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Chief Justice Melville Fuller, who served from 1888-1910, took the judicial oath on this day in 1888. To mark the occasion, consider shaking someone’s hand. Fuller instituted the practice of having the justices shake hands before taking the bench and before private conferences “as a reminder that differences of opinion on the Court did not preclude overall harmony of purpose,” according to the Supreme Court’s website. Morning Reads Police: Man arrested at D.C. Catholic church had 200 homemade explosives (Emma Uber, The Washington Post) — D.C. court records show that the man arrested on Sunday morning before a church service…

U.S. Supreme Court The October 2025 term officially begins, as always, on the first Monday in October, and once more there is a strong sense that it is going to be a momentous year in the U.S. Supreme Court. Although the justices have been officially in recess since June 27, it was a summer filled with unprecedented activity on the court’s emergency docket, as the justices considered the constitutionality of many actions taken by President Donald Trump’s administration. For example, in the last few months, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to fire the heads of the Consumer Product…

The skies are getting ready to sparkle this month with fireworks in Dubai as Diwali celebrations return bigger than everFireworks, cultural performances and community events are set to take over the city from October 17 to 25, bringing people together to mark the Indian Festival of Lights and enjoy the fireworks in Dubai.Fireworks across the cityThere will be two main fireworks locations confirmed so far. The first display takes place at Al Seef on Thursday, October 17 at 9pm. Visitors can expect a stunning show reflecting off the waters of Dubai Creek. Families are being encouraged to arrive early to…

US special envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will join Gaza peace plan talks between Israeli and Hamas negotiators in Egypt on Wednesday.Their arrival comes as a second day of indirect talks on Tuesday ended without tangible results, a senior Palestinian official familiar with the negotiations told the BBC.Trump struck a positive tone as Israelis marked the second anniversary of the 7 October Hamas-led attacks on their country, saying “there’s a possibility that we could have peace in the Middle East”.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not comment on the status of the talks, but…

The oral argument Monday in Berk v. Choy was filled with the nuts and bolts of judicial procedure – what it takes to get a case started; what can justify a court in stopping the case in its tracks right after it gets to the court; and, most importantly, who gets to answer those questions. It’s not at all clear that all of the justices will reject applying in federal court the requirements under review – Delaware procedures designed to limit medical malpractice litigation – but some of them viewed the requirements as unacceptably hostile to the central conception of…

Home Daily News Which law firms are most conservative and… Law Firms Which law firms are most conservative and most liberal? See the ranking By Debra Cassens Weiss September 30, 2025, 12:50 pm CDT BigLaw firms are moving further to the left, according to an analysis of campaign contributions by lawyers and staff members in BigLaw and larger plaintiffs-side law firms. (Image from Shutterstock) BigLaw firms are moving further to the left, according to an analysis of campaign contributions by lawyers and staff members in BigLaw and larger plaintiffs-side law firms. The findings: 92.45% of campaign contributions by that group…

Drone deliveries to cover 70% of the city in five yearsDubai is soaring towards a futuristic way of travel and deliveries with flying taxis to cut your commute to minutes and drones to do deliveries.Speaking ahead of the Dubai Airshow 2025 Mohammed Abdulla Lengawi, Director General of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA), announced that the emirate aims to cover 30 per cent of Dubai with drone delivery services by 2026, expanding to an impressive 70 per cent within the next five years, according to Khaleej Times.The city’s first phase of the drone delivery initiative has already taken off in…

Tom BennettJerusalem,Alice CuddyTel Aviv,Yolande KnellRe’im andRushdi AbualoufGaza correspondentAFP via Getty ImagesSome paid their respects at the site of the Nova Music Festival, where more than 370 people were killed and dozens more taken back to Gaza as hostagesIsraelis have gathered across the country to mark two years since the Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023, as negotiations continued in Egypt over an end to the war in Gaza.The attack saw over 1,200 people killed and 251 others taken back to Gaza as hostages. It was the single deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust.Israel responded by launching a military offensive…

The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning appeared largely sympathetic to a Colorado licensed counselor who is challenging the state’s ban on conversion therapy – that is, treatment intended to change a client’s sexual orientation or gender identity – for young people. In Chiles v. Salazar, a majority of the justices seemed to agree with the counselor, Kaley Chiles, that the ban discriminates against her based on the views that she expresses in her therapy. But several justices suggested that, rather than striking the law down outright, the court should send the case back to the lower courts for them to…

Home Daily News Florida federal prosecutor fired after old… Prosecutors Florida federal prosecutor fired after old alleged anti-Trump blog posts surface By Debra Cassens Weiss October 1, 2025, 9:02 am CDT The U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C. (Image from Shutterstock.com) Assistant U.S. Attorney Will Rosenzweig of the Southern District of Florida was fired by email last week when he was off work to observe Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The firing happened after conservatives published past blog posts attributed to Rosenzweig that criticized President Donald Trump during his first term in office, the Miami Herald reports…