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Take Trump’s Plan to Jail the Supreme Court’s Critics Seriously

The New Republic 

While speaking at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania last week, Donald Trump meandered his way into a riff on the issue that may well have won him the 2016 election: control of the U.S. Supreme Court, to which he appointed three justices during his four years in office. Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump warned the audience, wants to expand the court to up to 25 justices in order to “rig the system” for the “party of Communists.” He lauded the current court, whose four-year run of reactionary jurisprudence... Читать дальше...

Rebecca Makkai Reads Jhumpa Lahiri

The New Yorker 

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Third and Final Continent,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1999.

Tuesday's top stories in 10 minutes

CBC 

Heavy fighting reported in southern Lebanon as Israel begins ground incursion.  Canada's surcharge on electric vehicles from China kicks in today.  McGill University could cancel law school semester unless agreement with faculty union is reached. 

Mi'kmaw youth who embody treaty rights celebrated with Unama'ki exhibit

CBC 

The son of Donald Marshall Jr. is one of several Mi'kmaw youth featured in an exhibit commemorating the Marshall Decision at the Eltuek Arts Centre. The exhibit honours the legacy of the 1999 Supreme Court ruling, affirming the Mi'kmaw right to hunt, fish and trade for a moderate livelihood.

Lebanese Canadian returns to his hometown to help civilians in need

CBC 

Osama Rkieh arrived in Beirut last week to deliver aid to Lebanese civilians displaced by escalating Israeli airstrikes. As the Israeli military says it's starting to send ground troops over the border, Rkieh and Islamic Relief Canada are calling on Ottawa to demand a ceasefire in the region.