Donald Trump, the former US president, suffered a major defeat on Thursday when a federal appeals court ruled against his effort to block the release of documents related to the 6 January attack on the US Capitol.
Trump is expected to appeal to the supreme court.
A select committee in the House of Representatives is investigating the events on and surrounding 6 January, when a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol in a bid to disrupt the certification of Joe Biden’s election win. Amid scenes of violence that shocked America and the world, five people eventually died and scores were injured.
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Court rules Trump cannot block release of documents to Capitol attack panel | Donald Trump | The Guardian
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12/9/21
10/10/21
The Netherlands: Coronavirus: Dutch court dismisses call to scrap 'corona pass' regulations
A Dutch court on Wednesday dismissed a call to scrap the ‘corona pass’ required to enter
The court in The Hague said the government had the right to demand proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or a recent negative coronavirus test to limit the spread of the coronavirus as most other social distancing measures were lifted last month.
Read more at: Coronavirus: Dutch court dismisses call to scrap 'corona pass' regulations | Cyprus Mail
The court in The Hague said the government had the right to demand proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or a recent negative coronavirus test to limit the spread of the coronavirus as most other social distancing measures were lifted last month.
Read more at: Coronavirus: Dutch court dismisses call to scrap 'corona pass' regulations | Cyprus Mail
7/4/21
Dutch court rejects Facebook’s bid to have privacy lawsuit in the Netherlands dismissed
A court in Amsterdam ruled that privacy litigation against Facebook in the Netherlands can proceed, rejecting the social network’s bid to have the lawsuit from two non-profit groups thrown out.
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5/24/20
Israel; Netanyahu trial: Israeli prime minister faces Jerusalem court
He was sworn back into office as head of a rare unity government a week ago.His political rival, Benny Gantz, agreed to share power following three inconclusive elections in under a year.
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Netanyahu trial: Israeli prime minister faces Jerusalem court - BBC News: The country is gripped by the spectacle of a serving leader being tried for the first time.
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Netanyahu trial: Israeli prime minister faces Jerusalem court - BBC News: The country is gripped by the spectacle of a serving leader being tried for the first time.
2/18/19
USA: 16 States Sue to Stop Trump’s Use of Emergency Powers to Build Border Wall - by Charlie Savage and Robert Pear
A coalition of 16 states, including
California and New York, on Monday challenged President Trump in court
over his plan to use emergency powers to spend billions of dollars on
his border wall.
Read more: 16 States Sue to Stop Trump’s Use of Emergency Powers to Build Border Wall - The New York Times
The lawsuit is part
of a constitutional confrontation that Mr. Trump set off on Friday when
he declared that he would spend billions of dollars more on border
barriers than Congress had granted him. The clash raises questions over
congressional control of spending, the scope of emergency powers granted
to the president, and how far the courts are willing to go to settle
such a dispute.
The suit, filed in Federal District Court in San Francisco, argues that
the president does not have the power to divert funds for constructing a
wall along the Mexican border because it is Congress that controls
spending.
Xavier Becerra, the attorney general of California, said in an interview
that the president himself had undercut his argument that there was an
emergency on the border.
“Probably the best evidence is the president’s own words,” he said, referring to Mr. Trump’s speech on Feb. 15 announcing his plan: “I didn’t need to do this, but I’d rather do it much faster.”
The
lawsuit, California et al. v. Trump et al., says that the plaintiff
states are going to court to protect their residents, natural resources
and economic interests. “Contrary to the will of Congress, the president
has used the pretext of a manufactured ‘crisis’ of unlawful immigration
to declare a national emergency and redirect federal dollars
appropriated for drug interdiction, military construction and law
enforcement initiatives toward building a wall on the United
States-Mexico border,” the lawsuit says.
11/5/17
Spain: Sacked Catalonia leader turns himself in, polls show independence strength
Sacked Catalonia leader Carles Puigdemont and four associates turned
themselves in to Belgian police on Sunday, following Spain’s issuing of
an arrest warrant for rebellion and sedition.
All are wanted by Madrid for actions related to the
push for the region’s secession from Spain. Puigdemont has become the
public face of that move for independence.\
Other
charges are the misuse of public funds, disobedience and breach of
trust relating to the secessionist campaign, which has thrown Spain into
a political crisis just as its economy has recovered from a sharp
downturn and banking stress.
Madrid has taken
over administrative control in Catalonia, until then an autonomous
region, and called new elections on Dec 21.
Two
polls on Sunday suggested pro-Catalonia independence parties will
together win December’s regional election although they may fall just
short of a majority of seats in parliament needed to revive the
secession campaign.
Note EU-Digest: The Catalan political leaders are playing a dangerous game by showing total disrespect for the Spanish Constitution. Their tactics are irregular, and regardless of what they say, the Spanish Government has shown great tolerance in dealing with the issue.
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