• El Tribunal Supremo de la India otorgó la libertad bajo fianza al portavoz del Congreso, Pawan Khera, en un caso relacionado con presuntos comentarios despectivos contra un ministro de la Unión.
• El tribunal señaló posibles motivaciones políticas tras el FIR presentado contra Khera, planteando interrogantes sobre el momento y la intención de la acción legal.
• Este fallo resalta las tensiones actuales entre el partido gobernante BJP y el opositor Congreso de cara a elecciones clave, influyendo potencialmente en el discurso público sobre la independencia judicial.
• El Trinamool Congress (TMC) acudió a la Supreme Court el viernes solicitando una audiencia urgente para impugnar la decisión de la Election Commission of India de designar únicamente a empleados del gobierno central como supervisores de escrutinio para las elecciones de la West Bengal Assembly.
• El Chief Justice of India Surya Kant ordenó una audiencia urgente para el sábado, en la que la petición será escuchada por un tribunal compuesto por los Justices PS Narasimha y Joymalya Bagchi, lo que indica una consideración de alta prioridad sobre la disputa electoral.
• El desafío refleja las tensiones políticas actuales en West Bengal con respecto a la imparcialidad electoral y la gobernanza, con el TMC oponiéndose a lo que considera un sesgo potencial en los procedimientos de escrutinio de votos.
El gobernador y el Attorney General del estado se movilizan para posponer las primarias de mitad de mandato de 2026 apenas un día después de que el fallo de la Supreme Court desmantelara la Voting Rights Act
Louisiana pospone las primarias mientras los estados se apresuran a rediseñar los distritos tras el fallo de la Supreme Court
Aquí hay más de esa declaración de la Attorney General de Louisiana, Liz Murrill, y del gobernador republicano Jeff Landry:
La histórica victoria de ayer en la Supreme Court para Louisiana tiene una consecuencia inmediata para el Estado. La Supreme Court suspendió anteriormente una injunction contra la aplicación por parte del Estado del Congressional map actual. Por orden de la Court, sin embargo, esa stay terminó automáticamente con la decisión de ayer. En consecuencia, el Estado tiene prohibido actualmente llevar a cabo elecciones al Congreso bajo el Congressional map actual. Estamos trabajando junto con la Legislatura y la oficina del Secretary of State para desarrollar un camino a seguir.
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Mojtaba Khamenei afirma que Teherán eliminará los «abusos del enemigo en la vía navegable» y protegerá sus programas nucleares y de misiles
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El líder supremo de Irán ha roto su reciente silencio con una declaración desafiante elogiando el control de Irán sobre la navegación en el estrecho de Ormuz y prometiendo proteger los programas nucleares y de misiles del país.
«Hoy, dos meses después del mayor despliegue militar y agresión por parte de los matones del mundo en la región, y la vergonzosa derrota de los Estados Unidos en sus planes, se abre un nuevo capítulo para el golfo Pérsico y el estrecho de Ormuz», dijo Mojtaba Khamenei en una declaración leída por un presentador de la televisión estatal. Continuar leyendo...
• Cientos de personas se reunieron en la Corte Suprema de los EE. UU. el 29 de abril de 2026 para los argumentos sobre el Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS) para haitianos y sirios, con los jueces examinando la autoridad del presidente Trump para poner fin al programa.
• El tribunal pareció escéptico ante un amplio poder ejecutivo para revocar las amnistías de deportación, según informes de la audiencia.
• Un fallo podría afectar a miles de personas que enfrentan la deportación y poner a prueba los límites de las acciones ejecutivas en materia de inmigración antes de las elecciones de mitad de período.
El fallo ha vaciado de contenido una disposición destinada a prevenir la discriminación racial en la votación.
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La US supreme court ha vaciado de contenido una sección importante de la Voting Rights Act a través de una decisión histórica sobre el mapa congresional de Louisiana, en un gran cambio en las leyes de derechos civiles de EE. UU. que amenaza con debilitar el poder de voto de las minorías.
¿Cómo han reaccionado los legisladores? Terri Sewell y Shomari Figures, quienes ahora corren el riesgo de perder sus escaños en los Black congressional districts de Alabama, han denunciado que la decisión envía a la nación “hacia atrás”.
¿Cómo se produjo el fallo? Es la culminación de la campaña conjunta de los justices John Roberts y Samuel Alito para revertir la legislación de derechos civiles.
¿Cómo podrían cambiar los midterm maps debido al redistricting? Si bien la decisión de la US supreme court deja poco tiempo para rediseñar los mapas antes de las midterm, aquí se muestra cómo podrían verse los midterm maps si ambos partidos logran todas sus actuales ambiciones de redistricting. Continue reading...
