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The move is the latest in a long-simmering legal battle after Panama’s high court voided the company’s contracts.
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Dylan Spencer, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2026
The high court, though, sided with the parents and reinstated a lower-court order blocking the law and school policies while the case continues to play out.
—CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
The high court majority, though, sided with the parents and reinstated a lower-court order blocking the law and school policies while the case continues to play out.
—Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
Malliotakis, the only Republican congressional representative from New York City, praised the high court ruling.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
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Dylan Spencer, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2026
The high court, though, sided with the parents and reinstated a lower-court order blocking the law and school policies while the case continues to play out.
—CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
The high court majority, though, sided with the parents and reinstated a lower-court order blocking the law and school policies while the case continues to play out.
—Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
Malliotakis, the only Republican congressional representative from New York City, praised the high court ruling.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
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Similarly, the Indian supreme court has decriminalized consensual same-sex conduct and recognized transgender rights while upholding ever more repressive actions by Narendra Modi’s government.—
David Pozen,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
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Virginia’s supreme court Friday gave the green light to a planned referendum on a Democratic redistricting map that aims to flip four Republican congressional seats, although the justices are still hearing arguments about whether the plan would be legal.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2026
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But New York’s Court of Appeals tossed the guilty verdicts in April 2024, finding that the trial court judge, James Burke, shouldn’t have permitted three women to testify about rape and abuse allegations that weren’t tied to the charges.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2026
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The Florida Supreme Court later found the trial court failed to give jurors certain information about aggravating circumstances and ordered a new sentencing.—
Freida Frisaro,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
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China holds Tibet without noticeable bother, commits crimes against its Uyghur Muslim minority with impunity, launches acts of aggression against its neighbors in the South China Sea, and growls off any court or tribunal that looks askance—which few do.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
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His mock tribunal about Congo, which was performed in 2015 with real judges, real witnesses, and a genuine verdict, led to two ministers being dismissed from the government.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2026
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