Where abortion will be on the ballot in the 2024 US electionsVoters in 10 US states, including key battlegrounds like Arizona and Nevada, will decide on ballot measures to guarantee abortion rights on...
17 Oct, 2024, 05.17 PM IST
Donald Trump thought courts were key to winning. Judges disagreed.There is a central flaw in the argument. Judges have heard the cases and have been among the harshest critics of the legal arguments put fo...
09 Dec, 2020, 08.50 AM IST
US Supreme Court sides with religious groups on virus rulesThe court was responding to two applications — from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, as well as two synagogues — claiming they were ...
27 Nov, 2020, 12.05 AM IST
Nevada Supreme Court certifies Joe Biden's win in Nevada, making his win in the state officialThe unanimous action by the seven nonpartisan justices sends to Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak results that will deliver six electoral votes...
24 Nov, 2020, 11.22 PM IST
The deadlines for key battlegrounds to finalize election talliesPennsylvania's counties have until Nov. 23 to file returns with state election officials. State law does not set a deadline for completing ...
20 Nov, 2020, 03.43 PM IST
Segregate, secure mail-in ballots received after 8 pm on polling day: SC to PennsylvaniaIf required, those ballots be counted separately, Supreme Court Justice Samuel A Alito Jr said in his order on Friday night, acting on a pe...
07 Nov, 2020, 08.58 AM IST
Supreme Court Justice Alito tells Pennsylvania counties to separate ballots received lateThe order came in a case pending before the justices to invalidate a September decision by the state's highest court that allowed election ...
07 Nov, 2020, 08.18 AM IST
US president Donald Trump predicts 'lot of litigation' in fight to keep his jobTrump's campaign and Republicans already are mounting legal challenges in several states, although most are small-scale lawsuits that do no...
06 Nov, 2020, 11.53 AM IST
Mission 270: As Joe Biden rebuilds the blue wall, Donald Trump sees redIt’s been two days since Americans voted and there is no clear winner. While it was known that a final decision could take days if not week...
06 Nov, 2020, 06.56 AM IST
Donald Trump sues in 3 states, laying ground for contesting outcomeDemocrats scoffed at the legal challenges the president's campaign filed Wednesday in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia. And the flurry of...
05 Nov, 2020, 11.04 PM IST
Trump sues in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, lays ground for contesting outcomeThe new filings, joining existing Republican legal challenges in Pennsylvania and Nevada, demand better access for campaign observers to lo...
05 Nov, 2020, 08.37 AM IST
What are the paths to victory left for President Trump, Biden in a too-close-to-call race?Five battleground states remain to be called - Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania - with Biden needing to carry at...
05 Nov, 2020, 06.11 AM IST
Lawyers on standby if cloudy US election outcome heads to courtLegal fights could take on new urgency, not to mention added vitriol, if a narrow margin in a battleground state is the difference between ...
03 Nov, 2020, 01.26 PM IST
Taking a stand has new meaning in heavily litigated American electionRoughly 300 lawsuits have been filed over the election in dozens of states across the country, and still scores remain unsettled just days ...
29 Oct, 2020, 12.22 PM IST
Donald Trump interviews Indian-American Amul Thapar for SC justice nomineeJustice Kennedy, 81, announced his retirement from the US Supreme Court last week. He met Trump at the White House soon after he told his c...
03 Jul, 2018, 09.44 AM IST
US President Barack Obama's loss may be political win for Democratic PartyLatinos are a crucial constituency in states including Florida, Nevada and Colorado that are battlegrounds in the presidential election.
12 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
India may become 14th country to allow negative votingIf the Supreme Court verdict on negative voting is implemented, India will become the 14th country to adopt this practice.
27 Sep, 2013, 06.54 PM IST