All posts tagged "Challenge"

The Supreme Court risks making a fool out of itself by ruling on the Donald Trump insurrectionist ballot challenge, a Yale historian said on Friday.

Renowned Yale Prof. Timothy Snyder, who previously said Putin wants Trump to win because the former president shows our "system is rotten," spoke out about the Supreme Court's involvement in the various state-based ballot cases.

"I am concerned that the Supreme Court, in ruling on Trump's eligibility for office, will make itself ridiculous," Snyder said. "This is where the comic potential emerges. This Court is unlikely ever to hear again a case of such simplicity, in which the text and context of the Constitution so obviously demand an unambiguous verdict."...

The Apple iPhone slogan and refrain of smartphone users worldwide — "there's an app for that" — will soon be true of sexual assault prevention as well. The White House, the Department of Health and Human Services and Vice President Joe Biden launched a joint challenge that is hoped to reveal a clever way of tamping sexual assaults.

WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde appeared poised to become the head of the International Monetary Fund this week despite a strong challenge to Europe's traditional hold on the job.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Failed Senate candidate Joe Miller must reimburse Alaska more than $17,000 in legal fees and costs incurred during his fight to overturn Lisa Murkowski's write-in victory, a state judge ruled on Friday.

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday he hopes Iraqi leaders will ask US troops to stay in their country beyond a year-end deadline but acknowledged the United States was unpopular there.

LAS VEGAS — The gruesome headlines from Mexico's drug war may be the stuff of nightmares, but there is little sign the millions of foreign tourists who visit the country each year are losing much sleep over it.