The case, part of a protracted 15-year legal battle brought by the oligarchs, won’t be reviewed until 2022, or until a parallel judgement is settled at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands. Dutch courts previously awarded $50 billion in damages to former investors in the company, believed to be the …
Read More »The UK Supreme Court rules biological females can’t become fathers in an all too rare victory for common sense and reality
McConnell was born female and raised as a girl, but later began to identify as a man. In 2013, McConnell began the process of medical transition, first taking hormone therapy and, the following year, undergoing a double mastectomy. At this point, McConnell decided to pause transition and – still having …
Read More »Pennsylvania Supreme Court shoots down Trump campaign claims of blocking Philadelphia election observers
The state’s liberal-leaning Supreme Court ruled 5-2 against Trump’s lawsuit on Tuesday, rebuffing claims that local election officials barred Republican poll-watchers from standing close enough to the vote-counting process to see what was happening. “We conclude the [Philadelphia County Board of Elections] did not act contrary to law… during the …
Read More »US Supreme Court orders late Pennsylvania mail-in ballots to be set aside & counted separately from overall vote tally
In a temporary order on Friday, US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito ruled that “all county boards of election” must abide by the guidance from October 28 and November 1 that requires all ballots received by mail after 8pm on the election day to “be segregated” and stored “in a …
Read More »‘Mixed bag’: Kim Dotcom says he wants ‘take US to task’ on extradition request after court pays way for handover subject to review
The country’s Supreme Court said on Wednesday morning that a judicial review would determine whether Dotcom – born Kim Schmitz – and three co-defendants will face extradition on 12 counts linked to copyright infringement, paving the way for their possible hand-over to the US. However, the judge also ruled the …
Read More »Republicans have turned Supreme Court into a US House of Lords, an obstructionist entity that will inflict laws people don’t want
With the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett, there is now a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court. A transparently partisan and politicized nomination and appointment process, the prospect of appointees having fewer qualms about legislating from the bench and a majority that might endure for decades has enabled the …
Read More »Bolivian court drops ‘terrorism’ charges against ex-President Evo Morales, withdraws arrest warrant – judge
The ex-president’s rights, including his right for judicial protection, have been violated, Judge Jorge Quino, the head of the Departmental Court of Justice in La Paz, said as he explained the court’s decision to grant a request filed by Morales’ lawyers. He also said that judicial procedures were violated in …
Read More »By backing housing charity’s ‘Jewish only’ rule, UK court drops the ball. Aren’t we all equal in Britain?
The law isn’t always right and it’s not just people who can be taken hostage. In a disgraceful decision deemed legitimate by the UK’s highest court, a single mother with four children was refused social housing – because she wasn’t a Jew. It’s that simple. The charity Agudas Israel Housing …
Read More »Top EU court rules member states can’t have unfettered access to phone & internet users’ data in blow to Big Brother tactics
The panel of 15 judges ruled that the indiscriminate and mass collection of telephone, internet and web communications traffic is not compatible with European law. The ECJ said governments could resort to such practices only if they face a “serious threat to national security.” However, even in the extreme circumstances …
Read More »US court demands Edward Snowden cough up $5.2mn in royalties from memoir, claiming violations of NSA non-disclosure deal
The Department of Justice announced the ruling on Thursday, the culmination of a year-long legal case launched after the publication of Snowden’s memoir, ‘Permanent Record,’ last September. “Edward Snowden violated his legal obligations to the United States, and therefore, his unlawful financial gains must be relinquished to the government,” Deputy …
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