• Supreme Court of India memberikan jaminan kepada juru bicara Congress Pawan Khera dalam kasus yang melibatkan dugaan ucapan menghina terhadap seorang Union minister.
• Pengadilan mengisyaratkan kemungkinan adanya motivasi politik di balik FIR yang diajukan terhadap Khera, menimbulkan pertanyaan mengenai waktu dan niat dari tindakan hukum tersebut.
• Putusan ini menyoroti ketegangan yang sedang berlangsung antara BJP yang berkuasa dan oposisi Congress menjelang pemilihan umum penting, yang berpotensi memengaruhi wacana publik mengenai independensi peradilan.
• Trinamool Congress (TMC) mengajukan permohonan ke Mahkamah Agung pada hari Jumat untuk sidang mendesak guna menggugat keputusan Election Commission of India yang hanya menunjuk pegawai pemerintah pusat sebagai pengawas penghitungan suara untuk pemilihan Majelis West Bengal.
• Ketua Mahkamah Agung India Surya Kant memerintahkan sidang mendesak pada hari Sabtu, dengan permohonan yang akan diperiksa oleh panel hakim Justices PS Narasimha dan Joymalya Bagchi, hal ini menunjukkan pertimbangan prioritas tinggi terhadap sengketa pemilu tersebut.
• Gugatan tersebut mencerminkan ketegangan politik yang terus berlangsung di West Bengal terkait keadilan dan tata kelola pemilu, di mana TMC menentang apa yang mereka anggap sebagai potensi bias dalam prosedur penghitungan suara.
• Gubernur dan jaksa agung negara bagian bergerak untuk menunda pemilihan primer sela 2026 hanya sehari setelah keputusan Mahkamah Agung melumpuhkan Voting Rights Act
• Louisiana menunda pemilihan primer seiring langkah cepat negara-negara bagian untuk memetakan ulang distrik setelah keputusan Mahkamah Agung
• Berikut adalah petikan lebih lanjut dari pernyataan Jaksa Agung Louisiana Liz Murrill dan Gubernur dari Partai Republik Jeff Landry:
Mojtaba Khamenei mengatakan Tehran akan melenyapkan ‘penyalahgunaan jalur air oleh musuh’ dan menjaga program nuklir serta rudalnya
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Pemimpin tertinggi Iran telah memecah keheningannya baru-baru ini dengan pernyataan menantang yang memuji kendali Iran atas pelayaran di strait of Hormuz dan bersumpah untuk menjaga program nuklir serta rudal negara tersebut.
“Hari ini, dua bulan setelah pengerahan militer dan agresi terbesar oleh para penindas dunia di kawasan ini, dan kekalahan memalukan United States dalam rencana-rencananya, babak baru sedang terbuka bagi Persian Gulf dan strait of Hormuz,” kata Mojtaba Khamenei dalam sebuah pernyataan yang dibacakan oleh pembawa acara televisi pemerintah.
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• Ratusan orang berkumpul di Mahkamah Agung AS pada 29 April 2026 untuk mengikuti persidangan mengenai Temporary Protected Status (TPS) bagi warga Haiti dan Suriah, di mana para hakim agung meneliti otoritas Presiden Trump untuk mengakhiri program tersebut.
• Para hakim tampak skeptis terhadap kekuasaan eksekutif yang luas untuk mencabut amnesti deportasi, menurut laporan dari persidangan tersebut.
• Keputusan ini dapat berdampak pada ribuan orang yang menghadapi deportasi dan menguji batasan tindakan eksekutif imigrasi menjelang pemilihan paruh waktu (midterms).
• Putusan tersebut telah melumpuhkan ketentuan yang dimaksudkan untuk mencegah diskriminasi rasial dalam pemungutan suara.
• Ditambah lagi, harga minyak melampaui $126 per barel untuk mencapai level tertinggi sejak 2022.
• Mahkamah Agung memutuskan pada 29 April 2026, apakah peta kongres baru Louisiana merupakan racial gerrymander yang tidak konstitusional, menandai keputusan penting mengenai hak pilih dan batas wilayah distrik.
• Kasus Louisiana v. Callais memeriksa penggambaran ulang distrik kongres Louisiana tahun 2022 yang sebelumnya digugat di pengadilan federal berdasarkan Section 2 dari Voting Rights Act.
• Keputusan ini memengaruhi pertarungan penentuan batas wilayah yang sedang berlangsung di seluruh negeri saat negara-negara bagian bersiap untuk pemilihan tengah periode 2026, dengan implikasi bagi jumlah kursi bagi Demokrat maupun Republikan.
Keputusan tersebut memberi wewenang kepada pembuat peta di negara bagian Republikan untuk memecah distrik menjadi beberapa bagian dan melenyapkan suara pemilih hingga tidak berarti. Voting Rights Act adalah sebuah pakta perdamaian politik yang ditulis dengan darah John Lewis. Keputusan Callais v Landry oleh Mahkamah Agung AS, yang mengesampingkan sebagian besar bagian 2 dari Voting Rights Act, menghapus darah tersebut dari sejarah, bersama dengan darah ribuan warga Amerika lainnya yang melawan supremasi kulit putih segregasionis di tempat makan, stasiun bus, dan pengadilan demi kesetaraan politik. Baca selengkapnya...
• Anggota legislatif yang mewakili dua distrik kongres kulit hitam di Alabama, yang kini berisiko kehilangan kursi mereka setelah Mahkamah Agung secara efektif melumpuhkan Voting Rights Act, menyatakan bahwa keputusan tersebut membuat AS “mundur”.
• Putusan 6-3 dalam kasus Louisiana v Callais pada hari Rabu melemahkan ketentuan utama dari Voting Rights Act, membuka pintu bagi Partai Republik untuk menghapuskan distrik kongres mayoritas-minoritas di seluruh wilayah selatan, dan perwakilan Terri Sewell serta Shomari Figures kini berada dalam posisi terancam.
• Para hakim dalam keputusan bulat menghidupkan kembali gugatan federal yang diajukan oleh 'pusat krisis kehamilan' anti-aborsi di negara bagian tersebut.
• Mahkamah Agung AS pada hari Rabu berpihak pada operator "pusat krisis kehamilan" anti-aborsi berbasis iman Kristen di New Jersey yang mencoba menghalangi investigasi negara bagian mengenai apakah fasilitas tersebut melakukan praktik penipuan.
• Para hakim, dalam keputusan bulat, menghidupkan kembali gugatan federal yang diajukan oleh First Choice Women’s Resource Centers yang menggugat subpoena tahun 2023 dari jaksa agung negara bagian yang mencari informasi mengenai donor dan dokter organisasi tersebut. Pengadilan rendah sebelumnya telah menolak gugatan tersebut.
• Inti dari kasus ini adalah pertanyaan tentang seberapa besar anggota legislatif diperbolehkan mempertimbangkan ras ketika mereka menggambar ulang distrik.
• Mahkamah Agung AS telah memutuskan bahwa Louisiana harus menggambar ulang peta kongresnya, dalam kasus hak pilih yang bersejarah.
• Pada inti kasus Louisiana v Callais, terdapat pertanyaan pelik mengenai sejauh mana anggota legislatif diizinkan mempertimbangkan ras saat menggambar ulang distrik untuk memastikan pemilih kulit hitam terwakili secara memadai.
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...
