WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has frequently admonished judges not to interfere in election cases when the process is already underway, but it is now being accused of doing exactly that in recent decisions favoring Republicans in redistricting fights. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The…

Omaha businessman Scott Petersen on Tuesday defeated Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen in a Republican primary election, toppling a two-term incumbent by raising questions on the campaign trail about election integrity and ballot security. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. As of Wednesday morning, Petersen…

The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the double murder convictions against disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh, ordering a new trial in the killing of his wife and son. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “We are accordingly constrained to reverse the post-trial court’s denial of…

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The event is specifically designed to showcase the ceremonial grandeur of political power in order to “excite and preserve the reverence of the population,” as put by Walter Bagehot, the 19th-century writer whose ideas have shaped British democracy. Dating back to the 15th century, these rites and rituals are the only occasion that brings together…

Another inmate, the complaint says, told her she wouldn’t leave her side. Later that morning, a guard took McElroy to the jail’s medical clinic. Although McElroy was going into preterm labor, according to the lawsuit, the on-call nurse didn’t send her to the hospital. Instead, the suit alleges, McElroy was given a diaper and a…

Mohammad Amin Biglari disappeared as anti-government protests rocked Iran in early January. His father desperately searched morgues in Tehran, the Iranian capital, for a month, fearing his son was among the thousands killed in the crackdown by authorities. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Instead, a…