• La Supreme Court decidió el 29 de abril de 2026 si el nuevo mapa del Congreso de Louisiana constituye un racial gerrymander inconstitucional, marcando un fallo significativo sobre los derechos de voto y los límites de los distritos.
• El caso, Louisiana v. Callais, examinó los distritos del Congreso de Louisiana rediseñados en 2022 que fueron impugnados previamente en un tribunal federal bajo la Sección 2 de la Voting Rights Act.
• Esta decisión afecta las batallas de redistricting en curso en todo el país mientras los estados se preparan para las 2026 midterm elections, con implicaciones tanto para el recuento de escaños de Democratic como de Republican.
La decisión otorga a los encargados de trazar los mapas en los estados republicanos el poder de fragmentar los distritos y diluir los votos hasta el olvido. La Ley de Derecho al Voto fue un pacto de paz política escrito con la sangre de John Lewis. La decisión Callais v Landry de la Corte Suprema de los EE. UU., que dejó de lado gran parte de la sección 2 de la Ley de Derecho al Voto, borró esa sangre de la historia, junto con la de miles de otros estadounidenses que lucharon contra los supremacistas blancos segregacionistas en mostradores de comida, estaciones de autobús y tribunales por la igualdad política. Continuar leyendo...
Terri Sewell y Shomari Figures corren el riesgo de perder sus escaños en los distritos congresionales negros de Alabama tras el fallo. Los legisladores que representan los dos distritos congresionales negros de Alabama, quienes ahora corren el riesgo de perder sus escaños después de que la Corte Suprema diezmara efectivamente el Voting Rights Act, dijeron que la decisión envía a EE. UU. “hacia atrás”. El fallo de 6-3 en Louisiana v Callais el miércoles debilita una disposición clave del Voting Rights Act, abriendo la puerta para que los republicanos eliminen los distritos congresionales de mayoría-minoría en todo el sur, y los representantes Terri Sewell y Shomari Figures se encuentran en el punto de mira. Continuar leyendo...
• Jueces en decisión unánime reactivan demanda federal presentada por “crisis pregnancy centers” antiaborto en el estado
• Regístrese en el correo electrónico de Breaking News US para recibir alertas de boletines en su bandeja de entrada
• El US supreme court se puso del lado del operador de “crisis pregnancy centers” antiaborto de base cristiana en New Jersey este miércoles, el cual intenta impedir una investigación estatal sobre si las instalaciones participan en prácticas engañosas
En el centro del caso estaba la cuestión de hasta qué punto se les permite a los legisladores considerar la raza cuando rediseñan los distritos. Regístrese en el correo electrónico de Breaking News US para recibir alertas de boletines en su bandeja de entrada. La Corte Suprema de los EE. UU. ha dictaminado que Luisiana tendrá que rediseñar su mapa del Congreso en un caso histórico de derechos de voto. En el centro del caso, Louisiana v Callais, se encontraba la espinosa cuestión de hasta qué punto se les permite a los legisladores considerar la raza cuando rediseñan los distritos para asegurar que los votantes negros estén representados adecuadamente. La corte suprema escuchó inicialmente los argumentos orales en el caso el pasado marzo, pero tomó la medida inusual de pedir a los abogados que volvieran a argumentar el caso el pasado otoño. Al programar el caso para una nueva argumentación, los magistrados aumentaron la importancia del caso, pidiendo a los abogados que se centraran en si la sección 2 de la Voting Rights Act era constitucional. Siga leyendo...
El caso analiza si la administración Trump tiene la autoridad para despojar a cientos de miles de inmigrantes del TPS
La Corte Suprema escuchará los argumentos orales el miércoles sobre si la administración Trump puede eliminar el estatus de protección temporal (TPS) de cientos de miles de sirios y haitianos, bajo un programa que los ha protegido de la deportación debido a preocupaciones de seguridad en sus países de origen. A las personas con TPS se les otorga permiso para vivir y trabajar en EE. UU. porque el gobierno ha considerado que sus países de origen no son seguros debido a la guerra, la inestabilidad política o los desastres naturales. En el último año, la administración Trump ha intentado recortar el programa para varios países, abriendo la puerta a la expulsión de cientos de miles de inmigrantes protegidos en EE. UU. Continuar leyendo...
