The liberal judge Susan Crawford wins a hotly contested election to the Supreme Court in Wisconsin. For the US President Donald Trump, whose "efficiency chief" Elon Musk poured money over her conservative opponent, it means a major setback. The results in two by-elections in Florida can also be interpreted as warnings for the president.
WorldThe individual pension saver Daniel Edencrona sued the state for 20,000 kronor in the aftermath of the extensive Falcon Funds scandal but lost in the district court. Now, the Svea Court of Appeal is upholding the district court's verdict.
BusinessIsrael's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appoints Eli Sharvit, former commander of the Israeli navy, as new security chief according to Israeli media. The move is controversial. The country's highest court has stopped the dismissal of the former chief.
WorldA woman in Skåne claims to have been subjected to a medical intervention without consent when she was about to give birth. The Supreme Court rules that she has the right to a court trial to determine whether her freedom and rights have been violated.
SwedenThe Knesset, Israel's parliament, has voted yes to a widely criticized new law that gives the government greater power over the judiciary. The decision sparks wild protests. And now, a new legal tug-of-war begins, as the decision that is to deprive the Supreme Court of its power is appealed – to the very Supreme Court itself.
WorldBrazil's highest court has voted to put the country's former president Jair Bolsonaro on trial for attempting to instigate a coup after the 2022 election defeat.
WorldThe boy shot and killed three people and injured two by gunfire within a 24-hour period in Västberga and Tullinge in the autumn of 2023. The Supreme Court now announces that it will not take up the case for review.
SwedenAt least 23 people have been illegally deprived of their Danish citizenship, writes the newspaper Politiken.
WorldThe 16-year-old shot and killed a man and attempted to murder two more people in Solna in the spring of 2023 – now he is sentenced to eight years and ten months in prison by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court thus establishes that young people can be sentenced to longer prison terms for very serious crimes. However, limitations are simultaneously introduced.
SwedenA man does not have the right to divorce because his wife watches porn and masturbates, a court in India rules. The verdict is considered important in the country, where female sexuality is still surrounded by stigma and taboos.
WorldIsrael's cabinet votes to dismiss the head of the security service Shin Bet. Israel's highest court stops the dismissal. It is the government that decides, responds Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
WorldPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet has voted to dismiss Ronen Bar, the head of the country's internal security service Shin Bet. However, the decision is temporarily blocked by the country's highest court.
WorldDonald Trump gets fingers wagged from the Supreme Court's Chief Justice John Roberts. This after the US President expressed that a federal judge – who ordered that the plan with alleged gang members who were deported to El Salvador should be reversed – should be brought to trial.
WorldA teenager is sentenced for terrorist crimes and will spend several years in prison after joining a Nazi organization online, the Supreme Court in Denmark decides.
WorldLawyers for President Donald Trump's administration have turned to the US Supreme Court to obtain the possibility of revoking the automatic right to citizenship for children born within the country's borders.
WorldThe USA's highest court rejects a request from Donald Trump's government to keep around two billion dollars in aid frozen.
WorldBonnier Publishing and Mari Jungstedt win a copyright dispute in the Supreme Court over the book "The Promised Land".
EntertainmentHD stops legal databases from sharing verdicts with their subscribers because it contradicts the EU's data protection regulation GDPR. But Nils Funcke, an expert on the principle of public access, believes that there may be loopholes that allow the databases to continue their operations.
SwedenDatabases that allow authorities, companies, and private individuals to easily access verdicts are in practice prohibited after a ruling by the Supreme Court. Today, criminals are celebrating a major and important victory, says Gunnar Axén, responsible publisher for the legal databases Lexbase and Verifiera.
SwedenPopular legal databases such as Lexbase and Acta Publica may be forced to close after a ruling in the Supreme Court. According to the Supreme Court, they are no longer allowed to share verdicts in criminal cases with their subscribers. No, it's not going to happen, says Justice Petter Asp.
SwedenThe notable Aurora case cannot be tried in a Swedish court, according to a decision from the Supreme Court. But likely, we will see other climate cases in Swedish courts, believes Justice of the Supreme Court Jonas Malmberg. There are reasons to believe that we will see more of it even in Sweden, he says.
SwedenThe notable Aurora case cannot be taken up in court, announces the Supreme Court. It is a setback for the environmental movement. But it does not close the door for climate lawsuits, says Jonas Ebbesson, professor of environmental law.
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