Biden, Trump, and Peace with the Taliban

L. Ali Khan, founder of Legal Scholar Academy and emeritus professor of law at the Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas, writes on the recent Trump-Taliban peace talks, emphasizing the importance of narratives in framing policy… In October 2001, the U.S. invaded Afghanistan to avenge the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center…

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules ballots cannot be rejected based on signature comparisons

In a unanimous ruling Friday the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court held that a voter’s absentee or mail-in ballot cannot be rejected based solely on a comparison of the signature on the ballot with the voter’s signature on their registration form. The ruling came as a result of a King’s Bench petition by Kathy Boockvar, Secretary of…

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Texas appeals court rules against limits on ballot drop boxes

In a unanimous ruling on Friday, a three-judge panel of the Texas Third Court of Appeals ruled against Governor Greg Abbott’s order limiting the number of ballot drop boxes to one per county. On October 1, the governor, citing both ballot security and health concerns, issued an order restricting ballot drop boxes to one location…

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Federal judge dismisses Trump campaign challenge to New Jersey mail-in voting expansion

The US District Court for the District of New Jersey Thursday dismissed the Trump campaign’s lawsuit challenging newly passed mail-in voting provisions from the New Jersey Legislature. As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Jersey Legislature enacted Assembly Bill No. 4475, which expanded the state’s mail-in voting initiatives. The Trump campaign challenged this legislation, stating…

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Poland Constitutional Court court tightens abortion restrictions

The Constitutional Court of Poland barred abortion due to fetal defects in a controversial decision handed down Thursday. The court held that termination of pregnancy in that circumstance had no constitutional justification and it violated the constitutionally guaranteed right to life. The court stated in a pre-judgment press release that The unborn child, as a…

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Greek court imprisons leadership of neo-Nazi political party Golden Dawn

A three-judge panel of the Athens Appeal Court has rejected appeals for suspended sentences by leaders of the Golden Dawn party. It ruled Thursday to imprison 39 leaders of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, including 13 legislators following their convictions for running the party like a criminal organization. These sentencing decisions by the court end a…

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