Tag: Supreme courts
Mexican judge issues arrest order for opposition governor
MEXICO CITY — A Mexican judge has issued an arrest order for the governor of the northern border state of Tamaulipas on organized crime...
SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Justice Thomas remembers ‘rapid’ RBG
WASHINGTON — In her last years on the Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg moved slowly. She was always the last justice to exit...
Brazil police investigate top Environment Ministry officials
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil's Federal Police on Wednesday carried out searches to investigate whether key figures within the Environment Ministry, including Minister Ricardo...
Kenya’s president names country’s first female chief justice
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed Court of Appeal Judge Martha Koome as the East African country's first woman chief justice...
US report: Allies of El Salvador’s president deemed corrupt
MIAMI — Allies of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, including his Cabinet chief, have been included in a list of senior officials in Central America...
Supreme Court throws abortion fight into center of midterms
WASHINGTON — In agreeing to hear a potentially groundbreaking abortion case, the Supreme Court has energized activists on both sides of the long-running debate...
Swim star Sun Yang’s 3-day retrial at sports court next week
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The retrial in three-time Olympic champion swimmer Sun Yang's doping case will be held over three days next week, the Court...
Conservatives push big issues to fore at Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — Abortion. Guns. Religion. A Trump-fortified conservative majority is making its presence felt at the Supreme Court by quickly wading into high-profile social...
High court won’t make unanimous jury requirement retroactive
WASHINGTON —
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that prisoners who...
Zimbabwe court blocks leader from keeping chief justice on
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s High Court on Saturday forced the country’s chief justice to retire, ruling that an extension of his term by the...
