Canadian police seize fuel at trucker Covid protest as court silences horns

Canadian police seize fuel at trucker Covid protest as court silences horns

Police in Canada’s capital said on Monday they had seized thousands of liters of fuel and removed an oil tanker as part of a crackdown to end an 11-day protest against Covid-19 measures, adding truck and protester numbers had fallen significantly. The protest, which has gridlocked Ottawa, has been largely peaceful but ear-splitting horn blaring … Read more

No Attack on Voting Rights Is Too Racist for This Supreme Court

No Attack on Voting Rights Is Too Racist for This Supreme Court

The Supreme Court at sunset in Washington. (AP Photo/J Scott Applewhite) Subscribe to the nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for the nation‘s weekly newsletter. Thank you for signing up. For more from the nationcheck out our latest issue. Subscribe to the nation Subscribe now for … Read more

GOP cracks emerge, voter fraud suspected, awaiting court rulings

GOP cracks emerge, voter fraud suspected, awaiting court rulings

It’s Monday, Feb. 7, and mark this as the week the distance between the governor and the GOP-led Legislature widened. The examples include: The budget, in which the House and Senate rejected significant pieces of the governor’s budget proposal — such as the election-year $1 billion gas tax cut — and the Senate scaled back … Read more

GOP takes mail voting to court in swing states Biden won

GOP takes mail voting to court in swing states Biden won

And the litigation highlights how state Republicans have attacked voting by mail from all angles since 2020, from high-profile state legislation in Georgia, Texas and other states to court fights that, if successful, would have more far-reaching consequences than GOP legislators achieved . Since both Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have Democratic governors, lawsuits were the only … Read more

Republican chief justice tarnishes the court with embarrassing dissent in NC maps ruling

Republican chief justice tarnishes the court with embarrassing dissent in NC maps ruling

The North Carolina Supreme Court’s Democratic majority handed down a win for democracy Friday when it struck down maps gerrymandered by Republicans. But Chief Justice Paul Newby, joined by his fellow Republican justices, handed down what amounted to a judicial tantrum. Newby “respectfully” dissented to the ruling by repeating an argument circulated widely by Republicans … Read more

North Carolina Supreme Court strikes down GOP-drawn congressional map

North Carolina Supreme Court strikes down GOP-drawn congressional map

The North Carolina Supreme Court, which is composed of four Democrats and three Republicans, made a speedy decision just two days after opening arguments Wednesday. The ruling reverses a Jan. 11 decision by a lower court that let the Republican-drawn congressional map stand. “The General Assembly violates the North Carolina Constitution when it deprives a … Read more

British Bulldogs banned in Norway as court slams 'cruel' selective breeding

British Bulldogs have now been banned in Norway

British Bulldogs and Cavalier King Charles Spaniels have been banned in Norway in a landmark case against “cruel” selective breeding, with a court ruling that reproducing the two breeds violated animal welfare legislation British bulldogs have now been banned in Norway ( Image: Getty Images) British Bulldogs and Cavalier King Charles Spaniels have been banned … Read more

How A Court Ruling In Alabama Could Boost Black Political Power Throughout The South

How A Court Ruling In Alabama Could Boost Black Political Power Throughout The South

On January 24, Alabama became the second state (after Ohio) to receive a new convention card crushed in court. But while Ohio’s map was thrown out by the state Supreme Court for violating the state constitution, Alabama’s map was overturned by three federal judges who found the map under-represented black voters in Congress. That’s a … Read more

Doctor 'repeatedly groped and sexually assaulted' female patient, court hears

Doctor 'repeatedly groped and sexually assaulted' female patient, court hears

A doctor made a woman strip to her underwear before repeatedly groping and sexually assaulting her while performing acupuncture on her, a court heard today. Dr Hongwei Dong exclaimed ‘woo-hoo!’ when his patient re-entered the room to see her semi-naked, it is alleged. The customer suffered from joint and muscular pain. Dong, 60, allegedly touched … Read more

It’s Harder Than Ever To Confirm A Supreme Court Justice

It’s Harder Than Ever To Confirm A Supreme Court Justice

On July 29, 1994, the US Senate voted 87 to 9 to confirm Stephen Breyer to the Supreme Court. Nominated by Democratic President Bill Clinton, Breyer received 100 percent support from the Democratic senators present, but he also secured 79 percent of the votes cast by Republicans. That kind of overwhelming and bipartisan support for … Read more