The Supreme Court gave a free pass to Donald Trump and future presidents
US Supreme Court has ruled that former US President Donald Trump does not have immunity from prosecution over the Capitol violence. In a dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that Trump’s actions were “unparliamentary and unprecedented”. She added, “We’re left with no other way to ensure that our constitutional system works.” Trump had earlier claimed that he doesn’t have immunity from prosecution.
The Supreme Court protects the future of moderation
The US Supreme Court has returned the Facebook and Moody cases to lower courts for analysis. The case involves two laws passed by legislators in Florida and Texas, prohibiting social media sites from banning political candidates or limiting their reach. SCOTUS said the lower courts had focused too narrowly on what the laws applied to multiple companies and multiple products.
French voters have pushed the far-right National Rally to a strong lead
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said that he wanted to “stop” the far-right National Rally party from having a majority in the second round of parliamentary elections. “Our objective is clear: stop the National Rally from having an absolute majority in the second round, from dominating the National Assembly and from governing the country with its disastrous project,” he added.
The supreme court says that Trump is protected from prosecution
US President Donald Trump has claimed that a “special prosecutor” is seeking immunity from him in connection with his alleged attempt to influence the oversight of the Senate certification process. However, a lower court said that Trump’s claims are “preposterous”. The Supreme Court has directed the trial judge to decide whether the prosecution can succeed, with “appropriate input” from the parties.
Is Israel relenting in its ban on Gaza evacuates?
Israeli officials have agreed to allow at least 19 children from Gaza to leave the region for medical treatment, most of them cancer patients, on Thursday. Israel and Egypt agreed to allow at least 19 sick children, most of them cancer patients, to leave Gaza for medical treatment on Thursday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.
The Supreme Court ruled that the communications between the Biden administration and social media companies were not illegal
The US Supreme Court has ruled that the plaintiffs in a case against former President Joe Biden’s administration cannot sue for allegedly forcing social media companies to remove posts they didn’t like. The plaintiffs didn’t adequately establish standing and the case was sent to lower courts, where a new decision will be issued. The House Judiciary Committee had found that the administration “coerced companies”.
The tax bill was withdrawn by the president
Kenyan President William Ruto has said he will not sign into law a controversial tax bill that has sparked protests across the country. Human rights bodies have announced a rise in the death toll after Tuesday’s deadly protests outside parliament. The protesters have vowed to march on Thursday across the country to call for the resignation of the President and all members of parliament who voted for the bill.
The Supreme Court told the US government how to interact with social media companies
US Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito has said the majority of the court allowed a “successful campaign of coercion” to stand as an “attractive model for future officials who want to control what people say, hear, and think”. In his dissenting opinion, Alito further said the case shows the “need for social media companies to be prepared for the government’s coercive tactics”.
The Assange Saga is over
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not a US citizen and is not eligible for citizenship in the country, according to a US State Department report. Assange was arrested in December last year during a visit to the UK where he’d been seeking to avoid extradition to the US. Assange has been accused by Sweden of sex crime and has been wanted by the US.
The saga of the WikiLeaks founder is over
The US has dropped the criminal case against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for leaking classified information, prosecutors said in a letter to a US court. The prosecutors have received a request for a guilty plea from the man who would like to plead guilty. The indictment accused Assange of trying to get and publish secret reports about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.