Police in Indonesia arrest Australian man for allegedly smuggling cocaine into Bali The Southeast Asian country has extremely strict drug laws and convicted smugglers are sometimes executed by firing squad. Euronews · May 29, 2025
British man sentenced in Bali after facing death penalty over MDMA package Thomas Parker was sentenced after allegedly collecting drugs from a motorcycle taxi driver in Bali The Independent UK · May 27, 2025
British man sentenced to 10 months in Bali for drug offenses after death penalty charge dropped A court on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali has sentenced a British man to 10 months in jail for drug offenses after a charge that could carry the death penalty was dropped The Independent UK · May 27, 2025
A British man on trial in Bali for a drug offense pleads for a lenient sentence A British man on trial for drug offenses has pleaded for leniency in a court on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali after a charge of trafficking that could carry the death penalty was dropped The Independent UK · May 20, 2025
Electric Vehicles Have Been Around Far Longer Than You Think EVs are not as new as you may think, with the first ones dating back to an age when steam was powering the industrial revolution. InsideEVs · Sep 16, 2024
Advisory Opinions and Military Jurisdiction: New Light on Sackville's Case (1760) My colleague Christian Burset is an outstanding legal historian, and he sent along this splendid revisionist account of Sackville's Case (1760). If you have advisory opinions on the mind, you'll be interested. -- Every year since 1967, the British consulate in Chicago has received an anonymous delivery of roses on… Reason · Apr 2, 2024
Police officer who arrested Elizabeth line killer sacked over sexually inappropriate comments to colleagues A police officer who arrested a man for killing another passenger while travelling on the Elizabeth Line has been sacked for making sexually inappropriate comments to both male and female colleagues. Evening Standard · Feb 9, 2024
A Bad Year for Drag Queen Foes New anti-drag laws were deemed unconstitutional in every state where they were challenged this year. Reason · Dec 28, 2023
‘Subtle and sinister’: Republicans’ anti-drag crusade seen as assault on LGBTQ+ rights Hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ laws were introduced in 2023, including bans on drag shows, but many have been struck down The Guardian - US · Sep 19, 2023
Why a federal judge found Tennessee’s anti-drag law unconstitutional The drag shows will go on. At least for now. The Conversation · Jun 8, 2023
Ruling on Tennessee's anti-drag law leaves questions about enforcement, next steps Questions remain over how a law designed to limit drag shows in Tennessee will be enforced after a federal judge declared it unconstitutional while saying the decision only applied to the state’s most populated county The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2023
No one buys the "protect the kids" lie The Tennessee drag decision shows even a Trump judge can see through the "protect the kids" lie Salon · Jun 6, 2023
Trump-Appointed Judge Rules Tennessee's Anti-Drag Law Unconstitutional Plus: Librarians take on Arkansas book restrictions, another migrant stunt may have originated in Florida, and more... Reason · Jun 5, 2023
A federal judge rejects Tennessee's anti-drag law as too broad and vague U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker says the first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional. WEKU · Jun 3, 2023
The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2023 Tennessee drag ban is struck down by federal judge: ‘Unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad’ ‘Simply put, no majority of the Supreme Court has held that sexually explicit — but not obscene — speech receives less protection than political, artistic, or scientific speech’
The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2023 Trump-appointed federal judge rejects Tennessee's anti-drag law as too broad, too vague A federal judge says Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional
The Independent UK · May 6, 2023 Everything you need to know about Queen Consort Camilla’s family tree Camilla’s family has long had links to the royal family
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The Independent UK · May 4, 2023 Everything you need to know about Queen Consort Camilla’s family tree Camilla’s family has long had links to the royal family
The Independent UK · May 2, 2023 Everything you need to know about Queen Consort Camilla’s family tree Camilla’s family has long had links to the royal family
The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2023 Everything you need to know about Queen Consort Camilla’s family tree Camilla’s family has long had links to the royal family
The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2023 Everything you need to know about Queen Consort Camilla’s family tree Camilla’s family has long had links to the royal family
The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2023 Everything you need to know about Queen Consort Camilla’s family tree Camilla’s family has long had links to the royal family
The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2023 Federal judge puts temporary hold on Tennessee’s anti-drag law Judge writes that the state has failed to make a compelling argument as to why Tennessee needed the new law
Manchester Evening News · Mar 31, 2023 'We couldn't hug or help our son as he lay dying in front of us in a train station' Thomas Parker, 24, was struck on the head by Kirkpatrick Virgo, 42