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Speaking at the Council’s annual meeting in Geneva on the protection of the rights of women and girls, the UN High Commissioner said it was an urgent task and zero tolerance for gender-based violence was needed. She highlighted the alarming reality that women human rights defenders, women journalists and people in public office and political decision-making positions are routinely subject to “vicious” attacks. Atrocious statistics “These acts are deliberate, targeting those who are seen as challenging traditional notions of family and gender or harmful traditional social norms,” ​​said Mr. Turk. “Their purpose is clear”, he added, “to exercise control, perpetuate…

CNN — Justice Amy Coney Barrett, in Friday’s ruling striking down President Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan, defended the Supreme Court’s conservative majority’s use of a controversial legal theory and, deploying analogies about nannies and grocery store owners, she set out how she believed. The doctrine should be used in the future. The so-called major issues doctrine says that executive branch agencies only have the authority to take aggressive unilateral actions of significant political or economic importance if Congress explicitly grants them that power. In the student loan case, the 6-3 conservative majority, including Barrett, concluded that the student…

A new fiscal year means newly enacted laws will take effect Saturday in many states across the country. Statutes range from banning marriage licenses for children in Connecticut to legalizing shooting stars in Indiana. Here are descriptions of some of the laws that go into effect in various states. Floridians can carry guns without a permit Florida residents will will no longer be necessary to obtain a state-issued permit to carry a concealed weapon, under a law that was quietly signed into law in April by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, a 2024 presidential candidate. Florida became the 26th state to…

CNN — President Joe Biden was not scheduled to take questions Thursday. His helicopter was waiting outside on the South Lawn of the White House. But after a 10-minute statement about the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling, a CNN reporter yelled, “Is this a rogue court?” The president stopped in his tracks. Pausing to think for a moment, he looked over his shoulder. “This is no ordinary court,” he said before leaving. This week’s monumental resolutions — repealing affirmative action in college admissions and dismantling Biden’s student debt relief plan among them — represent serious setbacks for a president who…

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas’ economy and culture are thriving, but the state’s politics are a mess, speaker Rex Nelson told the Political Animals Club of Northwest Arkansas on Friday. “We have a largely incompetent state Legislature combined with a dysfunctional governor’s office,” Nelson told the crowd of at least 150 people attending the lunch meeting in Fayetteville. Nelson, a newspaper columnist and author, was director of policy and communications for then-Gov. Mike Huckabee — the father of current governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Sanders’ office had no comment when reached. The state’s history is littered with disasters and setbacks, both natural and…

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts cited former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in his majority opinion to help explain why President Biden’s student loan waivers were unconstitutional. On Friday, Roberts released the Supreme Court opinion that blocked Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, one of the president’s top campaign promises. In the opinion, Roberts quoted then-Speaker Pelosi as saying the president did not have the power to cancel federal student loan debt. WHAT HAPPENS NOW THIS SUPREME COURT NULLISHED BIDEN’S STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts quoted former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in his majority opinion…

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 30 (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s hopes of regaining the presidency in 2026 may be over. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be a Bolsonaro in operation three years from now. Brazil’s federal electoral court (TSE) froze Bolsonaro’s political career on Friday, barring the far-right nationalist from public office until 2030 for spreading baseless claims about the country’s voting system in this year’s elections past The ruling represents a devastating setback for the 68-year-old career politician who was until recently the most powerful man in Brazil. But it may not mean the end for…

Last week I talked about young state auditor Andrew Sorrell. When I had him on my Montgomery TV show recently, we talked about his successful career as state auditor. He understands the golden rule of politics, “money is the mother’s milk of politics.” In his 2022 race, he achieved an amazing record and broke $714,000 and was able to outspend his opponents 7 to 1. More impressively, he spent the 7-to-1 lead wisely and wisely. He designed and produced his own television commercials, which cut distribution and production costs by 20 percent. The most impressive revelation was that he wisely…