It was part of a series of similar actions around the country
A group of people protesting the ongoing invasion of Gaza gathered at the Fremont Warm Springs BART station at 5:30 p.m. to protest what they call the corporate support for the actions against Palestinians in Gaza.CHP said it is standing by off Interstate Highway 880 in Fremont due to the active protest. Pepper balls were deployed by Fremont Police to control the crowd, CHP said. At 7:30 p.m., Fremont Police released a traffic advisory for the area of Mission Boulevard/state Highway 262 at I-880...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was not on the bench on Monday as the other eight justices heard arguments, with no reason given for his absence. Thomas, 75, is the oldest and longest-serving member of the court and is part of its 6-3 conservative majority. Chief Justice John Roberts noted the absence of Thomas at the beginning of the arguments in the first of two cases before the court on Monday, but did not offer an explanation.
"On Thursday, starting at 10:00 a.m. -- as the Supreme Court begins hearing oral arguments over Donald Trump's claim of presidential immunity from prosecution on obstruction and conspiracy charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election -- Women's March will hold a noise protest outside of the Supreme Court, imploring it to reject Trump's immunity claim," the organization said in a written statement shared with Inside the Beltway.
Sonia Sotomayor's statement on behalf of the Supreme Court suggests otherwise.
The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will not hear Mckesson v. Doe. The decision not to hear Mckesson leaves in place a lower court decision that effectively eliminated the right to organize a mass protest in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Under that lower court decision, a protest organizer faces potentially ruinous financial consequences if a single attendee at a mass protest commits an illegal act. It is possible that this outcome will be temporary. The Court did...
At least 34 arrested at University of Texas in Austin and 50 more detained at University of Southern California while House speaker jeered at Columbia UniversityDozens of protesters were arrested on Wednesday while participating in pro-Palestine demonstrations across US college campuses.At least 34 protesters, including a member of the media from a local news station, were arrested during protests at University of Texas in Austin and at least 50 more were detained by police at University of...
Dueling protests were taking place outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. The court was hearing arguments Wednesday over whether state abortion bans enacted after its sweeping ruling overturning Roe v.
The rural city of Grants Pass in southern Oregon has become the unlikely face of the nation’s homelessness crisis as its case over anti-camping laws goes to the U.S. Supreme Court
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press GRANTS PASS, Oregon (AP) — A pickleball game in this leafy Oregon community was suddenly interrupted one rainy weekend morning by the arrival of an ambulance. Paramedics rushed through the park toward a tent, one of dozens illegally erected by the town’s hundreds of homeless people, then play resumed as
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In a tense hearing, the justices weighed whether sleeping outdoors could be criminally punished.