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AAP to file plea in Supreme Court against ‘unconstitutional, illegal’ MCD standing committee poll: Atishi
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi addresses a press conference in New Delhi on September 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The AAP will file a plea in the Supreme Court on Saturday (September 28, 2024) against the "unconstitutional, illegal and undemocratic" MCD standing committee poll, senior party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Atishi said.The
BREAKING: Supreme Court Upholds Farouk Lawan’s 5 Years Imprisonment Over 2012 Fuel Subsidy Scam
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by a former chairman of the federal House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on fuel subsidy, Farouk Lawan, against his conviction and five-year jail term over a fuel subsidy scam. Lawan was given a seven year jail term by a Federal Capital Territory High Court on June 22
The Supreme Court Will Decide on Trump Ballot Ban
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump can be disqualified from appearing on Colorado's Republican primary ballot over his actions related to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.With primary season approaching, the justices signaled the case would be heard quickly, scheduling oral arguments for February 8.Last
U.S. Supreme Court agrees to adopt its first code of ethics
The Supreme Court on Nov. 13 adopted its first code of ethics, in the face of sustained criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices.The policy, agreed to by all nine justices, does not appear to impose any significant new requirements on them, and, indeed, they said in an unsigned statement
Mom petitions Supreme Court over school officials’ hitting autistic daughter
A Louisiana mother is asking the Supreme Court to take up her legal battle concerning her autistic daughter and allegations against elementary school officials, who allegedly hit the girl at school. Sonia Book said that on three occasions in 2020 officials at Schneckenburger Elementary School in Kenner slapped her daughter’s wrists despite corporal punishment being
As Supreme Court starts new term, how far right is it headed?
The U.S. Supreme Court began a new term this week, and it began with a dose of skepticism.During oral argument on Tuesday, several justices – including members of the high court’s robust conservative majority – questioned an appeals court holding that a federal consumer protection agency’s fundraising mechanism is unconstitutional. Why We Wrote This A
The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote Thursday on a new ethics code for the Supreme Court, an attempt to respond to recent revelations about justices’ interactions with wealthy donors and others. Republicans are strongly opposed, arguing the ethics bill could “destroy” the high court.The committee’s legislation would impose new ethics rules on the
What the Supreme Court’s Student Debt Ruling Means for You
On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled against President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. This means student debt will still have a chokehold over millions of Americans who previously had a glimmer of hope of seeing up to $20,000 in relief. For anyone benefiting from a pause on their payments since March 2020, your loan
The Supreme Court Just Made Same-Sex Marriage More Vulnerable to a Challenge
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. On the surface, the details of the case seemed plenty narrow: a Colorado web designer who is cool making wedding websites for “Mike and Mary” but not “Mike and Mark” thinks Colorado’s
The Supreme Court just unleashed a flood of lawsuits against Big Oil
Nearly two dozen lawsuits filed by cities and states aim to put fossil fuel companies on trial for deceiving the public about climate change. But they’ve been stuck in legal limbo for half a decade, with companies deploying several maneuvers to block them. Now a surprising source has unleashed those lawsuits: the conservative-dominated Supreme Court.