US Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok
The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the United States, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users in two days. In a major defeat for TikTok, the court ruled that the law does not violate free speech rights and that the US government had demonstrated legitimate […]
Woman’s emergency abortion put on hold by Texas Supreme Court
The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a woman from obtaining an emergency abortion. Kate Cox, 31, sought court authorisation for the abortion because her fetus was diagnosed with a genetic abnormality that usually results in miscarriage, stillbirth or death soon after birth. The legal battle is a major test case since the US Supreme […]
Sandra Day O’Connor: First woman on US Supreme Court dies aged 93
Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court, has died at the age of 93. She was appointed by Republican ex-president Ronald Reagan in 1981 and retired from America’s highest court in 2006. Ms O’Connor died in Phoenix of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness, the court […]
US Supreme Court preserves women’s access to abortion pill mifepristone at center of legal fight
Women’s access to a widely used abortion pill in the US has been maintained by the Supreme Court during an ongoing legal battle over the drug. The justices agreed to stay or pause a lower court decision imposing restrictions on the availability of mifepristone during a challenge by anti-abortion groups to its federal regulatory approval. […]
Supreme Court withdraws oral arguments on Title 42 immigration policy from its calendar
The Supreme Court announced Thursday that it has withdrawn from its calendar a case related to the controversial application of Title 42 immigration policy in the Trump era. The court gave no explanation for its action, but the Biden administration earlier announced that the Covid-19 public health emergency, which serves as the legal underpinning of […]
The Biden administration wants the Supreme Court to allow the end of the use of Title 42, but not for at least a week
The Biden administration told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that justices should reject an emergency offer from a group of GOP-led states to keep the controversial Trump-era border restriction known as Title 42 in place while the disputes are resolved. legal challenges. But he also asked the court to delay ending the use of Title […]
Migrants in El Paso face uncertainty after Supreme Court left Title 42 in effect amid legal challenges
The future of migrants waiting in El Paso, Texas, after crossing the US-Mexico border remains uncertain following Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision allowing federal officials to continue expelling migrants who have received an asylum hearing. “We expected something else,” said Rosanni Rodríguez, a Venezuelan migrant, when she was told of the court decision. Rodriguez huddled with […]
