97 m. ago Dallin H. Oaks, former Utah Supreme Court justice, is selected to lead Mormon church

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2 h. ago Even a former law clerk for conservative Justice Clarence Thomas is warning about giving Trump too much power

Justices have handed Trump sweeping authority while also insulating him from being prosecuted from potential crimes committed in office

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7 h. ago US supreme court rejects Alex Jones appeal over $1.4bn defamation penalty

Infowars founder and conspiracy theorist had been ordered to pay because of false claims about Sandy Hook massacreThe US supreme court has refused an appeal from Alex Jones and left in place his $1.4bn defamation penalty that was awarded to the families of victims from the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting.The Infowars founder and conspiracy theorist had sought to overturn the judgment, which he was ordered to pay after he made false claims about the massacre. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Lady Hale warns against politicising judiciary after Jenrick criticism of judges

Robert Jenrick vowed to put ministers back in charge of judicial appointments, claiming the system had allowed ‘political activists’ on to the bench.

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8 h. ago Disaster for Alex Jones and Infowars as Supreme Court rejects last

Lawyers for conspiracy theorist loser warned his website and assets will end up in the hands of his ‘nemesis’ and be ‘destroyed’ unless the justices get involved

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10 h. ago Government moves to block payouts to Gerry Adams and other Troubles detainees

A 2020 Supreme Court ruling had paved the way for Mr Adams to secure compensation for his detention without trial in the early 1970s.

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10 h. ago Troubles legacy law battle ‘constitutionally profound’, Supreme Court told

The Northern Ireland Office has taken a battle over the 2023 Legacy Act to the UK’s highest court.

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10 h. ago Supreme Court gender ruling risks leaving trans people in ‘intermediate zone’ and could breach ECHR, UK warned

A European human rights watchdog has warned Britain’s treatment of trans people could breach the ECHR

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12 h. ago European watchdog warns over trans rights and policing of protests

Michael O’Flaherty warned of a tendency to see human rights of different groups as a ‘zero-sum game’.

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12 h. ago Black residents worry new Louisiana congressional district could be lost in Supreme Court case

Black residents in a newly created Louisiana congressional district fear they could lose their representation under a case being heard before the U.S. Supreme Court

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14 h. ago US treasury secretary accuses Beijing of trying to damage global economy; silver hits record high – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsWhy has US-China trade war restarted and how have markets reacted?A flurry of takeover talk speculation has pushed up shares in budget airline EasyJet this morning.EasyJet’s shares are up over 7%, leading the risers on the FTSE 100 share index.“[The group] does not believe the redress methodology proposed by the FCA appropriately reflects actual customer loss or achieves a proportionate outcome.“...the FCA’s proposed approach to assessing unfairness does not align with the legal clarity provided by the supreme court judgement in respect of the “Johnson” case, which confirmed that the test for unfairness is highly fact specific and must take into account a broad range of factors. The group will continue to engage with the FCA in respect of these points.“Many motor finance lenders did not comply with the law or the rules. It’s time their customers get fair compensation. Recent court judgments show that liabilities exist no matt...

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15 h. ago Close Brothers nearly doubles expected bill for car loan redress to £300m

The banking group told investors it was adding around £135 million to its existing £165 million provision.

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21 h. ago Supreme Court to examine Northern Ireland Troubles legacy law

The Government has brought a challenge to the UK’s highest court on aspects of the last Conservative government’s contentious Legacy Act.

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34 h. ago Bridget Phillipson 'delaying trans guidance to avoid damaging her Labour deputy leader campaign'

At the beginning of last month, Ms Phillipson received guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission on the Supreme Court ruling on transgender rights.

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61 h. ago BBC 'pauses' staff training workshops on transgender and LGBTQ+ issues following Supreme Court ruling

Judges deemed in April this year that the term 'sex' in the Equality Act should stand for biological sex rather than self-identified gender.

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5 d. ago Alex Jones asks US supreme court to block $1.4bn defamation judgment

Rightwing pundit’s request is latest in a series of appeals, both against the judgment and against sale of InfoWarsRightwing conspiracy fabulist Alex Jones has petitioned the US supreme court to block a massive defamation judgment imposed after he argued that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in which 20 children and six adults were killed was a hoax.In a filing to the US high court, Jones asked the justices to act immediately to prevent his website InfoWars from being handed over to the satirical news site The Onion. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Texas court again pauses execution of man in ‘shaken baby’ case

Robert Roberson, who has maintained innocence in death of two-year-old daughter, gets third execution date stayedTexas’s top criminal court again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he was scheduled to become the first person in the US put to death for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.This was the third execution date that Roberson’s lawyers have been able to stay since 2016, including an attempt nearly a year ago that was stopped by an unprecedented intervention from a bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers who believe he is innocent. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago ‘The stakes are quite large’: US supreme court case could gut Voting Rights Act

Court’s decision in Louisiana v Callais could limit voters from challenging racial discriminatory districts The US supreme court is set to hear a case this month that could gut what remains of the Voting Rights Act, effectively killing one of the crown jewels of the civil rights movement and the nation’s most powerful statute to prevent discrimination in voting.The court’s decision in the case, Louisiana v Callais, could be one of the most consequential rulings for the Voting Rights Act since it was enacted in 1965 and is almost certainly the biggest test for the law since its decision in Shelby county v Holder in 2013, when the justices hollowed out a provision of the law, section five, that required certain places to get voting changes approved by the federal government before they go into effect. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Man charged with having explosive materials near DC church hosting annual Red Mass celebration

A New Jersey man has been arrested on charges that he had explosive materials in his possession near a Washington, D.C., church that was preparing to celebrate an annual Mass marking the start of the U.S. Supreme Court’s term

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7 d. ago US supreme court appears poised to overturn Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’

Ruling in favor of Christian legal group could undermine care and rights for LGBTQ+ youth across the countryThe US supreme court appeared ready to rule against a Colorado law that bans “conversion therapy” practices that seek to change minors’ sexual orientation or gender identity, repeatedly questioning the state over whether the law hindered free speech and whether these practices have been proven harmful.The high-stakes case could roll back the rights of LGBTQ+ youth across the country. Colorado is one of more than 20 states in the US that have banned conversion practices, and a ruling in favor of the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a Christian legal group, could make those laws vulnerable to similar challenges. Continue reading...

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