser-Bush Invokes Cuban Embargo To Fight Buyout
2008/07/08
Refco CEO Bennett Gets 16 Years
2008/07/03
DC police launch voluntary handgun search program
2008/06/20
Federal court issues stay in SC execution
2008/06/09
FTC Appeals D.C. Circuit Order In Rambus Case
2008/06/02
Hungarian Gypsies Lose Bid For Asylum In U.S.
2008/05/28
Harry Potter The Librarian's Lawsuit
2008/05/07
Monopoly Alleged In Crane Certification
2008/05/06
Texas Judge Sets Execution for Mexican National
2008/05/02
Illegal Imimrants Sue Employer, Employer Sues Back
2008/04/23
Officers Denied Immunity For Arresting Protester
2008/04/22
Federal judge dismisses Katrina fraud claim
2008/04/10
Class Says Blockbuster Invades Privacy
2008/04/09
Two Attorneys Emerge in Detroit Mayor Case
2008/04/09
Discovery Across Borders
2008/04/07
Appeals court may let NSA lawsuits proceed
2008/04/04
Climate Work Heating Up at Law Firms
2008/04/03
Justices Weigh Definitions of Competency
2008/04/01
Expert Testimony Issues on the Rise
2008/03/28
DOJ to Continue Crackdown on Political Corruption
2008/03/27
Nebraska legislature rejects death penalty ban
2008/03/26
SEC Proposes Naked Short Selling Anti-Fraud Rule
2008/03/19
Cyclist Landis Appeals Arbitration Court Ruling
2008/03/14
Jackson Lawyer: Neverland Auction Off
2008/03/13
NewsScandal-hit Spitzer faces wait for law firm role
2008/03/09
MobiTV, HowardForums avoid legal skirmish
2008/03/07
Judge KOs Challenge to Internet Bet Law
2008/03/07
Bush: 'US Must Not Let Down Its Guard'
2008/03/06
Judge Wants to Resolve Indian Lands Case
2008/03/05
Swiss Bank Drops Wikileaks Lawsuit
2008/03/05
Judge Wants Shipwreck Evidence Worked On
2008/03/04
Lawsuit Dropped in Pain Doctor Case
2008/03/04
Ciolli Sues Yale Law Students in AutoAdmit Scandal
2008/03/03
Lawyer in Bribery Case Says Witness Lied
2008/03/03
Supreme Court May Re-examine What Is Indecent
2008/03/03
Court may opt to pay fees from Bible suit
2008/02/28
eBay Settles Patent Dispute With MercExchange
2008/02/27
Court Denies Altria Motions To Dimiss Claims
2008/02/25
A Law Firm Puts Its Chefs on Trial
2008/02/25
Former partner suing Dorsey Whitney law firm
2008/02/25
Supreme Court to hear car search, tribal land cases
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South Korean leaders seek calm after Yoon is impeached
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2024/12/13 06:53
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South Korea’s opposition leader offered Sunday to work with the government to ease the political tumult as officials sought to reassure allies and markets, a day after the opposition-controlled parliament voted to impeach conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol over a short-lived attempt to impose martial law.
Liberal Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, whose party holds a majority in the National Assembly, urged the Constitutional Court to rule swiftly on Yoon’s impeachment and proposed a special council for policy cooperation between the government and parliament.
Yoon’s powers have been suspended until the court decides whether to remove him from office or reinstate him. If Yoon is dismissed, a national election to choose his successor must be held within 60 days.
Lee, who has led a fierce political offensive against Yoon’s embattled government, is seen as the frontrunner to replace him. He lost the 2022 presidential election to Yoon by a razor-thin margin.
He told a televised news conference that a swift court ruling would be the only way to “minimize national confusion and the suffering of people.”
The court will meet to discuss the case Monday, and has up to 180 days to rule. But observers say that a court ruling could come faster. In the case of parliamentary impeachments of past presidents — Roh Moo-hyun in 2004 and Park Geun-hye in 2016 — the court spent 63 days and 91 days respectively before determining to reinstate Roh and dismiss Park.
Lee also proposed a national council where the government and the National Assembly would work together to stabilize state affairs, and said his party won’t seek to impeach Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, a Yoon appointee who’s now serving as acting president. |
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Court seems reluctant to block state bans on medical treatments for minors
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2024/12/04 11:57
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Hearing a high-profile culture-war clash, a majority of the Supreme Court seemed reluctant Wednesday to block Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
The justices’ decision, not expected for several months, could affect similar laws enacted by another 25 states and a range of other efforts to regulate the lives of transgender people, including which sports competitions they can join and which bathrooms they can use.
The case is coming before a conservative-dominated court after a presidential election in which Donald Trump and his allies promised to roll back protections for transgender people.
In arguments that passed the two-hour mark Wednesday, five conservative justices voiced varying degrees of skepticism of arguments made by the Biden administration and lawyers for Tennessee families challenging the ban.
Chief Justice John Roberts, who voted in the majority in a 2020 case in favor of transgender rights, questioned whether judges, rather than lawmakers, should be weighing in on a question of regulating medical procedures, an area usually left to the states.
