Among them, the January Sixth hearings into former President Donald Trump’s alleged attempts to nullify the results of the 2020 election, the U-S Supreme Court ruling on abortion — and headwinds in the U.S. economy. We begin with a report from CGTN’s Owen Fairclough....
"The Supreme Court had the opportunity in this case to exonerate Trump, and they chose not to do so. Every court — or decision-making body — that has substantively examined the issue has determined that January 6th was an insurrection and that Donald Trump incited it. That remains true t...
The Colorado Supreme Court agreed to review the district court's ruling, andheld argumentsin the case earlier this month. The justices weighed whether the events of Jan. 6 could be considered an "insurrection," and, if so, one that Trump "engaged in." They also considered whether the presi...
The 14th amendment was ratified in 1868, but the Supreme Court has never before considered Section 3, known as the insurrection clause. With little in the way of prior court rulings, both sides are pointing to historical clues to argue for their reading of the provision, including how it wa...
“It is highly likely that he would if he got an adverse ruling, he would seek to take it back to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court that ruled today,” said Epner. Now it is up to the lower courts to decide exactly what presidential activity would make Trump immune from criminal...
In short: This Supreme Court ruling could decide the fate of free speech on the internet as we know it. Which social media platforms does this cover? That's kind of confusing, and even the justices aren't sure. It seems like it definitely covers sites likeFacebook,Instagram,Reddit, andX...
The US Supreme Court will hear challenges on Monday to the constitutionality of the Florida and Texas laws. Each was introduced by Republican legislators after social media platforms suspended accounts supporting the January 6 Capitol attack, and aimed to prevent companies from "censoring" posts. ...
The provision “the people’s court shall make a ruling not to acknowledge a civil judgment if acknowledging it would violate fundamental principles of state laws, such as the one-China principle, or undermine state sovereignty, security, or social public interests” is consistent with analogous ...
It is important to note that the structure of Chinese court judgments (and rulings) is basically the same, with each part starting with the same fixed words, making the search of cases easy. For example, the holding’s reasoning always starts with “本院认为”(“this court holds that”)...
The court at the time of its ruling halted the transfer of the records for 14 days to allow Trump to ask the Supreme Court to intervene, and Thursday is the deadline for filing a petition. "The disagreement between an incumbent President and his predecessor from a rival political party is...