Lawyer for DoJ argued actions taken in public while in possession of a smartphone afforded no expectation of privacyThe US supreme court is considering whether sprawling warrants for smartphone location data infringe on Americans’ privacy rights and violate the constitution.Justices heard opening arguments in Chatrie v United States on Monday that concerned law enforcement’s reliance on so-called “geofence warrants” in difficult cases. The case was originally brought by Okello Chatrie, whose phone location data helped police in Richmond, Virginia, track him down after he robbed a bank at gunpoint and escaped with $195,000 in 2019. Chatrie pleaded guilty to armed robbery and was sentenced to 12 years in prison, but his lawyers argue none of the evidence against him should have been admissible in court. Continue reading...
Redrawn map could flip up to five seats to Republicans as Trump’s party seeks to keep control of CongressThe US supreme court formally reinstated on Monday a redrawn Texas electoral map that was designed to add more Republicans to the US House of Representatives, as Donald Trump’s party seeks to keep control of Congress in the November congressional elections.The move by the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, formalizes an interim decision it made in December to revive the map of US House districts in Texas. Continue reading...
Case centers on glyphosate, pesticide used in Roundup and other products that has been linked to cancer in some studiesThe US supreme court will hear arguments in a key pesticide regulation case on Monday, setting the stage for a ruling that could weaken the ability of consumers to sue companies for failing to warn of product risks.The case centers on glyphosate – a weed-killing chemical used in the popular Roundup brand and numerous other herbicide products. The chemical has been scientifically linked to cancer in multiple studies, and was classified a probable human carcinogen by an arm of the World Health Organization in 2015. Continue reading...
Sabrina Crawford among those refused because of rule change, which now also affects children of immigrants born in ItalyIn 2025, after a long and arduous journey in her attempts to gain Italian citizenship, including a pivotal genealogical research trip to a village in Calabria, US-born Sabrina Crawford was hoping to fulfil her lifelong dream of building a life in Italy as she edged towards the final hurdle of the bureaucratic process.But her plans were scuppered when Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government enacted a law stopping access to Italian citizenship via distant ancestry. Since May last year, only those with a parent or grandparent who was an Italian citizen at birth, and who did not take on dual nationality, are eligible to apply. Continue reading...
The case is part of a messy legal dispute about a section of the Line 5 energy pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channelThe supreme court on Wednesday sided with Michigan in ruling that the state’s lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an ageing pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel will stay in state court.Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for a unanimous court that the Enbridge energy company waited too long to try to move the case to federal court. Continue reading...
Schools say Colorado violated their rights by excluding them from state-funded program over admission policiesSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe supreme court will hear from Catholic preschools that say Colorado violated their religious rights by excluding them from a state-funded program over their admission policies.The court agreed on Monday to take up the appeal from St Mary Catholic Parish, which is supported by the Republican Trump administration. Continue reading...
• The U.S. Supreme Court announced opinions on the way as of April 17, 2026, shifting focus from the controversial shadow docket to merits cases.
• Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson criticized conservative colleagues in viral comments related to emergency relief requests from the Trump administration.
• The emergency docket remains a flashpoint, underscoring deep ideological divides within the federal judiciary.
8-0 ruling gives companies new day in federal court after firms including Chevron ordered to pay millions for cleanupThe supreme court handed a win Friday to oil and gas companies fighting lawsuits over coastal land loss and environmental degradation in Louisiana.The 8-0 procedural decision gives the companies a new day in federal court after a state jury ordered Chevron to pay upward of $740m to clean up damage to the state’s coastline, one of multiple similar lawsuits. Continue reading...
Risks from cancer and other diseases could be hidden with little accountability if justices favor big firms, critics warnThe US could face foreign attacks, food shortages and agricultural “devastation” if the supreme court rules against Monsanto in a closely watched case over pesticide regulation that is set for arguments later this month, according to a series of legal briefs supporting the company.In contrast, opposing legal briefs warn that if the court sides with Monsanto, consumers will be stripped of their rights to sue when they develop cancer or other serious diseases they attribute to exposure to dangerous chemicals. Companies will be able to hide product risks with little accountability, they warn. Continue reading...
In a spilling of the court’s divisions in public, Sotomayor had criticized Kavanaugh over a dissenting ruling on ICE raidsSonia Sotomayor, a US supreme court justice, issued an apology on Wednesday for her recent criticism of fellow justice Brett Kavanaugh, an unusual public mea culpa that underscores the continuing divisions within the nation’s top judicial body over its direction and actions in high-profile cases.Sotomayor had criticized Kavanaugh at an event in Kansas last week for an opinion he wrote in September concurring with the court’s decision backing roving immigration raids in California. Kavanaugh is one of the court’s six conservative justices, while Sotomayor is the senior member of the court’s three-justice liberal bloc. Continue reading...
