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South Korean MPs Vote To Impeach President Yoon Over Martial Law Debacle

ABP News

Seoul, Dec 14 The South Korea's National Assembly voted on Saturday to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched imposition of martial law. Yoon will be suspended from his duties as soon as the impeachment resolution is delivered to his office, while Prime Minister Han Duck-soo will serve as acting president, reports Yonhap news agency. A second impeachment motion …

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2 weeks ago

Watch: South Korea protesters demand President Yoon’s impeachment after martial law

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Watch as thousands of protesters …

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South Korean lawmakers set to vote on impeachment after martial law debacle

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean lawmakers are set to vote later Saturday on impeaching President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, as protests grew nationwide calling for his removal. Following a party meeting on Friday, Han stressed the need to suspend Yoon’s presidential duties and power swiftly, saying he “could potentially put the Republic …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

South Korea: Martial law implemented, reversed within a chaotic night | In Pics

India TV News

Image Source : ap 1/9 The president of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol early Wednesday lifted the martial law he imposed on the country hours earlier after the bipartisan vote against it in National Assmebly. Image Source : ap 2/9 Soon after the implementation of martial law, thousands of protestors gathered outside the National Assembly. Image Source : ap 3/9 …

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3 weeks ago

What to know about martial law and the effort to impeach South Korea’s president

Associated Press

TOKYO — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing possible impeachment for sending heavily armed soldiers into Seoul’s streets with a baffling declaration of martial law that reminded many of the country’s past military-backed dictatorships. Opposition parties are pushing for a parliamentary vote on Yoon’s impeachment on Saturday, calling his short-lived martial law declaration an “unconstitutional, illegal rebellion or …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

MPs to vote on legalising assisted suicide TODAY with decision on major law change on a knife-edge amid splits in all major parties and warnings it is being rushed

Daily Mail

MPs will vote on whether to legalise assisted suicide in the UK today, with the result on a knife-edge. Dignity in Dying campaigners gather in Parliament Square last month in support of the 'assisted dying bill' Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer confirmed he would vote today, saying he has a ‘huge amount of interest’ in the issue, but he declined …

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2 months ago

Gov. Shapiro calls Musk's $1M offer to Pennsylvania voters 'deeply concerning'

NPR

Shapiro calls Musk's $1M offer to Pennsylvania voters 'deeply concerning' toggle caption Matt Rourke/AP Elon Musk — the billionaire tech founder and supporter of former President Donald Trump — is giving away $1 million to a Pennsylvanian each day until Nov. 5. "I think it’s something that law enforcement could take a look at," Shapiro said on NBC's Meet the …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump says Florida’s 6-week abortion law is ‘too short’

Raw Story

Update: A spokesperson for Donald Trump said Thursday night that the former president had not said how he’ll vote on Amendment 4. “President Trump has not yet said how he will vote on the ballot initiative in Florida, he simply reiterated that he believes six weeks is too short,” said Karoline Leavitt, the Trump campaign national press secretary. Former President …

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4 months ago

Supreme Court rejects GOP push to block 41K Arizona voters, but partly OKs proof of citizenship law

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican push that could have blocked more than 41,000 Arizona voters from casting ballots for president in the closely contested swing state, but allowed some parts of a law requiring proof of citizenship to be enforced. Trump applauded the high court’s decision, saying the high court has “great courage in …

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4 months ago

Alabama says law cannot block people with certain felony convictions from voting in 2024 election

Associated Press

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama says a new state law expanding the list of felonies that cause a person to lose their right to vote won’t be enforced until after the November election and asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit over the effective date. The Alabama attorney general office wrote in a Friday court filing that the new law, which …

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7 months ago

Voting rights advocates ask federal judge to toss Ohio voting restrictions they say violate ADA

Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Voting rights advocates asked a federal judge on Friday to strike down restrictions contained in Ohio’s sweeping 2023 election law that they say restrict a host of trusted individuals from helping voters with disabilities cast absentee ballots. “These arbitrary restrictions that burden the right to vote of Ohioans with disabilities are undemocratic, cruel, and in violation of …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Arizona abortion ban: The courts are rolling back the law to when women couldn’t vote.

Slate

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, just months shy of the landmark abortion case’s 50th birthday, millions of Americans were stunned that the highest court in the land had just set our rights back half a century. The Arizona abortion ban followed centuries in which abortion was treated mainly as a woman’s concern, and was permitted …

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9 months ago

Hong Kong Lawmakers Approve Law That Gives Government More Power To Curb Dissent

Huff Post

Lawmakers raise their hands to vote after the second reading of the Basic Law Article 23 legislation at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Hong Kong’s lawmakers unanimously passed a new national security law that grants the government more power to quash dissent in the southern Chinese city. via Associated Press HONG KONG — Hong Kong …

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10 months ago

Germany permits smoking cannabis in public but there’s a catch

Live Mint

Come April, smoking, possession and controlled cultivation of cannabis will be legal in Germany for all above 18 years of age. Ahead of the vote, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said ‘Germany has seen a sharp rise in the number of young people using cannabis obtained on the black market despite the existing law’ and further urged the members of parliament …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Indiana legislators vote to repeal Ukrainian driver’s license law following lawsuit

