Hong Kong has been roiled in protests for months, with pro-democracy demonstrators pitted against police trying to meet chief executive Carrie Lam’s need to appear in control as China watches closely. Now, police have been granted a temporary injunction that threatens the protests and the free press.
At the US constitutional convention of 1787 in Philadelphia, which lasted months, framers fought over every word, clause, and concept that they’d ultimately include in the nation’s foundational legal document. They were careful until the end, but perhaps not careful enough.
The Supreme Court is the most mysterious branch of US government, and its work is least understood by the public. Yet, it is the most trusted.
Texas senator John Cornyn today introduced new legislation aimed at halting mass shootings in the US.
The congressional impeachment inquiry into US president Donald Trump’s Ukraine dealings, and his administration’s claims of executive privilege—that oft-cited excuse to withhold information from investigators and the public—put Americans in uncharted legal territory.
Benjamin Netanyahu is Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. But his unprecedented run might finally be up.
The US Supreme Court will next month hear a case that will decide the fate of hundreds of thousands of people—college students, military service members, and workers in American corporations—who came to the US as the children of undocumented immigrants.
On Oct. 18, the US Supreme Court agreed to review a case about the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s leadership structure, the outcome of which threatens to unravel nearly a decade of work by the federal watchdog created in 2010. And, strangely, the agency—under director Kathy Kraninger, picked by Donald Trump and barely confirmed by the Senate in December 2018—is now arguing against itself.
Women have been walking in space for decades, but there had never been a spacewalk involving more than one female astronaut at a time until this past week. On Oct. 18, NASA’s Christina Koch and Jessica Meir teamed up on an historic walk, performing maintenance work on the International Space Station.
Yesterday evening Donald Trump succumbed to pressure and reversed a decision to host next year’s G7 summit at his own Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami. He blamed Democrats and the press for “Crazed and Irrational Hostility” in a tweet thread announcing his reversal.
In the midst of a historic presidential impeachment inquiry, the best place to escape from talk of the Trump administration appears to be the White House.
The US has the dubious distinction of being the sole nation on Earth that sentences juvenile offenders to life in prison without parole. Today, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that tests the limits of that punishment.
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in a case about the constitutionality of appointments to a financial oversight board restructuring Puerto Rico’s debt. At stake in the decision are billions of dollars in deals affecting millions of people on the island and beyond.
Today, the US Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in a case that will affect the financial future of more than 3 million Puerto Ricans, international investors, and bond markets.
Nepal has been preparing for the first visit of a Chinese head of state since 1996 with, among things like fixing potholes and planting flowers, lessons in the thinking of Xi Jinping supplied by the Chinese Communist Party. Today, Xi arrived, promising business opportunities.
Turkish troops are shelling northeast Syria, held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. The US—a Kurdish ally, as well as a Turkish one—is doing nothing to stop it.
Super Typhoon Hagibis hit Japan today (Oct. 12), and millions of citizens in the Tokyo area and beyond have been ordered to evacuate their homes. Amid heavy rains, flooding, and life-threatening winds, at least two people are already dead, and more than 75 have been injured, including two children hurt in a tornado created by the extreme weather.
Yesterday, a Texas federal district court handed a stunning victory to the county of El Paso in a lawsuit against Donald Trump.
The impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump’s Ukraine dealings that began last month is well underway now, despite the White House’s efforts to delegitimize the probe. State Department officials who have been instructed not to testify before Congress are coming forward.
Domino’s Pizza delivered a case to the US Supreme Court this summer and the justices rejected it on Oct. 7, the first day of the 2019 term. The court’s action was a refusal to consider website accessibility standards that would have affected many businesses working online.
Art Lien didn’t dream of becoming a courtroom sketch artist, though his name did hint at this ultimate destiny.
US supreme Court justices heard oral arguments in three much-anticipated cases today. Outside, demonstrators lined the sidewalks. Inside, observers packed the courtroom, with people crammed elbow-to-elbow in tight rows of reserved seats.
The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on the constitutionality of a Louisiana law that allows criminal convictions based on jury verdicts that aren’t unanimous.
The US Supreme Court began its 2019 term with oral arguments in an insane case about the knowledge of good and evil, stemming from a Kansas murder trial.
