Tag: siding

Alito authors a 6-3 ruling siding with the South Carolina GOP in racial gerrymandering case

The Supreme Court sided with South Carolina Republicans in a racial gerrymandering case that’s the Republican-majority court’s latest ruling curbing voting rights. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the 6-3 ruling, joined by his fellow Republican appointees in the majority and with Democratic appointees dissenting. The Supreme Court has disallowed racial gerrymandering but enabled partisan gerrymandering. Of […]

Macron accused of siding with Depardieu as actor faces misconduct allegations

Women’s rights activists criticised French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for appearing to take sides with actor Gerard Depardieu by saying the film star who is facing sexual misconduct allegations “makes France proud”. Speaking on Wednesday night on TV channel France 5, Mr Macron described himself as a “big admirer” of a “great actor”. Mr […]