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Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across Poland Thursday after lawmakers adopted a controversial reform of the Supreme Court despite concern from the opposition over judicial independence and EU threats of unprecedented sanctions. IMAGES
Polish lawmakers adopt a controversial reform of the Supreme Court, despite days of street protests, concern from the opposition over judicial independence and EU threats of unprecedented sanctions. IMAGES
The US Supreme Court is to hear Donald Trump's appeal of the Colorado ballot ban. The question before the nine justices is whether Trump is ineligible to appear on the Republican presidential primary ballot in the state of Colorado because he engaged in an insurrection—the January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol by his supporters. IMAGES
Exterior shots of the Supreme Court of Senegal as it decides whether a ruling in a defamation case against political opponent Ousmane Sonko is valid. If confirmed, the six month suspended prison sentence could make the presidential candidate ineligible to run in the upcomign presidential elections. IMAGES
Indigenous people arrive before Brazil's Supreme Court to await a decision on a key case on whether to restrict native peoples' rights to their ancestral lands. So far, five judges have voted to reject the so-called "time-frame argument", which holds that native peoples should not have the right to lands where they were not present in 1988, when the country's current constitution was ratified. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).