What the battle for the US Supreme Court is really about
by Rashmee
Posted on October 22, 2020 / The National
This is a big week for American politics, arguably just like every other week in the years since the 2016 election of President Donald Trump. On Thursday, Mr Trump debates his Democratic challenger Joe Biden in the last such exchange before election day on November 3. It may not be a game-changer. By last weekend, … Continue reading “What the battle for the US Supreme Court is really about”
Read MoreShattered over #RBG but the most tragic fact of all may be her refusal to step aside years ago
by Rashmee
Posted on September 20, 2020
So US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg left a last instruction, dictated to her granddaughter. It said, “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.” That’s a pious but improbable hope and #RBG, as the judge is called, must have known it as she went … Continue reading “Shattered over #RBG but the most tragic fact of all may be her refusal to step aside years ago”
Read MoreWhat is the UK Supreme Court and who is the woman who heads it?
by Rashmee
Posted on September 24, 2019 / Quartz
The UK Supreme Court has decided that prime minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully in controversially advising Queen Elizabeth to suspend parliament for five weeks, just 17 days ahead of Brexit. Today’s decision-by 11 judges-resolves the contradictions between the rulings from London’s High Court and the highest court in Scotland, which has its own separate legal … Continue reading “What is the UK Supreme Court and who is the woman who heads it?”
Read MoreRashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK