#partisanship

#partisanship

On December 7, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Moore v. Harper, a case legal experts are calling "the most important debate over federalism in decades, if not in the nation's history."Voting rights advocates are calling Moore's argument, which is based on a fringe legal argument called the Independent State Legislature Theory (ISLT), a grave threat to our democracy.

Newly released documents from the files of a late justice show how the Supreme Court was concerned with how to avoid appearing political when it ruled unanimously against President Bill Clinton's attempts to avoid lawsuits in the White House 25 years ago.The decades-old documents provide a fresh look at how worried the court was in the late 1990s about being cast as yet another political institution in a Washington that was becoming increasingly divided among partisan lines.

A Canadian government appointee looking into allegations of Chinese interference in Canada announced Friday that he is stepping down from his role, citing the highly partisan atmosphere around his work.Former Governor General David Johnston said in a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that his leadership of the government's probe into purported meddling by China has not helped build trust in democratic institutions because of partisanship.

Tucker Carlson speaks at a political event on August 7, 2021 in Esztergom, Hungary.Carlson, who was fired from Fox News last month, announced he is taking his show to Twitter.Janos Kummer/Getty Images Tucker Carlson, who was Fox News' biggest star until his abrupt firing last month, says he's taking his show to Twitter.

MSNBC's Jason Johnson mocked Fox News host Tucker Carlson over the latter's call for President Joe Biden to somehow stop a potential indictment of Donald Trump by Manhattan's district attorney.Alvin Bragg is reportedly mulling whether to indict Trump for falsifying business records to hide a $130,000 payment he allegedly made to Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The House of Commons has paid tribute to icon for Parliament Betty Boothroyd.Women MPs from both sides of the House led tributes to Baroness Boothroyd, the first and so far only female Commons speaker, after her death aged 93.

Family estrangements ― a term used broadly to describe situations in which someone cuts off all communication with one or more relatives ― seem to be more common than ever.Over one-quarter of adults responding to a U.S. survey by the Cornell Family Reconciliation Project reported being estranged from a family member.

Gary Hart, the former Democratic senator from Colorado, still vividly remembers the first meeting of the Church committee, a landmark Senate investigative panel created in 1975 to examine abuses committed by the F.B.I., the C.I.A., and other intelligence agencies.Hart had just been elected to his first term-he was only thirty-eight-but he had been chosen to be one of the eight members of the bipartisan committee.

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to receive our weekly newsletter of the best New Yorker podcasts.Tracy K. Smith was named Poet Laureate in 2017, at the beginning of the fierce partisan divide of the Trump era.She quickly turned to her craft to address the deep political divisions the election laid bare, putting together a collection called " American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time."

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night's highlights that lets you sleep  and lets us get paid to watch comedy.Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now.Stephen Colbert was amazed by a report that 34 Republican lawmakers had exchanged text messages with Mark Meadows, the former Trump chief of staff, about overturning the 2020 election results.

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to receive our weekly newsletter of the best New Yorker podcasts.For Washington insiders and people in the media, Politico publishes some of the wonkiest reporting inside the Beltway.It's not what you'd call a mass-market publication, but it's highly influential-it was Politico that obtained and published Samuel Alito's draft opinion of the Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade.

Previously she was South and Southeast Asia government team leader at Bloomberg News and Middle East correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald.He previously led the breaking news team in North Asia, and was the Tokyo deputy bureau chief.A one-time use of the state jet is estimated at around 200 million yen ($1.4 million), yet few complain that Japan's Emperor attended the funeral of another hereditary, non-elected head of state when the Queen's own farewell was held.Other nations see little issue with marking even divisive leaders; the UK taxpayer spent £3.6 million to send off Margaret Thatcher, who was so unpopular in some parts that her passing triggered street parties.