David Farrar

2 weeks ago | kiwiblog.co.nz | David Farrar

SCOTUS Blog reports:The Supreme Court on Thursday sent the case of an Ohio woman who contends that she was the victim of reverse discrimination back to the lower courts. In a unanimous ruling by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the justices agreed that a federal appeals court in Cincinnati was wrong to impose a higher bar for the case brought by Marlean Ames to move forward than if Ames had been a member of a minority group. Note this was a 9-0 decision, and written by one of the liberal Justices.

2 weeks ago | kiwiblog.co.nz | David Farrar

Radio NZ reports:The government has issued its final decision on Christchurch City Council’s bid to carve its own path out of national housing intensification rules. Minister Chris Bishop rejected 14 of the council’s 20 recommendations and deferred his decision on three more, after the council refused to accept all of the recommendations of an independent panel.

3 weeks ago | kiwiblog.co.nz | David Farrar

Stuff reports:Tomlinson, who is a former paramedic, had only been in Countdown for a few minutes when he heard yelling and screaming. Initially he thought it was children yelling or a domestic. A young man ran across the back of the store and said a man was stabbing people. Tomlinson then ran towards where Samsudeen was. “Just to see if I could help,” Tomlinson said. To be told that someone is stabbing people, and then run towards the incident takes real courage.

3 weeks ago | kiwiblog.co.nz | David Farrar

The Economist reports:This june may be the most harried for the Supreme Court’s justices in some time. On top of 30-odd rulings due by Independence Day, the court faces a steady stream of emergency pleas. Over 16 years, George W. Bush and Barack Obama filed a total of eight emergency applications in the Supreme Court (scotus). In the past 20 weeks, as many of his executive orders have been blocked by lower courts, Donald Trump has filed 18.

3 weeks ago | kiwiblog.co.nz | David Farrar

The Herald reports:Auckland Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson says she will support Mayor Wayne Brown at the upcoming election. …She said while sometimes Brown used some colourful language, his substance and vision were good for Auckland. This is a good decision – both for Desley and Auckland. Having two non-left candidates could split the vote. Brown confirmed that if re-elected, it would be his last term as mayor and that he would serve the whole term.