Stichwort zu Supreme Court

The floors of Brazil’s buildings lie strewn with glass from shattered windows, wires from broken computers and used hand grenades a day after supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the seat of power in riots that triggered an international outcry. Brazilian security forces locked down the area around Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court. IMAGES

Scotland’s First Minister and leader of the SNP, Nicola Sturgeon, reacts to the UK Supreme Court ruling against her parliament’s unilateral right to call an independence referendum, saying the next general election is „both the first and most obvious opportunity to seek…a de-facto referendum“. Sturgeon, speaking shortly after the court delivered its ruling, also says „we must, and we will, …

The leader of the SNP and Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, says „democracy is what is at stake“ after the UK Supreme Court ruled against the unilaterial right of the Scottish parliament to call an independence referendum. „It is now about whether or not we even have the basic, democratic right to choose our own future“ she adds. SOUNDBITE

Supporters of Scottish independence gather outside the United Kingdom Supreme Court as a ruling is announced which reject’s the Scottish Parliament’s right to unilaterally call a referendum without the backing of the Westminster-based UK Parliament. IMAGES

The President of Britain’s Supreme Court, Lord Robert Reed, announces the court’s ruling that the Scottish Parliament cannot unilaterally legislate for a referendum on Scottish independence without the backing of the Westminster-based government of the United Kingdom, in a set-back for the Scottish National Party and those supporting a repeat of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. SOUNDBITE

Kenya’s senate holds its first session on Thursday after the country’s Supreme Court upheld William Ruto’s victory in the election in August. IMAGES

Raila Odinga and Martha Karua arrive at the Supreme Court to file a hard copy of their petition challenging the presidential election results after having filed an online petition. Odinga has rejected the outcome of the poll, branding it a „travesty.“ He narrowly lost to Ruto by around 230,000 votes, less than two percentage points. IMAGES

Kansas voters chose to protect abortion rights in its state constitution, revealed by the count on August 2. Kansas is the first state to vote on the issue since Roe V. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court, the result is considered a huge win for pro-choice advocates across America.

Im Juni hat der Oberste Gerichtshof der USA das Grundrecht auf Abtreibung gekippt. Bei einer Demonstration vor dem Supreme Court wurden jetzt 17 Parlamentarier festgenommen. Darunter mehrere bekannte Abgeordnete der Demokratischen Partei.

Abortion rights supporters march by the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on a national day of protest in support of abortion rights. IMAGES

About a thousand abortion rights protesters gather outside the Planned Parenthood clinic in Louisville, one of the two abortion providers in Kentucky. The rally is one of numerous events planned across the country after a draft leaked last week, signaling the Supreme Court plans to overturn the landmark 1973 decision protecting reproductive rights. IMAGES