Tag: US constitution and civil liberties

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Federal judge blocks Trump order to end funding for NPR and PBS

Citing the first amendment, a federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal...

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Chief justice John Roberts calls for end to ‘dangerous’ hostility toward judges

The chief justice of the United States, John Roberts, said on Tuesday that hostility directed in personal terms at judges is “dangerous, and it’s...

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War on Iran may provoke a terrorist attack in US – and that may be the point

For decades, the US and its allies have painted Iran as the world’s biggest sponsor of state terrorism – invoking its Islamic rulers’ supposed...

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As goes the Washington Post: US democracy takes another hit under Trump

The email landed in Lizzie Johnson’s in-tray in Ukraine just before 4pm local time. It came at a tough time for the reporter: Russia...

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Trump 2.0 is proving a challenge for Hollywood – just look at this deeply silly new thriller | Emma Brockes

As we all know from history and the current news cycle, autocracy is bad. But it can also be boring. For every explosive confrontation...

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Judge to protect noncitizen academics involved in case from ‘authoritarian’ Trump

A federal judge described Donald Trump as an “authoritarian” and accused his administration of “an unconstitutional conspiracy to pick off certain people” in its...

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