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In a healthy breath of oxygen to the immigration debate, the Supreme Court temporarily stopped the implementation of the controversial Texas SB4 law. This ruling took place one day before the controversial legislation came into effect, which authorizes Texas State agents and police to detain and expeditiously deport to...
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Ben Christopher CalMatters Una disputa entre un jubilado de 72 años en Placerville y el condado de El Dorado sobre una tarifa de construcción de $23,420 llegó esta mañana ante el tribunal más alto del país en un caso con consecuencias potencialmente sísmicas para los presupuestos de los gobiernos...
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Ben Christopher CalMatters A dispute between a 72-year-old retiree in Placerville and El Dorado County over a $23,420 building fee got its day before the country’s highest court this morning in a case with potentially seismic consequences for local government budgets and housing markets across California and the country....
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Peter Schurmann Ethnic Media Services Hay un viejo chiste en DC sobre cómo los jueces de la Corte Suprema hacen las peores citas. No aceptan regalos y por eso insisten en pagar, pero no ganan tanto dinero, por lo que eligen los restaurantes más baratos. (¡Redoble de tambores!) Se...
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Peter Schurmann Ethnic Media Services There’s an old joke in DC about how Supreme Court Justices make the worst dates. They won’t take gifts and so insist on paying, but they don’t make that much money, so they choose the cheapest restaurants. (Cue drumroll!) You’d be forgiven for not...
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Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services Con un fallo de 3 a 2, el Tribunal Supremo de la India el 17 de octubre no confirmó los matrimonios entre personas del mismo sexo, argumentando que no existe un derecho constitucional al matrimonio. El veredicto fue pronunciado por el presidente del Tribunal...
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Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services On a 3-2 judgement, India’s Supreme Court Oct. 17 failed to affirm same sex marriages, arguing that there is no constitutional right to marriage. The verdict was delivered by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices SK Kaul, SR Bhat, Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha....
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Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has declared affirmative action in college admissions unconstitutional, private colleges in California will have to find other ways to support diversity on campus. Public universities in the Golden State had to change their strategy back after voters banned race-conscious admissions – passing Prop 209 in...
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Kristen Hwang CalMatters Medication abortion is still legal in California and across the U.S. A preliminary U.S. Supreme Court order on Friday April 21 preserves the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s two-decade-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristone until the full merits of the case are heard by the...