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Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity, US court rules

February 6, 2024 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity and can be prosecuted on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, a US court has ruled. Mr Trump had claimed in the landmark legal case that […]

US Supreme Court to rule if Trump can run for president

January 6, 2024 World Justice News 0

President Joe Biden has said Donald Trump is “willing to sacrifice our democracy” to regain power – as the US Supreme Court agreed to look at questions over his eligibility. Mr Trump is favourite to […]

Supreme Court declines to fast-track Trump immunity case

December 23, 2023 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has declined, for now, to decide whether former President Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election. Mr Trump’s efforts to delay his trial appear […]

US Supreme Court to consider abortion pill case

December 14, 2023 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court will decide whether to restrict access to a commonly used abortion pill. It will be the most significant US reproductive rights case after the court overturned Roe v Wade, ending a […]

Texas man executed for murdering five-year-old girl after abducting her from supermarket

November 17, 2023 World Justice News 0

A man who strangled a five-year-old girl to death after kidnapping her from a Walmart store while her family were Christmas shopping has been executed. David Renteria, 53, was given a lethal injection at the […]

Daca: US programme for child migrants ruled unlawful

September 14, 2023 World Justice News 0

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that a longstanding programme protecting migrants who came to the US as children from deportation is unlawful. The judge, however, did not grant a request to terminate those […]

Alabama violated voting rights law, Supreme Court rules

June 8, 2023 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that an Alabama electoral map violated federal law prohibiting racial discrimination in voting. The 5-4 decision backed a lower court’s ruling that the state’s Republican-drawn map had diluted the […]

Richard Glossip: US Supreme Court halts man’s fourth execution attempt

May 6, 2023 World Justice News 0

A convicted man in Oklahoma has escaped a fourth execution attempt after a rare intervention from the US Supreme Court. The court halted Richard Glossip’s 18 May execution after the state’s top lawman said he […]

Mifepristone: US Supreme Court preserves abortion drug access

April 21, 2023 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has preserved access to a commonly used abortion pill, ruling the drug can remain available while a legal case continues. In a split decision, it also rejected restrictions on mifepristone implemented […]

US Supreme Court temporarily blocks ruling that limits access to abortion pill mifepristone

April 15, 2023 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a court decision that would halt the approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. A judge said current rules over access to the drug – used in the most […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

Human Rights

Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]