”The Constitution leaves that question to the people’s representatives, rather than to nine people, none of whom is a doctor,” Roberts said in an exchange with ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio.
The court’s three liberal justices seem firmly on the side of the challengers. But it’s not clear that any of the court’s six conservatives will go along. Justice Neil Gorsuch, who wrote the majority opinion in 2020, has yet to say anything.
Four years ago, the court ruled in favor of Aimee Stephens, who was fired by a Michigan funeral home after she informed its owner that she was a transgender woman. The court held that transgender people, as well as gay and lesbian people, are protected by a landmark federal civil rights law that prohibits sex discrimination in the workplace.
The Biden administration and the families and health care providers who challenged the Tennessee law are urging the justices to apply the same sort of analysis that the majority, made up of liberal and conservative justices, embraced in the case four years ago when it found that “sex plays an unmistakable role” in employers’ decisions to punish transgender people for traits and behavior they otherwise tolerate.
The issue in the Tennessee case is whether the law violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment, which requires the government to treat similarly situated people the same.
Tennessee’s law bans puberty blockers and hormone treatments for transgender minors, but not “across the board,” lawyers for the families wrote in their Supreme Court brief. The lead lawyer, Chase Strangio of the American Civil Liberties Union, is the first openly transgender person to argue in front of the justices.
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Court backs Texas over razor wire installed on US-Mexico border
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2024/11/25 11:02
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A federal appeals court Wednesday ruled that Border Patrol agents cannot cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border in the town of Eagle Pass, which has become the center of the state’s aggressive measures to curb migrant crossings.
The decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is a victory for Texas in a long-running rift over immigration policy with the Biden administration, which has also sought to remove floating barriers installed on the Rio Grande.
Texas has continued to install razor wire along its roughly 1,200-mile (1,900 kilometers) border with Mexico over the past year. In a 2-1 ruling, the court issued an injunction blocking Border Patrol agents from damaging the wire in Eagle Pass.
“We continue adding more razor wire border barrier,” Republican Gov. Greg Abbott posted on the social platform X in response to the ruling. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment Wednesday.
Some migrants have been injured by the sharp wire, and the Justice Department has argued the barrier impedes the U.S. government’s ability to patrol the border, including coming to the aid of migrants in need of help. Texas contended in the lawsuit originally filed last year that federal government was “undermining” the state’s border security efforts by cutting the razor wire.
The ruling comes ahead of President-elect Donald Trump returning to office and pledging a crackdown on immigration. Earlier this month, a Texas official offered a parcel of rural ranchland along the U.S.-Mexico border to use as a staging area for potential mass deportations.
Arrivals at the U.S.-Mexico border have dropped 40% from an all-time high in December. U.S. officials mostly credit Mexican vigilance around rail yards and highway checkpoint. |
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Ford cuts 2024 earnings guidance due to warranty costs and slow pace of cost cutting
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2024/10/26 08:51
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Stubbornly high warranty expenses and lagging cost-cutting efforts are holding back Ford Motor Co.'s profits this year, causing the company to lower its full-year earnings guidance.
That pushed the company’s stock price down 6% in trading after Monday’s closing bell.
The Dearborn, Michigan, automaker, which reported third-quarter earnings Monday, said its net profit tumbled nearly 26% as it took $1 billion in accounting charges to write down assets for a canceled three-row electric SUV.
Ford said it made $892 million from July through September, compared with $1.2 billion it made a year earlier.
But excluding the one-time items, the company made an adjusted pretax profit of $2.6 billion, or 49 cents per share. That beat analyst estimates of 46 cents, according to FactSet.
Revenue rose 5.5% to $46.2 billion, also beating Wall Street predictions. Ford reduced its full-year pretax income guidance to $10 billion, at the low end of the $10 billion to $12 billion it expected at the end of the second quarter, spooking investors.
“Cost, especially warranty, has held back our earnings power, but as we bend that curve, there is significant financial upside for investors,” CEO Jim Farley told analysts on a conference call.
Chief Financial Officer John Lawler said warranty costs were slightly below the third quarter of last year, but still high. The company wouldn’t give numbers until it files its quarterly report with securities regulators on Tuesday but said costs will be higher than a year ago.
Ford reported $800 million of increased warranty costs for the second quarter of this year.
Farley has been trying to get a handle on warranty costs for the past four years. In October of 2020, he said the company was working to cut quality-related repairs after glitch-prone small-car transmissions hit the automaker’s bottom line.
Ford has said that it has a $7 billion cost gap with competitors, and Lawler said Monday it has made progress on that figure. The problem is competitors, which he did not identify, are cutting costs too. “We’ve taken cost out, but we’re not doing it at a pace faster than our competition,” he told analysts.
Ford has removed $2 billion in material, freight and labor costs this year, but that was offset by warranties and inflation at its Turkish joint venture, he said.
He said Ford is focused on reducing warranty and other costs, which will show up in later quarters.
The company’s plans are working, as evidenced by 10 straight quarters of revenue growth, Lawler said.
