Hawaii and Texas judges, hardest hit. And maybe legal strategists who benefit from forum-shopping as well. In a 6-3 decision released this morning, the Supreme Court put a stop to the practice of district courts issuing nationwide or “universal” injunctions against the executive branch in exercises of its constitutional authority. The case of Trump v...
They say that the No Kings rallies scheduled for Saturday are intended to be peaceful protests against Trump the tyrant. But then again, they are also claiming that the violence in Los Angeles and other cities is “peaceful,” so the word has as solid a meaning to them as the verb “is” had for Bill...
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Trump v. CASA, Inc. Though the case arises out of President Donald Trump’s January executive order on birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment, Thursday’s oral argument had very little to do with the hotly contested substantive issue of...
The Supreme Court suggested that they had a real desire to address the issues of jurisdiction and national injunctions imposed at the district-court level. The court scheduled what was essentially a snap hearing on the matter, which arose out of challenges to Donald Trump’s executive order redefining and narrowing “birthright citizenship.” Today is the last...
This has been a matter of debate since the first Trump administration. Then as now, Democrats and other left-wing groups would file complaints in reliably left-leaning courts and some federal judge would issue a “nationwide injunction” to stop whatever the left wanted stopped. Attorney General Bill Barr was arguing this was a problem back in...
Alex Moss BBC News, Yorkshire South Yorkshire Police Valentin Badica (from left), Ionica Badica and Cristian Damaschin were all jailed for their roles in the gang Members of a “dangerous” organised crime group have been sentenced for their part in a prostitution ring trafficking women into the UK from Romania. The “nationwide enterprise” saw 14...
Tens of thousands took to the streets across the United States on Saturday in a scathing indictment of Donald Trump’s mounting pile of attacks. These protests came just two weeks following the “Hands Off” protests that brought out millions of people across the country to the streets in coordinated actions, denouncing the administration’s attacks on...
In communities across the United States and also overseas, coordinated “Hands Off” protests are taking place far and wide Saturday in the largest public rebuke yet to President Donald Trump and top henchman Elon Musk’s assault on the workings of the federal government and their program of economic sabotage that is sacrificing the needs of...
On Wednesday 26 March, protesters across the country are mobilising against the Labour Party-led Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) brutal cuts to vital disability and health-related benefits. In multiple cities and towns all over the UK, activists will turn out with a resounding message to the Labour government: to end its war on chronically...
Chronically ill and disabled activists and allies took to the streets on Saturday 22 March against the Labour Party’s planned brutal cuts to their benefits. Protesters mobilised across the country in 14 locations to call out the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) disgraceful move to slash social security for sick and disabled people to meet...
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