US Supreme Court

Will the US Senate confirmation hearing for President Joe Biden’s nominee of Ketanji Brown Jackson for the US Supreme Court become just an effort to feed opposition to Biden? The hearing has become a Republican vs Democrat battle over issues that have little to do with jurisprudence or judicial temperament.

Biden’s speech this week on the Ukraine crisis was well received by people who usually have nothing good to say about a Democrat, so polarized are the two political parties. Republican senators and conservative pundits were in strange territory compared to their criticism of Biden.

By Kenneth Tiven in Wash...

Meanwhile Republicans in the US Senate prevented a vote on a bill that would end much of the voter suppression efforts they support at the state level, which is where elections are conducted in the USA.

By Kenneth Tiven in Wash...

This long running divide in American politics has become a toxic stew of religion and women’s rights, amped up with conservative versus liberal ideology. Opponents of vaccine mandates and masking rules appear immune to the contradiction of opposing government intrusion into personal freedom with the desire to regulate what women can and cannot do with personal health issues.

Traditionally, Supreme Court justices in the USA have let written decisions explain their position on matters of law and philosophy. However, tradition is less a factor in America than ever before, as recent behaviour by three justices of the highest court have made clear.

By Kenneth Tiven in New ...

PAKISTAN’S NATIONAL assembly approved a bill that would allow Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav to appeal his conviction in a Pakistan court. The bill was adopted by the National Assembly after approval from the 21-member standing committee.

A London court recently refused to release the over £758,000 (Rs 7.8 crore) that former liquor baron Vijay Mallya wanted from funds held by the court to allegedly pay his legal fees in India.