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Dwight D Opperman Foundation had planned to give award named for late supreme court justice to Tesla chief and News Corp mogul A foundation which stirred controversy by planning to give awards named for the late US supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch said on Monday it had canceled the ceremony.“While we believe each of the honorees is...

World’s biggest social media firms challenge state laws blocking them from moderating certain content or banning usersMembers of the United States supreme court expressed skepticism regarding two laws being debated in oral arguments Monday, both of which deal with how social media platforms moderate content and could have broad implications for freedom of speech online.Filed by NetChoice, an association representing the world’s largest social...

Decision rebuffs request by conservative group to alter admissions process for US military academy West Point, the US’s academy for army officers, can still consider race in its admission process for now after the federal supreme court refused to immediately force a change to the school’s policies.The supreme court’s decision Friday rebuffed a request by a conservative group to alter West Point’s admissions process,...

Former president and frontrunner for Republican 2024 presidential nomination also expected to file own appealThe Colorado Republican Party has asked the US supreme court to intervene after Colorado’s top court disqualified former president Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s Republican primary ballot, an attorney for the Republican group said.The appeal comes after the Colorado supreme court last week disqualified Trump because of his...

Federal 2020 election interference trial is currently set for 4 March, the day before Super TuesdayLawyers for Donald Trump on Wednesday urged the US supreme court to reject a request from the special counsel to expeditiously decide whether he was immune from prosecution over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, contending prosecutors lacked standing to bring the petition.The argument from the ex-president...