‘I am not afraid of you’: Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi’s ‘loud and clear’ message to Donald Trump outside court

[ad_1] Mohsen Mahdawi, who was arrested during his citizenship interview, was released today after a court order in Vermont. Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi was released from ICE custody following an order from US district judge Geoffrey Crawford. Immediately after coming out of the Vermont courtroom, Mahdawi said, “I am saying it clear and loud […]

Cuban court revokes conditional release of two prominent dissidents

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) HAVANA: Cuba’s Supreme Court said Tuesday it had revoked the provisional release from prison granted to opposition leader Jose Daniel Ferrer as part of a landmark deal struck with former US President Joe Biden in return for sanctions relief.Ferrer and Felix Navarro, another prisoner granted a similar reprieve in January had […]

EU top court rules ‘golden passport’ schemes are illegal

[ad_1] European Court of Justice, Luxembourg (Image: AP) BRUSSELS: “Golden passport” schemes for deep-pocketed foreign investors violate European Union law, the bloc’s highest court ruled on Tuesday, after a legal challenge against Malta by Brussels.“The acquisition of Union citizenship cannot result from a commercial transaction,” the EU’s Court of Justice said, ruling that Malta had […]

US President Trump calls Harvard ‘anti-Semitic’ as fight over funding heads to court

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: US President Trump on Thursday bashed Harvard as an “Anti-Semitic, Far Left Institution,” as the university battles his administration’s funding freeze in court.Since returning to White House, Trump has sought to bring several universities to heel over claims they tolerated anti-Semitism on their campuses, threatening their budgets, tax-exempt status and the enrollment of […]

South Korean truth commission halts probe into adoption fraud, hundreds of cases in limbo

[ad_1] SEOUL: The South Korean government’s fact-finding commission suspended its groundbreaking investigation into the extensive fraud and abuse that tainted the nation’s historic foreign adoption program, a decision stemming from internal disputes among commissioners regarding which cases warranted recognition as problematic. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission confirmed human rights violations in just 56 of the […]

Twelve states sue Donald Trump administration in trade court over ‘chaotic and illegal’ tariff policy

[ad_1] A coalition of 12 US states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in the US Court of International Trade in New York, seeking to overturn President Donald Trump’s tariff policy, which they say is unlawful and has disrupted the national economy. The legal challenge accuses Trump of abusing emergency powers under the 1977 International Emergency […]

US Supreme Court to hear case against LGBTQ books in schools | World News

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The conservative-dominated US Supreme Court is slated to hear a case on Tuesday about whether parents have the religious right to pull their children from classes when books containing LGBTQ-related content are read or discussed.The court will review an appeal filed by parents against a Maryland public school district where, in 2022, books […]

Can a Judge Hold the White House in Contempt of Court?

[ad_1] The Trump administration has arrived at the cusp of what a judge suspects is outright defiance of court orders. Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times, explores what could come next. [ad_2] Source link

‘Order unprecedented, issued in middle of night’: Judge’s dissent note as US Supreme Court blocks deportations

[ad_1] United States Supreme Court judge Samuel Alito, who was on the nine-judge bench which temporarily blocked US President Donald Trump’s administration from deporting a group of Venezuelans detained in Texas, mentioned in his sharply-worded dissent note that the court acted “literally in the middle of the night” and “without sufficient explanation.”Also Read: Ann Coulter […]