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A line snakes around the block of the Supreme Court building with many gay rights supporters hoping to snag one of the seats for Tuesday's gay marriage arguments, as several plaintiffs with their families pose for a group photo. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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
A Moscow court hears the case against a leading rights group Memorial that could shut down the veteran organisation, closing off a year marked by a major crackdown on civil society. Images from outside and inside the Moscow City Court. IMAGES
Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists gather outside the US Supreme Court ahead of oral arguments in the fiercest challenge to abortion in a generation, as a Supreme Court dramatically reshaped by Donald Trump hears a case that could roll back 50 years of reproductive rights. The nine justices -- among them six conservatives -- are examining a 2018 law in the southern state of Mississippi that prohibits most terminations after 15 weeks of pregnancy. IMAGES
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