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Uber loses challenge to California gig work law in US appeals court

A U.S. appeals court on Monday rejected a bid by Uber and subsidiary Postmates to secondarily challenge a California law that could have forced companies to treat drivers as employees rather than independent contractors, who are typically cheaper. An 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld a lower […]

Supreme Court social media verdict

technology Full text   Justice Alito slams White House in social media case dissent Justice Samuel Alito slammed the White House in a Supreme Court dissent on Wednesday, accusing the Biden administration of leading a “campaign to coerce Facebook” as it sought to curb misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic on social media. Justice Alito, along […]

Supreme Court mistakenly posts draft opinion in key Idaho abortion case

The U.S. Supreme Court mistakenly posted a draft of a ruling on a key abortion case on its website on Wednesday, but quickly removed it. The opinion concerns whether hospitals are required to perform abortions in emergencies in Idaho despite state law banning them. Bloomberg News reported that the opinion was briefly posted on its […]

DOJ urges Supreme Court to reject effort by Steve Bannon to avoid prison

The Department of Justice has filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to reject Steve Bannon’s emergency appeal to avoid prison after he was convicted of contempt of Congress. Bannon, a former senior adviser to former President Trump, was convicted of two counts of contempt of Congress in 2022 after failing to appear before a […]

Media Screws Up Supreme Court Flubbed Punt of Abortion Case

WASHINGTON, DC – When the Supreme Court erred in delaying a case, the mainstream media failed to report it and mistakenly order It dismissed the case without making any decision on the showdown between the Biden administration’s emergency room abortion mandate and Idaho’s pro-life law. EMTALA is an acronym for the federal law that requires […]

Brazil’s Supreme Court decriminalizes possession of marijuana for personal use

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday passed a resolution decriminalizing possession of marijuana for personal use, making the country one of the last Latin American countries to do so and potentially reducing its massive prison population. The final vote on Tuesday marked the first time since deliberations began in 2015 that a majority of the 11-judge […]

Alito defends free speech as Supreme Court majority punts on Biden censorship case

Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday wrote a dissent that stood up for defenders of free speech after the majority on the Supreme Court declined to weigh the merits of a major case accusing the Biden administration of attempting to censor users on social media. The lawsuit known as Murthy v. Missouri alleged the Biden administration violated the […]