51 h. ago The Latest: Supreme Court upholds its decision legalizing same

The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide

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3 d. ago ‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?

Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountabilityIn July 2025, the international court of justice delivered a landmark decision that clarified that all states were bound under international law to tackle the human-made climate crisis, which the judges unanimously concluded posed an “urgent and existential threat” to the planet’s life-sustaining systems and therefore humanity itself.The ICJ advisory opinion built on rulings from hundreds of climate lawsuits across the world over the past decade or more, and added further legal weight to strong decisions from the inter-American court of human rights in July 2025 and the international tribunal on the law of the sea in May 2024. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Majority of Brazil's Supreme Court votes to reject Bolsonaro's appeal, upholding 27

Most justices on Brazil's Supreme Court panel have rejected former President Jair Bolsonaro’s appeal

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6 d. ago Trump is weaponizing the welfare state to attack healthcare | Moira Donegan

The proposed withholding of Medicaid and Medicare to restrict gender-affirming care follows the same logic as attacks on abortion careIn United States v Skrmetti, a supreme court decision issued this summer, the rightwing justices made it legal for states to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors, in a ruling whose reasoning strained logic, claiming that state laws banning the treatment did not discriminate on the basis of sex. The ruling upheld laws in 27 states, all of them passed since 2021, which banned the treatment outright; according to the Human Rights Campaign, about 40% of trans minors live in states where treatment for them is against the law. Now, the Trump administration seems to be looking to cut off access to care for the other 60% of those kids.In a proposed rule leaked to NPR, the administration plans to ban gender-affirming care for minors from being covered by Medicaid or by the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or Chip. In a second, more sweeping proposed ...

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1 week ago Transgender rights group launch legal action against English cricket after 'unlawful' ban

The England and Wales Cricket Board is facing legal action over its decision to ban those born male from competing in the women's game, according to a report.

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2 w. ago States sue Trump’s USDA to unleash SNAP funding as legal experts blast ‘immoral’ decision to block emergency dollars

25 states warn of imminent ‘crisis’ for millions if the federal government won’t tap into emergency funds

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3 w. ago Aston Villa, council and police ALL face legal action over decision to ban Israeli football fans

Campaigners have pledged to 'do whatever it takes' and launch a wave of legal actions to overturn a controversial ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans attending a match against Aston Villa.

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4 w. ago Canadian man fined for submitting AI hallucinations as part of legal defense

Jean Laprade ordered to pay $3,500 in legal saga of ‘hijacked planes’, Interpol red alerts and ‘inappropriate use’ of AIA Quebec man has been ordered to pay C$5,000 (US$3,562) for submitting artificial intelligence hallucinations as part of his legal defense, a move the judge warned was “highly reprehensible” and threatened to undermine integrity in the legal system.Justice Luc Morin of Quebec superior court levied the fine on Jean Laprade in a decision released on 1 October, capping a legal saga the judge said “contains several elements worthy of a successful movie script”, including a “hijacked plane passing through several complacent airports”, Interpol red alerts and the “inappropriate use of artificial intelligence” by Laprade. Continue reading...

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