7 h. ago ‘Shocking to the sense of liberty Americans hold dear’: the impassioned US court order in the Ábrego García case

Judges on the US court of appeals for the fourth circuit issued a memorable call for the return of Kilmar Ábrego García and the separation of government powers. Here is the textUpon review of the government’s motion, the court denies the motion for an emergency stay pending appeal and for a writ of mandamus. The relief the government is requesting is both extraordinary and premature. While we fully respect the Executive’s robust assertion of its Article II powers, we shall not micromanage the efforts of a fine district judge attempting to implement the Supreme Court’s recent decision.It is difficult in some cases to get to the very heart of the matter. But in this case, it is not hard at all. The government is asserting a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons without the semblance of due process that is the foundation of our constitutional order. Further, it claims in essence that because it has rid itself of custody that there is nothing that can be done....

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16 h. ago Sam Smith issues powerful response to Supreme Court ruling on definition of a woman

Pop star Sam Smith has shared a strong message on social media following the Supreme Court's decision over the definition of a woman and sex in the Equality Act

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34 h. ago Britain's biggest bank pledges 'solidarity' with transgender staff after 'unsettling day' following Supreme Court's decision

Senior executives of the bank promised to 'stand in solidarity' with trans and non-binary colleagues following yesterday's decision.

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35 h. ago Court denies Trump administration’s appeal against order to ‘facilitate’ return of wrongly deported US man – live

Fourth circuit court rejects appeal saying it ‘shall not micromanage the efforts of a fine district judge’ who is interpreting supreme court decisionDonald Trump’s administration will ask a US federal appeals court on Thursday to pause a judge’s ruling lifting access restrictions the White House imposed on the Associated Press (AP) for referring to the Gulf of Mexico in its coverage.The Trump administration has argued that the lower-court ruling, which mandates AP journalists be granted access to press events in the White House, infringes on the president’s ability to decide whom to admit to sensitive spaces. The White House has asked to put the ruling on hold while it appeals. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Supreme Court ruling on woman definition ‘could mean UK is not meeting human rights obligations’, lawyer warns

The Supreme Court's decision to rule that woman and sex in the 2010 Equality Act “refer to a biological woman and biological sex” possibly showed that the UK is not meeting its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, a lawyer has warned.

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69 h. ago For Women Scotland: The key points from UK Supreme Court ruling on gender 'definition of a woman'

There were several key legal points made by Lord Hodge as the UK Supreme Court handed down its decision in the For Women Scotland case

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69 h. ago The key points from UK Supreme Court ruling on gender 'definition of a woman' For Women Scotland case

There were several key legal points made by Lord Hodge as the UK Supreme Court handed down its decision in the For Women Scotland case

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69 h. ago Transgender women are not legally women as Supreme Court gives 'biological' ruling

The UK Supreme Court has made a 'unanimous decision' that the terms woman and sex refer to a biological woman and biological sex in the Equality Act 2010, not someone who 'identifies' as a woman

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69 h. ago Major UK Supreme Court ruling on legal definition of a woman after 'unanimous decision'

UK Supreme Court judge Lord Hodge made clear that the ruling was not a victory for either side, stressing that the law gives trans people protection against discrimination

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3 d. ago For Women Scotland case: Landmark 'definition of a woman' Supreme Court ruling due

Supreme Court president Lord Reed will read a summary of the decision around 9.45am

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2 w. ago The Christian right has set the US on the road to Gilead. Without a fight, other nations may follow | Deborah Frances

Organisations that pumped money into overturning Roe v Wade are making inroads in Europe. Women’s rights are truly at riskWith Donald Trump as president, there is now a heavy strain of Christian nationalism driving the US political agenda. From draconian abortion policies to ending birthright citizenship, some of Trump’s first executive orders sound startlingly like something out of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, the dystopian novel turned TV show set in Gilead, a fundamentalist, fascist version of the US where women have no rights. But it is urgent we understand that what is happening in the US could happen here. This road to Atwood’s Gilead is charting a course straight through the UK and Europe, and we may well be sleepwalking on to it.In November 2024 I debated with the American conservative lawyer Erin Hawley at the Oxford Union. The motion was “This house regrets the overturning of Roe v Wade”, the US supreme court’s landmark decision that once protected the right to h...

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4 w. ago Trump’s border czar wants Supreme Court to ‘finally’ answer birthright citizenship question it decided in 1898

Multiple Supreme Court decisions have affirmed constitutional right to birthright citizenship

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