July 2024
‘Immune, immune’: Why the US court decision is critical for Trump
A conservative majority has broken legal ground and reshaped prosecutions against the former president, while liberals lament.
January 2022
The new face of anti-abortion is a mum of six who listens to Lizzo
Beyonce, selfies and cocktails – the young women at the coalface of the anti-abortion movement are anything but out of touch. Their mission? “Empowering” women.
December 2021
Women no longer need abortion to support careers, court told
The argument was part of Mississippi’s case before the Supreme Court that could eventually overturn America’s 50-year-old right to abortion.
April 2021
High court sides with Google in copyright fight with Oracle
The case has been going on for a decade. Google won the first round when a judge rejected Oracle’s copyright claim, but that ruling was overturned on appeal. A jury then sided with Google, but an appeals court again disagreed.
January 2021
An inaugural like no other breathes new life into democracy
The background of security fears led to a different type of inaugural ceremony, but one which carried significant meaning for Americans
December 2020
Supreme Court puts final nail into Trump's fruitless lawfare campaign
The President and his Republican allies have lost about 50 challenges to the presidential election in the past five weeks, as judges in at least eight states have repeatedly rejected a litany of unproven claims.
November 2020
Ruling exposes rifts at a Supreme Court transformed by Trump
Wednesday's ruling rejecting restrictions on religious services in New York to combat the coronavirus was almost certainly a taste of things to come.
America's central problem is class not race
A dash less contempt for those with less education, plainer speech and more traditional views might be a way to start bridging the empathy gap that has pushed voters towards Donald Trump.
The great American nightmare
Donald Trump can't win - can he? America is on high alert over whether Joe Biden gets to turn the political dial back to normal or Trump shocks democracy again.
Democracy can fail anywhere, even in America
When efforts at democracy promotion fail in Egypt or Iraq it is a tragedy for the country concerned. If democracy fails in the US, it will be a global tragedy.
How Donald Trump killed off principled conservatism
The US President parades his shameless behaviour as moral courage. That is part of his true creed of anti-liberalism and self-interest.
October 2020
There is a fairer and open way to appoint the best High Court judges
A UK-style independent judicial appointment commission would avoid the political circus around the US Supreme Court while creating a transparent, competitive and merit-based process.
Could the US polls get it as wrong as 2016?
Like the US election four years ago, the Democratic candidate is enjoying a healthy lead in the polls, leading some to distrust the pundits. But there is a big difference this time – Joe Biden is not Hillary Clinton.
Narrowing battleground race stokes fear of disputed election
It's happening again. Donald Trump has captured that most sought-after commodity in the dying days of any election: momentum.
Barrett confirmed as US Supreme Court justice
Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed by a deeply divided Senate, with Republicans overpowering Democrats to install the President's nominee days before the election.
Barrett nomination clears Senate hurdle, nears confirmation to Supreme Court
Senators voted in a rare Sunday afternoon session, 51 to 48, to advance her nomination to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Pelosi, Mnuchin 'closer to deal' as McConnell warns White House
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has reportedly told the White House not to agree to a multitrillion-dollar spending package with Democrats.