Arizona supreme court upholds 1864 law banning almost all abortions “Today’s decision to reimpose a law from a time when Arizona wasn’t a state, the civil war was raging, and women couldn’t even vote will go down in history as a stain on our state ... 04/9/2024 - 6:18 am | View Link
Special counsel pushes Supreme Court to reject Trump's bid for sweeping immunity in 2020 election case Trump also faces two state-level prosecutions, in New York and Georgia. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and claims the cases against him are politically motivated. A decision from the ... 04/8/2024 - 2:13 pm | View Link
Supreme Court of Canada upholds Yukon First Nation's residency requirement The country's highest court has upheld a requirement from a Yukon First Nation that elected officials live on settlement land. In a decision released Thursday morning, the Supreme Court of ... 03/28/2024 - 3:44 am | View Link
A controversial Supreme Court decision could hurt Biden in November A Supreme Court decision related to the election could determine the presidential victor this November, but it has nothing to do with former President Donald Trump. The Brennan Center study ... 03/26/2024 - 2:06 am | View Link
Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over insurrection That power resides with Congress, the court wrote in an unsigned opinion. Trump posted on his social media network shortly after the decision was released: “BIG WIN FOR AMERICA!!!” Colorado Secretary ... 03/3/2024 - 10:05 pm | View Link
Donald Trump took another hit to the ego in the PA primary on Tuesday, as tens of thousands of Republicans voted for Nikki Haley instead. Via the Philadelphia Inquirer:
Sure, he won the primary in the my swing state with 82.5 percent of the vote, amounting to more than 788,000 votes.
But Nikki Haley still received 16.5 percent, with 156,950 votes.
Poor Don.
Madge Greene is now screeching that Democrats want Donald Trump to be “murdered in jail.” This was during an interview with whacko Alex Jones, natch. Via the Independent:
The right-wing lawmaker made the remarks during an interview with Infowars host Alex Jones, in which she suggested that the four criminal cases Mr Trump is facing - including an ongoing trial where he has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts relating to alleged hush money payments - are an intentional effort by his political rivals to imprison the former president until he dies.
She added that Democrats are also attempting to strip Mr Trump of his presidential Secret Service detail to accomplish their goal.
The Federal Trade Commission voted yesterday to adopt a historic and far-reaching ban on noncompete agreements, which are common now in almost all job markets. Thanks, Lina Khan! Via HuffPost:
The agency has said that the agreements, in which workers are forbidden from seeking a job with a competing business for a certain period of time, lead to an “unfair method of competition” and violate federal law.
Donald Trump’s ongoing New York criminal trial hinges on payments of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels. It’s not the hush money, per se, that is illegal, it’s the fact that Trump allegedly falsified business records to cover up the payment and avoid damage to his presidential campaign. Nevertheless, compulsive liar Trump denies he ever had an affair with Daniels.
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If you look closely, you'll notice that Zhanna Polupanova is wearing a sweatshirt with the English words "Follow Your Dreams." Apparently, hers includes a new roof for her modest house in the country, which with any luck will be repaired with what the Russians call "coffin money." Zhanna also rather cold-bloodedly says she does not feel sympathy for her sons going to war in Ukraine as they are meant to serve the Motherland.