In Part II of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, senior writer Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux chats with Galen Druke about Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s nomination to replace Justice Stephen Breyer, and how she could shake up the US Supreme Court.
The ruling leaves Trump’s inner circle — and possibly the former president himself — vulnerable to another corridor of deposition subpoenas and document demands. The ruling also declares Trump potentially liable for conduct while he was the sitting president, a rare and momentous legal decision. “To deny a President’s immunity from civil damages is no … Read more
“Even advocating for violence by itself is not unlawful unless it calls for immediate action,” said Mehta, an appointee of President Barack Obama. “But Mr. Rhodes is not being accused of just speaking. … If anybody thinks this is about speech, they are mistaken.” Rhodes is charged with being the ringleader of a conspiracy to … Read more
The US Department of Justice seal is shown. | Samuel Corum/Getty Images by Associated Press 02/17/2022 09:16 PM EST LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge said Thursday he’s dismissing a lawsuit challenging Arkansas’ new state House districts as diluting the influence of Black voters, unless the Justice Department joins the case as a plaintiff. … Read more
Crushing scenes of Kamila Valieva, in tears Thursday after a disastrous long program that took her out of medal contention, might be the last image Olympics fans will have of the talented Russian figure skater. At age 15, Valieva could already be on the downside of her career — doping scandal aside — as she … Read more
New York City is sick and “tired” of violent teens — and so is this Manhattan judge. A fed-up jurist unloaded on an alleged teen robber Monday — two days after another judge threw him behind bars to teach him a lesson. “We’re tired. New York City is tired,” Acting Supreme Court Justice Stephen Antignani … Read more
A federal judge is barring the Biden administration from using the social cost of carbon put into place on Jan. 20, 2021. The decisionissued Friday, affects the interim figure in place now, as well as an updated metric expected to be issued later this month. Driving the news: The social cost of carbon is a … Read more
Canadian police moved in to remove protesters blocking the entrance to the Ambassador Bridge between the United States and Canada early Saturday. Less than 24 hours after a judge ordered them to leave the police in Windsor Ontario tweeted that it had “commenced enforcement at and near the Ambassador Bridge,” which connects the Canadian city … Read more
Sydney Powell.AP Photo/Ben Margot, File A judge slammed Powell last August for abuses of the legal system in her failed election-fraud cases. Powell asked a court to reverse the punishment against her in a Monday filing. She said the judge had portrayed her team as “overwrought, dangerous lunatics.” Sidney Powell, the pro-Trump lawyer who was … Read more
The Great British Menu returns to our screens tonight (1 February) with a new set of judges putting the contestants through their paces. The farewells will include former judges Oliver Peyton, Rachel Khoo and Matthew Forte, replaced by Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge, comedian Ed Gamble and Nisha Katona, chef, author and founder of Mowgli street … Read more
