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,
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
Appellate court rejects Trump’s claim that he cannot be prosecuted for seeking to overthrow the 2020 election
By John Burton. On Tuesday, a panel of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected former president Donald Trump’s claim that he cannot be prosecuted for attempting to overthrow the 2020 election by lying about supposed voter fraud, fabricating slates of phony electors, pressuring Vice-President Mike Pence
Court challenge exposes Canada’s decade-long xenophobic anti-Muslim adoption ban
By Penny Smith. In a chauvinist attack on the democratic rights of all working people, the Harper Conservative and Trudeau Liberal governments have enforced a punitive ban on adoptions from Muslim countries. When Jameela Quadeer’s sister died in 2012, she and her husband Ahmed became the caregivers to her sister’s three children.
US Senate hearing uses child sexual exploitation as pretext for state control of social media content
By Kevin Reed. The hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday set a new bar for right-wing hypocrisy and grandstanding as Democrats and Republicans came together to push for censorship and government control of social media content under the guise of fighting online child sexual exploitation. The Senate Judiciary Committee hosted
ATB driven by class hate, will be used against working class fighting austerity: Submissions to Court against ATB – Part 03
Our Reporter. This is the Part 03 of the article we commenced posting on Tuesday (30), detailing the submissions made to Supreme Court of Sri Lanka against the Anti-Terrorism Bill, challenged by PTA victim poet Ahnaf Jazeem. Read Part 01. Read Part 02. Testing Constitutionality Jayasekera also submitted to court that the standard
Michigan court rules former cop can stand trial for murder of Patrick Lyoya
By Michael Anders. On January 25, a panel of judges for Michigan’s Court of Appeals ruled that Christopher Schurr can stand trial for killing Patrick Lyoya. The decision comes nearly two years after then-Grand Rapids Police Officer Schurr shot Lyoya in the back of the head during a traffic stop on
ATB could not be part of a quality democracy: Submissions to Court against ATB – Part 02
Our Reporter. This is the Part 02 of the article we commenced posting on Tuesday (30), detailing the submissions made to Supreme Court of Sri Lanka against the Anti-Terrorism Bill, challenged by PTA victim poet Ahnaf Jazeem. Read Part 01. Read Part 03. Democratic Quality ATB "fails to reach even the minimum threshold
Successive Governments thrived on social misery and rooted terrorism, lawyer tells Sri Lanka Supreme Court: Submissions to Court against ATB – Part 01
Our Reporter This article is in three parts. First Part is published here. Part 02 will be published on Wednesday and the Part 03 on Thursday. The case filed by poet Ahnaf Jazeem, who is a victim of Sri Lanka anti-terror law, against the government's proposed Anti-Terrorism Bill (ATB), was taken up