The International Court of Justice’s Rebuke of Israel Was Swift and Scathing

Undeniably humiliating for Israel, however, were the voting margins. All of the Court’s measures were accepted by a margin of 15-2 or 16-1. One judge—Julia Sebutinde of Uganda—voted against every measure on the grounds that the ICJ had no jurisdiction Continue reading The International Court of Justice’s Rebuke of Israel Was Swift and Scathing

Supreme Court Shockingly Sides With Biden on Texas Standoff With Feds

The nation’s highest court ruled on Monday that federal agents could snip or move razor wire Texas agents placed along the Rio Grande section of the U.S.-Mexico border, siding with the federal government and President Joe Biden that Texas had Continue reading Supreme Court Shockingly Sides With Biden on Texas Standoff With Feds

Alina Habba’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day in Court

Trump lawyer Alina Habba was reprimanded a whopping 12 times during the former president’s defamation trial on Thursday for her combative and bizarre behavior. Presiding Judge Lewis Kaplan has already ruled that Donald Trump defamed E. Jean Carroll after she Continue reading Alina Habba’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day in Court

The Supreme Court Sounds Eager to Break the Government for Good

“Textualism means you are governed by the text,” the doctrine’s chief proponent, the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, explained in 2012. “Not whether the outcome is desirable, not whether legislative history says this or that.” To Scalia, the legislative Continue reading The Supreme Court Sounds Eager to Break the Government for Good

Judge Threatens to Kick Trump out of Court if He Doesn’t Shut Up

Donald Trump was nearly kicked out of his own defamation trial on Wednesday for repeatedly making comments within earshot of the jury, nearly a week before he is allowed to testify. The trial is to determine how much Trump owes Continue reading Judge Threatens to Kick Trump out of Court if He Doesn’t Shut Up

Israel’s Subtle Threats at the International Court of Justice

When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu implored the troops and the nation to “remember what Amalek did to you,” he was citing a biblical argument for acting indiscriminately, and his colleagues have dutifully followed this pattern of collapsing the crucial distinction Continue reading Israel’s Subtle Threats at the International Court of Justice

Will the Supreme Court Finish Trump’s War Against Regulation?

Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo addresses the difficulty of killing regulations by handing the job over to judges. It invites the Supreme Court to reverse its 1984 ruling in Chevron USA v. Natural Resources Defense Council. That decision created what’s Continue reading Will the Supreme Court Finish Trump’s War Against Regulation?

Someone Is Shitposting for Donald Trump While He Sits in Court

Someone is attacking E. Jean Carroll on Donald Trump’s Truth Social account—but it’s not the former president, who on Tuesday sat in a New York courtroom to face trial for defamation. Trump entered the courtroom at about 9:42 a.m., according Continue reading Someone Is Shitposting for Donald Trump While He Sits in Court

Rapist Republican Frontrunner Heads Straight to Court After Iowa Win

South Africa has recognized the ongoing Nakba of the Palestinian people through Israel’s colonization since 1948, which has systematically and forcibly dispossessed, displaced and fragmented the Palestinian people, deliberately denying them the internationally recognized inalienable right to self determination and Continue reading Rapist Republican Frontrunner Heads Straight to Court After Iowa Win

Trump Asks Supreme Court Not to Consider That Thing He Said, Please

“Drugs, criminals, gang members, and terrorists are pouring into our country at record levels. We’ve never seen anything like it. They’re taking over our cities,” Trump said Sunday. He then promised to “shift massive portions of federal law enforcement to Continue reading Trump Asks Supreme Court Not to Consider That Thing He Said, Please