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — One year after passing a law that allows Ukrainian immigrants on humanitarian parole to receive driver’s licenses, Indiana lawmakers are trying to repeal it after a federal judge recently ruled that the law must extend to all parolees. In mid-January, a federal judge issued a temporary injunction striking the Ukrainian provision of the law, allowing all immigrants on …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Ohio is about to vote on abortion rights. Misinformation about the proposal is rampant

Associated Press

As Ohio residents prepare to conclude voting on a constitutional amendment that would guarantee access to abortion in the state, they’re encountering an array of misleading claims over how it could influence abortion care, gender-related health care, parental consent and more. The Associated Press spoke to numerous medical and legal experts, who explained what the amendment would mean if voters …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Iraqi parliament passes controversial vote law amendments

Associated Press

BAGHDAD — Iraqi lawmakers passed early Monday controversial amendments to the country’s election law that could undermine the chances for smaller parties and independent candidates to win seats in future polls. The amendments also reverse key articles passed ahead of the 2021 federal election and redraw the electoral maps to have Iraq return to one electoral district per each governorate. …

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2 years, 7 months ago

S. Carolina tries early voting even as other states restrict

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina election officials are preparing for early voting for the first time in next month’s primaries, expanding the ability to vote in an era when many other states are passing laws to make it harder to cast ballots. “Allowing us two weeks of early vote sends a clear message that South Carolina wants to continue to …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Lawyer: Abortion bill could subject women to homicide charge

Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana House committee voted Wednesday to make abortion a crime of homicide for which a woman ending her pregnancy could be charged, along with anyone helping her. The bill also declares that any federal law, regulation or court ruling that allows abortion is void and that any judge who blocks enforcement of the bill’s provisions could …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Push for public vote on new Missouri gas tax increase tabled

Associated Press

— A campaign to put Missouri’s new gas tax increase to a public vote has been tabled. But Americans for Prosperity-Missouri Executive Director Jeremy Cady told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the effort just didn’t come together, the newspaper reported Monday. “We’ll be looking at tax reforms the Legislature can take up that would remove the extra burdens lawmakers added …

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3 years, 5 months ago

France legalizes IVF for lesbians and single women

Associated Press

PARIS — France’s lower house of parliament on Tuesday definitively adopted a law that will allow single women and lesbians access to medically assisted reproduction for the first time. The measure has been much awaited by LGBT rights groups, who had pushed for the reproduction measure since France legalized same-sex marriage in 2013. Health Minister Olivier Veran said French authorities …

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4 years ago

Supreme Court won’t revive Kansas voter registration ID law

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Kansas that sought to revive a law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. The law was championed by former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who led President Donald Trump’s now-defunct voter fraud commission. Dale Ho, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Voting Rights Project who …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Republican leaders in four key States quash Donald Trump bid on electors

The Hindu

Republican leaders in four critical States won by President-elect Joe Biden say they won’t participate in a legally dubious scheme to flip their State’s electors to vote for President Donald Trump. “They are mandated by statute to choose according to the vote of the people.” The idea loosely involves GOP-controlled legislatures dismissing Mr. Biden’s popular vote wins in their States …

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South Korean MPs Vote To Impeach President Yoon Over Martial Law Debacle

Watch: South Korea protesters demand President Yoon’s impeachment after martial law

South Korean lawmakers set to vote on impeachment after martial law debacle

South Korea: Martial law implemented, reversed within a chaotic night | In Pics

What to know about martial law and the effort to impeach South Korea’s president

MPs to vote on legalising assisted suicide TODAY with decision on major law change on a knife-edge amid splits in all major parties and warnings it is being rushed

Gov. Shapiro calls Musk's $1M offer to Pennsylvania voters 'deeply concerning'

Donald Trump says Florida’s 6-week abortion law is ‘too short’

Supreme Court rejects GOP push to block 41K Arizona voters, but partly OKs proof of citizenship law

Alabama says law cannot block people with certain felony convictions from voting in 2024 election

Voting rights advocates ask federal judge to toss Ohio voting restrictions they say violate ADA

Arizona abortion ban: The courts are rolling back the law to when women couldn’t vote.

Hong Kong Lawmakers Approve Law That Gives Government More Power To Curb Dissent

Germany permits smoking cannabis in public but there’s a catch

Indiana legislators vote to repeal Ukrainian driver’s license law following lawsuit

Ohio is about to vote on abortion rights. Misinformation about the proposal is rampant

Iraqi parliament passes controversial vote law amendments

S. Carolina tries early voting even as other states restrict

Lawyer: Abortion bill could subject women to homicide charge

Push for public vote on new Missouri gas tax increase tabled

France legalizes IVF for lesbians and single women

Supreme Court won’t revive Kansas voter registration ID law

Republican leaders in four key States quash Donald Trump bid on electors