Farley said Ford has restructured its operations in Europe, South America, India and China, which collectively lost $2.2 billion in 2018 but together are profitable now. For instance, China, including exports, has contributed over $600 million to pretax earnings this year, Farley said. |
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New rules regarding election certification in Georgia to get test in court
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2024/09/30 07:41
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Two controversial new rules passed by Georgia’s State Election Board concerning the certification of vote tallies are set to face their first test in court this week.
The Republican majority on the State Election Board — made up of three members praised by former President Donald Trump praised by name at a recent rally — voted to approve the rules last month. Democrats filed a legal challenge and argue the rules could be used “to upend the statutorily required process for certifying election results in Georgia.”
A bench trial, meaning there is a judge but no jury, is set to begin Tuesday before Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney.
One of the rules provides a definition of certification that includes requiring county officials to conduct a “reasonable inquiry” before certifying results, but it does not specify what that means. The other includes language allowing county election officials “to examine all election related documentation created during the conduct of elections.”
A series of recent appointments means Trump-endorsed Republicans have had a 3-2 majority on the State Election Board since May. That majority has passed several new rules over the past two months that have caused worry among Democrats and others who believe Trump and his allies may use them to cause confusion and cast doubt on the results if he loses this crucial swing state to Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in November’s presidential election.
Another rule the board passed more recently requires that poll workers count the number of paper ballots — not votes — by hand on election night after voting ends. A separate lawsuit filed by a group headed by a former Republican lawmaker initially challenged the two certification rules but was amended last week to also challenge the ballot counting rule and some others that the board passed.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and an association of county election officials had cautioned the state board against passing new rules so close to the election. They argued it could cause confusion among poll workers and voters and undermine public trust in the voting process.
The challenge to the certification rules filed by Democratic groups and others asks the judge to confirm that election superintendents — a multi-person election board in most counties — have a duty to certify an election by the deadline provided in the law and have no discretion to withhold or delay certification. They ask that it should be declared invalid if the judge believes either of the rules allows such discretion.
Lawyers for the State Election Board argue the Democrats are asking the judge to “declare what is already enshrined in Georgia law,” that county certification is mandatory and must occur by 5 p.m. the Monday after the election, or the next day if Monday is a holiday, as it is this year. They also argue the challenge is barred by the principle of sovereign immunity and seeks relief that isn’t appropriate under the law.
The challenge was filed by the state and national Democratic parties, as well as county election board members from counties in metro Atlanta, most chosen by the local Democratic Party, as well voters who support Democrats and two Democratic state lawmakers running for reelection. It was filed against the State Election Board, and the state and national Republican parties joined the fight on the board’s side.
The Democrats concede in their challenge that the two rules “could be read not to conflict with Georgia statutes” but they argue “that is not what the drafters of those rules intended.”
“According to their drafters, these rules rest on the assumption that certification of election results by a county board is discretionary and subject to free-ranging inquiry that may delay certification or render it wholly optional,” they wrote in a court filing.
They also note that numerous county election officials around the state have already sought to block or delay certification in recent elections and “the new rules hand those officials new tools to do so again in November.”
State lawyers argue that since the argument against the rules is based on the alleged intent of the people who presented them or the way some officials could interpret them, rather than on the text of the rules themselves, the challenge should be thrown out. |
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Algerian court certifies Tebboune’s landslide reelection win
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2024/09/14 11:07
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Algeria’s constitutional court on Saturday certified the landslide victory of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in last weekend’s election after retabulating vote counts that he and his two opponents had called into question.
The court said that it had reviewed local voting data to settle questions about irregularities that Tebboune’s opponents had alleged in two appeals on Monday.
“After verification of the minutes of the regions and correction of the errors noted in the counting of the votes,” it had lowered Tebboune’s vote share and determined that his two opponents had won hundreds of thousands more votes than previously reported, said Omar Belhadj, the constitutional court’s president.
The court’s decision makes Tebboune the official winner of the Sept. 7 election. His government will next decide when to inaugurate him for a second term.
The court’s retabulated figures showed Tebboune leading Islamist challenger Abdellali Hassan Cherif by around 75 percentage points. With 7.7 million votes, the first-term president won 84.3% of the vote, surpassing 2019 win by millions of votes and a double-digit margin.
Cherif, running with the Movement of Society for Peace, won nearly 950,000 votes, or roughly 9.6%. The Socialist Forces Front’s Youcef Aouchiche won more than 580,000 votes, or roughly 6.1%.
Notably, both challengers surpassed the threshold required to receive reimbursement for campaign expenses. Under its election laws, Algeria pays for political campaigns that receive more than a 5% vote share. The results announced by the election authority last week showed Cherif and Aouchiche with 3.2% and 2.2% of the vote, respectively. Both were criticized for participating in an election that government critics denounced as a way for Algeria’s political elite to make a show of democracy amid broader political repression.
Throughout the campaign, each of the three campaigns emphasized participation, calling on voters and youth to participate and defy calls to boycott the ballot. The court announced nationwide turnout was 46.1%, surpassing the 2019 presidential election when 39.9% of the electorate participated.
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