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Texas immigration law on hold again as panel of judges considers

WASHINGTON —  The Texas immigration law that would empower the state and local police to arrest people suspected of entering the U.S. illegally is back on hold while a different panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decides how to proceed. The back-and-forth decisions, or nondecisions, from the appeals court have confused and confounded

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Alabama judges say embryos are people. Blame the U.S. Supreme Court

The Alabama Supreme Court’s breathtakingly arrogant, slapdash and pernicious opinion conferring personhood on newly formed embryos vividly illustrates the consequences of another reckless decision: the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe vs. Wade. The Alabama court held last week that fertilized ova cryogenically preserved for couples having difficulty conceiving are legally and morally equivalent to

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Dikgang Moseneke to join ICJ bench of judges in SA Gaza case

South Africa filed an urgent case against Israel at the ICJ accusing the state of crimes of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. As South Africa prepares to argue its genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague next week, former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke is set to join

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Judges to AI: We object!

With help from Derek Robertson Chief justice of the United States John Roberts. | Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images You know the fears about AI automation are real when even the chief justice of the United States starts to sound nervous. John Roberts’ year-end report on the federal judiciary has caused a stir with its

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Netanyahu Allies Signal Pause in Campaign to Rein In Judges

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition signaled on Tuesday that for the sake of national unity with Israel at war, it was not planning any immediate countermove against a Supreme Court decision striking down the government’s signature campaign to rein in the court’s powers. Across the Israeli political divide, supporters and opponents of Mr. Netanyahu’s plan

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