The US supreme court ruled against the president. Let’s hope the court removes its pro-Trump glasses on other issues and stands up for the rule of law

There’s no denying that the US supreme court’s long-awaited ruling that overturned Donald Trump’s global tariffs is important, and if the ruling turns out to be a harbinger that the court is ready to abandon its startling sycophancy toward the US president, it could prove hugely important. The ruling this Friday is the first time during Trump’s second term that the justices have struck down one of his policies. Not only that, the policy they struck down is Trump’s signature economic policy – he has used tariffs to bash, lord over and terrorize dozens of other countries and make himself the King of the Economic Jungle.

In the court’s main opinion, joined by three conservative justices and three liberals, chief justice John Roberts used some sharp language to slap down Trump’s tariffs, writing that the constitution specifically gives Congress, not the president, the power to impose taxes and tariffs. (Roberts noted that tariffs are indeed taxes.)

Steven Greenhouse is a journalist and author, focusing on labour and the workplace, as well as economic and legal issues

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• Victory in 50km mass start breaks record from 1980

• Teammates Nyenget and Iversen lock out podium

Johannes Hoesflot Klæbo completed an historic gold medal sweep of the men’s cross-country skiing events on Saturday by winning his sixth race and set the record for the most golds by one athlete in a single Winter Olympics.

The Norwegian’s victory in the 50km mass start race shattered the nearly 50-year record set by the American speed skater Eric Heiden, who won five golds in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. All of Heiden’s wins were in individual races and two of Klaebo’s have come in team events, so Heiden’s record for individual wins still stands.

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Linkse radicale groeperingen roepen op tot protesten tegen het Buchenwald-monument, juist in het weekend van de bevrijding van het concentratiekamp rond 11 april. Hun beschuldiging luidt dat het management van het centrum, dat de moord op meer dan 56.000 mensen, onder wie veel Joden, door de nazi's herdenkt, niet anti-Israëlisch genoeg is.

De achtergrond hiervan is een conflict over het dragen van keffiyehs ( Palestijnse sjaals) op het terrein van het concentratiekampmonument. In april vorig jaar weigerden medewerkers een vrouw de toegang omdat ze wilde protesteren tegen Israël door een dergelijke sjaal op het terrein te dragen . Een rechter oordeelde in het voordeel van het monument.

Om die reden wil en radicale pro-palestinagroep de hetdenken verstoren

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The lantern festival in Nara features more than 3,000 lanterns lit throughout Nara Park, leading toward Kasuga Taisha Shrine.

Bobsleeër Dave Wesselink is zijn toernooi in de viermansbob op de Spelen van Milaan begonnen. Na twee van de vier runs staat de Nederlander op de dertiende plaats.

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