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Virginia supreme court strikes down redistricting referendum
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The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled Friday that a voter-approved redistricting plan violated state constitutional procedures. The 4-3 decision nullifies the April referendum and keeps the state's existing congressional maps in place. Democrats had sought the change to gain a stronger edge ahead of the 2026 midterms.
The State Attorney's Office has asked the Supreme Court to reject the precautionary suspension of the extraordinary immigrant regularization decree approved in April. Legal services argue that requirements to halt the process are not met and it will not affect public services.
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The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation decided to intervene in the case filed by La Pampa against the National State over the distribution of National Treasury Contributions. The highest court gave the government 60 days to respond.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has instructed his aides to resume dialogue with Senate President Davi Alcolumbre following the rejection of Jorge Messias for the Supreme Court. Meetings took place this week to ease tensions between the executive and Congress. The episode highlighted accumulated friction between the institutions.
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The first trial linked to corruption in Pedro Sánchez’s government concluded Wednesday at the Supreme Court. Chief anti-corruption prosecutor Alejandro Luzón spent one hour and forty minutes denouncing a criminal organization that operated from the Ministry of Transport.
An Ohio entrepreneur who imports sneaker accessories is trying to recover roughly $25,000 in duties after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in February that President Donald Trump’s broad “emergency” tariffs were not authorized under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. U.S. Customs and Border Protection opened an online claims system on April 20, but trade attorneys and policy analysts say the process remains paperwork-heavy and could leave some refund money unclaimed.
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Former Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz gave his first interview after his conviction for revealing secrets in the case involving Isabel Díaz Ayuso's partner. In La Sexta's 'Lo de Évole', he denies leaking information to journalists and describes the sentence as a 'very hard surprise'. He defends his innocence and regrets that 'the pursuer of crimes has ended up convicted'.
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