Changes follow concern that original code created a legal minefield for organisations implementing itThe equalities watchdog has updated its guidance on how to implement the supreme court ruling on gender after the government requested changes to the original proposals submitted last year.In a statement, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said that after “feedback” from the government, as well as consultation responses and extra legal advice, it had made changes to what is officially known as the code of practice. Continue reading...
Democratic-backed candidate’s win to Wisconsin supreme court gives liberals 5-2 edge on courtHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.Democratic-backed candidate Chris Taylor won election to the Wisconsin supreme court on Tuesday, giving liberals a 5-2 edge on the court.Shortly before his 8pm ET deadline for Iran to reopen the strait of Hormuz, or face the death of its “whole civilization”, Donald Trump posted on social media that the US had reached a temporary ceasefire agreement with Iran. Details of the agreement are still forthcoming and bombing continues across the region.Iranian officials will meet with the United States for talks beginning Friday. Pakistan, which brokered the ceasefire agreement, will host the negotiations in Islamabad.The Pentagon will hold a press briefing at 8am ET today. Defense secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are expected to attend.Some Democrats criticized the ceasefire deal, saying its terms, if true, would cede major concessions to Iran, including control over the strait of Hormuz. Others, including New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, called for Congress to invoke the 25th amendment to remove Trump from office after he “threatened a genocide against the Iranian people”.Several Republicans cheered the president’s decision, casting it as shrewd and tactical. “This is a strong first step toward holding Iran accountable,” said senator Rick Scott of Florida.Shelly Kittleson, the US journalist who was kidnapped in Baghdad by the Iran-backed Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah last week, has been released, said secretary of state Marco Rubio.Repulican Clay Fuller won Georgia’s special election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in the House of Representatives. In line with special elections for Congress since the start of Trump’s term, his Democratic rival, Shawn Harris, overperformed. Continue reading...
• The Supreme Court issued a ruling clearing the way for the Department of Justice to erase Steve Bannon's January 6 conviction, reversing lower court obstacles to the administration's efforts.
• The decision represents a significant legal victory for the Trump administration in its effort to address convictions related to the Capitol riot.
• The ruling overturned a district judge's previous injunction that had blocked the administration's actions on the matter.
Liberals see chance to strengthen majority in state where Trump and allies could try to overturn election resultsWisconsin voters on Tuesday will select a state supreme court judge to replace an outgoing conservative in a race that could further solidify the liberal majority on the bench ahead of the midterms, when Trump and his allies could try to overturn election results again.Justice Rebecca Bradley, a conservative, is retiring, giving liberals a chance to further consolidate their hold on the high court ahead of the next presidential election, when the swing state is sure to see challenges to election results. Continue reading...
Veteran justice, 76, was treated for dehydration in March; a retirement would give Trump new chance to shape courtUS supreme court justice Samuel Alito was reportedly taken to a hospital after becoming sick at a Federalist Society dinner in Philadelphia in March, further fueling speculation that Donald Trump could have more chances to shape the land’s highest court through new appointments.A CNN report said Alito was checked by medical staff and given fluids due to dehydration. He later returned to his home in Virginia that same night with his security detail. In the weeks since, Alito has resumed his duties, including participating in oral arguments. Continue reading...
Most justices seemed skeptical of the administration’s argument, despite Trump’s unprecedented appearanceIt was a surreal morning at the US supreme court.For more than two hours, the nation’s highest court considered arguments over whether Donald Trump – via an executive order – could tear down an idea that has been fundamental to the story and trajectory of the United States: that almost anyone born on US soil is an US citizen. Continue reading...
• The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on April 1, 2026, that state bans on conversion therapy for minors violate counselors' First Amendment rights.
• The decision overturns California's pioneering 2012 law and similar measures in over 20 states prohibiting practices aimed at changing sexual orientation.
• Chief Justice Roberts wrote the majority opinion, emphasizing licensed professionals' speech protections in private counseling.
Some underscore Trump’s unprecedented court appearance as protesters defend 14th amendment rightAround 250 demonstrators packed the steps of the supreme court on Wednesday, chanting in defense of birthright citizenship as Donald Trump himself watched from the public gallery in an unprecedented appearance.Beija McCarter, an eighth grade US history teacher, and Noah Goldstein, a New Yorker who was also at last month’s trans rights rally, both arrived at the demonstration with little optimism about what the justices inside might decide. Continue reading...
