(2023-06-09). Will Customs and Border Protection's Revised Vehicle Pursuit Policy Make Us Safer? aclu.org The United States' border region has always borne the brunt of our most aggressive immigration enforcement efforts, including dangerous high-speed vehicle pursuits by Border Patrol agents that far too often end in serious injuries and deaths. | After years of public outcry from advocates, victims, and borderland residents, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced a revised vehicle pursuit policy earlier this year. This new policy, which took effect this month after a delay, includes measures that we believe can be important for safeguarding the lives of everyone in our communities. But serious questi…
(2023-06-10). Chris Hedges: Dr. Cornel West Announces He Is Running for President By: Chris Hedges. midwesternmarx.com Dr. Cornel West, in his first interview since deciding to enter the U.S. presidential race, explains why he is a candidate. Dr. Cornel West, the moral philosopher and civil rights activist, will formally announce today he is running for president on the People's Party ticket. Cornel will be a singular voice for serious social and political change in an electoral system saturated with corporate money and rigged to crush third parties. His decades-long commitment to …
(2023-06-09). Salvadorans Ask for the Release of Santa Marta Activists. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Association for Social Economic Development (ADES) filed a legal appeal in favor of the Santa Marta's community environmental leaders who remain detained and accused of murdering a woman in 1989. | RELATED: | Before the Sensuntepeque Court, their defense attorney Denis Muñoz requested alternative measures to preventive detention, arguing that they are in delicate health conditions. Three months ago, however…
(2023-06-10). Supreme Court strikes down Alabama congressional district map as motivated by racial discrimination. wsws.org Celebrations of the decision are ignoring the statements of Kavanaugh and Thomas attacking the Voting Rights Act and the potential for future attacks on voting rights…
(2023-06-10). Glas Refuses Nomination, Left's Binomial Is Gonzalez and Arauz. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, in an unexpected turn of events, Jorge Glas declined the nomination after being announced as candidate, citing the legal investigations and ongoing persecution against him. He instead called on RC lawmaker Luisa González as presidential candidate and Andrés Arauz to run as the vice-presidential candidate. | RELATED: | Glas served as VP with Rafael Correa and Lenin Moreno. He spent 5 years in jail…
(2023-06-10). Youth Are Suing Montana for Failing to Protect Their Future From Climate Chaos. truthout.org In a case that could have far-reaching implications for the struggle against the climate crisis, the trial in a lawsuit brought by a group of youth plaintiffs will begin in Montana on June 12. Besides being the first such case about climate change to go to trial, Held v. Montana involves the specific impacts the climate crisis has on young people. This trial is a bellwether for other cases… |
(2023-06-09). High Court Denies Assange Right To Appeal. popularresistance.org The single judge on the court, Sir Jonathan Swift, issued the 3-page decision on Tuesday. It is not yet publicly available on the High Court's website. | In December, Assange appealed to the European Court of Human Rights. The court could issue an emergency injunction to stop Assange's extradition until it examines the case. | Assange initially won the case against extradition in the lower court based on his health and conditions of U.S. prisons. This was overturned by the High Court after the court accepted U.S. written assurances that Assange would not be mistreated in U.S. prisons.
(2023-06-09). Indicted Again: Donald Trump Faces Federal Espionage & Conspiracy Charges in Classified Docs Probe. democracynow.org In a historic first, the Justice Department has indicted former President Donald Trump on multiple felony charges related to his mishandling classified documents and obstructing the government's attempts to recover them. Trump is the first former president ever to face federal criminal charges and could potentially spend years in prison if convicted. He is set to be arraigned in a Miami court on Tuesday. This latest news adds to Trump's legal woes, with the former president also facing charges in New York related to hush-money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016 and another probe in Geo…