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Democracy under serious and sustained attack from within the US
Far-right Republicans and the conservative supreme court are working on a carefully laid plan to turn the US into a repressive regime
Is the US supreme court bent on doing harm?
Two recent rulings by America’s apex court are profoundly troubling
Why would anyone vote for Trump?
COMMENT: For this gay, white soldier there simply isn’t a good enough challenger to knock him off his perch
SAA rescue costs us social reforms
As with the ban on SAA flying to the United States in 1986, political pragmatism will eventually be trumped by economic realities
Trump trial opens with fiery clashes over witnesses
The two sides squared off in fiery exchanges that circled around the procedures for the trial and gave the Democrats an opportunity to spell out their arguments for Trump’s guilt…
US Supreme Court rejects state efforts to block abortion funding
Louisiana and Kansas had asked the highest court in the land to intervene after losing their case against family planning group Planned Parenthood
Kavanaugh swings US Supreme Court to the right
With the arrival of Brett Kavanaugh, the court comprises four liberals appointed by Democratic presidents and five conservatives picked by Republicans
US Senate confirms Kavanaugh to Supreme Court after divisive fight
Kavanaugh’s confirmation as a replacement for retiring justice Anthony Kennedy was controversial from the start
Kavanaugh poised for confirmation to US Supreme Court
If he wins confirmation, Kavanaugh will seal a conservative majority on the nine-seat high court for years to come
Trump’s Supreme Court pick faces new sexual misconduct claim
Senate Democrats are now investigating a bombshell claim by Deborah Ramirez who says Kavanaugh exposed himself to her during a 1980s college party
US Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban
The justices ruled 5-4 that the most recent version of the ban, which the administration claims is justified by national security concerns, was valid
Supreme Court refuses to hear Trump bid to end DACA
Trump promised to end the programme during his 2016 election campaign and the protections were set to begin to be phased out in early March
Sotomayor not the ‘right’ choice
US supreme court nominee’s past comments catch up with her, writes Chris McGreal.
Pioneer of US inter-racial marriages dies
Mildred Jeter Loving was a shy, unassuming black woman who never expected to make history when her landmark 1967 Supreme Court case ended the ban on interracial marriages in the…
Pentagon seeks charges, death for 9/11 accused
The Pentagon on Monday sought murder and conspiracy charges against the alleged planner of the September 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and five others and will ask they be…