Removal

• Rahul Gandhi condemned the Modi government's decision to remove climate activist Sonam Wangchuk from Jantar Mantar. • Gandhi accused the Centre of using force to suppress individuals who raise critical issues affecting students across India. • The incident highlights growing political tension regarding the government's handling of dissent and student-led activism.

• A joint parliamentary committee (JPC) has decided to defer the adoption of its draft report regarding the 130th Amendment Bill, which concerns the removal of prime ministers and chief ministers. • The decision occurred on Friday while the panel was in the process of voting on five specific recommendations included in the draft report. • Members determined that further consultations with stakeholders are necessary, describing the issue as a "national cause" that requires more extensive discussion.

• A key parliamentary committee in New Delhi is reviewing a contentious anti-corruption bill after stakeholders labeled a specific removal clause "unconstitutional." • The disputed clause mandates the removal of the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers, or ministers from office if they are held in custody for 30 consecutive days, regardless of a judicial verdict on culpability. • This is significant because the provision currently delinks the loss of office from an actual legal finding of guilt, raising serious constitutional concerns.

• The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration, allowing the removal of legal protections for thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants, which may lead to their deportation. • In separate rulings, the Court sided with the administration regarding asylum claims and supported gun owners by overturning a concealed carry restriction in Hawaii. • A federal judge blocked key portions of President Trump’s executive order on mail voting, ruling that attempts to intervene in state-run elections are unconstitutional.

Plaintiffs say children’s services uses ‘emergency removal’ disproportionately against Black and Latino familiesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailOn Thursday, two families filed a class-action lawsuit against the city of New York, alleging that the administration for children’s services (ACS) abuses its emergency removal power to take children from their parents without a court order. The families say that Black people and Latinos are disproportionately affected by the practice.The “emergency removal” power is supposed to be used only in extreme and urgent situations in which there is not enough time to obtain a court order. Instead, the lawsuit alleges, the ACS is using a racially discriminatory emergency removal policy that allows the agency to bypass judicial review. The policy, which separates parents from their children, can cause lasting harm to the families that are affected. Continue reading...

But Trump administration will not return detainees deported to third countries in disease-struck regionThe Trump administration will temporarily pause the removal of refugees to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during a spiraling Ebola outbreak, according to reporting by Politico, but experts say the move won’t help prevent the spread of the disease.At least one woman is now in limbo after officials moved her to Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC, and now say they won’t bring her back because of the Ebola travel ban – despite a judge’s order for her return. Continue reading...

Authority says workers and councillors ‘threatened for explaining the council’s position’ as union jack and St George’s flags taken downResidents, council staff and councillors have been subject to rising “abuse, harassment and intimidation” directly linked to the removal of unauthorised flags, a local authority has said.Shropshire council said it had recorded a rise in reports of abuse with staff and members “being threatened for explaining the council’s position” on the removal of flags and when they attempt to do so – “even in day-to-day work to repair street lighting”, the authority added. Continue reading...