Supreme Court poised to revisit and potentially overturn marriage equality
By Luis Marquez, Marc Wells. A reactionary petition by Kim Davis seeks to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, threatening to strip hundreds of thousands of couples of legal protections and accelerating the bipartisan assault on democratic rights.
Kremlin steps up internet censorship
By Evgeny Kostrov. For ordinary users, this means virtually no privacy in their online lives. Moreover, the constant updating of the list of extremist materials makes it possible to ban content that has long been publicly available and widely popular. In effect, this means virtually unlimited possibilities for restricting what
Trump administration revives medieval “kin punishment”
By Tom Mackaman. The entire American legal system is founded on the concept that the individual, not the family or a kin group, is responsible for his or her own actions.
White House adviser Stephen Miller: Trump could suspend habeas corpus unless courts “do the right thing”
By Kevin Reed. Stephen Miller’s threat to suspend habeas corpus is a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s erection of a political dictatorship.
Thousands could be deported under Australian government’s draconian immigration bill
By Mike Head. The Australian Labor government remains intent on pushing a reactionary non-citizen “removal” bill through parliament as quickly as possible despite outrage in immigrant communities and overwhelming opposition by refugee, migrant and human rights groups. That was clear at a one-day Senate committee hearing on the bill on Monday, even
US Supreme Court unanimously rules in favor of Trump, restoring him to Colorado primary ballot
By Tom Carter. The US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in favor of former Republican President Donald Trump on Monday, reversing a decision by the Colorado state Supreme Court to remove him from the ballot for the Republican Party primary in Colorado, which takes place on March 5. On December 19,
Federal judge blocks anti-immigrant SB4 law in Texas as unconstitutional
By Kevin Reed. On Thursday, a federal judge blocked a recently passed Texas law that usurps federal authority over the southern border with Mexico and violates the US Constitution. Senate Bill 4 (SB4), which was approved by Texas Governor Greg Abbott on December 18, gives the state police sweeping powers to arrest
Australian Labor government pushes anti-doxxing laws to protect Zionist witch-hunters
By Oscar Grenfell. The Labor government has pledged to rush laws through the federal parliament that would ban “doxxing,” where the private details of individuals are published online. The details of the legislation have not been released, but the context makes clear that under the banner of defending privacy, Labor is
Sri Lanka government enacts social media crackdown law, tables new anti-terrorism law
By Sanjaya Jayasekera. Sri Lanka Speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena last Thursday (01) signed into law the Online Safety Act (No 09 of 2024) (OSA), a piece of legislation long prepared by the ruling class to crack down upon freedom of dissent in the country. The law was approved by the Parliament
Supreme Court lines up with Trump at hearing on Colorado ballot exclusion ruling
By Patrick Martin. The US Supreme Court heard more than two hours of oral argument Thursday over whether the state of Colorado could exclude fascist ex-president Donald Trump from the presidential ballot because of his role in the January 6, 2021 attack on Congress. The mob assault was aimed at shutting down