The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear final legal arguments from TikTok in its bid to avoid being banned or forced to sell its US operations. Report has it that the US government is pursuing action against the popular app over alleged ties to the Chinese state, accusations that TikTok and its parent company, … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump is meeting with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew as the social media company battles efforts to have the app banned in the United States. Trump was scheduled to meet Chew at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Monday, according to CBS News, citing sources familiar with the meeting. EDITOR’S PICKS PDP … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that in a unanimous decision on Monday, the US Supreme Court removed a significant obstacle to former President Donald Trump’s potential return to the White House by dismissing a ruling from a Colorado state court. The ruling could have barred him from appearing on the Colorado ballot due to allegations of insurrection. … Read more
The US Supreme Court has heard arguments in the case of a graphic designer who refused to create wedding websites for same-sex couples. Eko Hot Blog reports that It is the latest case to reach the top court that pits free speech rights against anti-discrimination laws. EDITOR’S PICKS Colombia: Landslide Kills 3, Buries Several People … Read more
Biden said he believed some US states would attempt to arrest women who crossed state lines for abortion access Women in states where abortion is banned or restricted may be forced to cross state lines to parts of the country where the procedure remains legal EDITOR’S PICK Ohanaeze Reveals Why Nnamdi Kanu Was Denied Bail … Read more
The lifetime appointment will likely see Ms Jackson on the bench for decades but will not shift the current ideological balance of the Supreme Court The addition of Ms Jackson to the court means that its liberal minority will be made up entirely of women EDITOR’S PICK Ohanaeze Reveals Why Nnamdi Kanu Was Denied Bail … Read more
Outside the clinic, volunteer escort Linda Kocher told the BBC that rich women would still be able to access abortions in other states President Joe Biden described the ruling as “a tragic error” EDITOR’S PICK Ukraine War: West Must ‘Prepare For War’, Says Ex-Nato Chief As Putin Unleashes Cruise Missiles In Ukraine Elon Musk Stages … Read more
US supreme court overturns landmark verdict that legalised abortion A majority of the justice held that the right to end a pregnancy was not found in the text of the Constitution nor the nation’s history EDITOR’S PICK Ukraine War: West Must ‘Prepare For War’, Says Ex-Nato Chief As Putin Unleashes Cruise Missiles In Ukraine Elon Musk … Read more
U.S. Supreme Court affirms American’s right to carry handgun in public The ruling, authored by Justice Clarence Thomas, declared that the Constitution protects “an individual’s right to carry a handgun for self-defence outside the home.” EDITOR’S PICK Ukraine War: West Must ‘Prepare For War’, Says Ex-Nato Chief As Putin Unleashes Cruise Missiles In Ukraine Elon … Read more
Jackson-Akiwumi is married to Eric Akiwumi, who is a Nigerian EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Joe Biden has said that he will nominate a Black woman to the US Supreme Court for the first time in history, filling the vacancy left by retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. Candace Jackson-Akiwumi has been noted as one of … Read more
The Supreme Court justices heard three hours of oral arguments from abortion providers and Biden administration lawyers… EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United States Supreme Court has heard challenges to a Texas law that has effectively banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The Texas ban has prompted widespread protests and about 100 protesters … Read more
…US District Judge Robert Pitman issued a preliminary injunction earlier this month halting enforcement of the Texas law… EKO HOT BLOG reports that US President Joe Biden’s administration, in the latest move in the battle over reproductive rights, asked the Supreme Court on Monday to block a Texas law that bans most abortions in the … Read more
Former president Donald Trump had pledged to eliminate the ACA but his efforts repeatedly failed and he never presented an alternative The US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a bid by Republican-led states to overturn Obamacare, safeguarding the health insurance of millions with the coronavirus pandemic still a threat in much of America. In a … Read more
Attorney General Bob Ferguson of the U.S. state of Washington on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider a lower court decision that challenged a popular healthcare law signed by former U.S. President Barack Obama. Ferguson said the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or better known as Obamacare, which Obama signed into law in March … Read more