Sotomayor Blames Colleagues For Flood Of Emergency Appeals Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said a surge in emergency appeals to the Supreme Court is largely the court’s own doing. “We’ve done it to ourselves,” she said during an April 9 event at the University of Alabama School of Law. She said that the volume of emergency filings has reached levels never s...
Sotomayor Blames Colleagues For Flood Of Emergency Appeals Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said a surge in emergency appeals to the Supreme Court is largely the court’s own doing. “We’ve done it to ourselves,” she said during an April 9 event at the University of Alabama School of Law. She said that the volume of emergency filings has reached levels never seen before in the court’s history. Over the past 15 months, the Trump administration submitted about 30 emergency requests to the court, succeeding in more than 80 percent of them. Many of those rulings divided the justices along ideological lines, with 6–3 outcomes. Sotomayor, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009, suggested those wins reflect a shift among some of her colleagues, who now tend to assume that blocking federal policies automatically causes irreparable harm—grounds for the court to intervene. She also said that “there’s a disagreement among us right now.” Some justices, she said, believe that when Congress enacts a law, preventing it from taking effect inherently harms both lawmakers and the public. “It has changed the paradigm on the court.” Her comments were the latest from justices expressing concerns about the court’s use of the emergency docket, which is used to temporarily halt lower-court orders as litigation proceeds. Sotomayor commented on the issue in a dissent last year after the court allowed a policy expanding deportations of immigrants to countries where they have no prior connections. “Other litigants must follow the rules, but the administration has the Supreme Court on speed dial,” she wrote. Supreme Court justices have been disagreeing over the emergency docket. At an annual lecture on March 9, Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Ketanji Brown Jackson disagreed about the court’s increasing use of emergency orders, many of which have enabled President Donald Trump to move forward with key policies. These cases are typically handled on a fast t...
Goretzka hits leaders’ 102nd goal in 5-0 win at St Pauli Ferran Torres double helps Barcelona beat Espanyol 4-1 Bayern Munich crushed hosts St. Pauli 5-0 in the Bundesliga to set an all-time season scoring record while also extending their lead at the top to 12 points with five games left to play. The Bavarians, who host Real Madrid next week in their Champions League quarter-final second leg afte...
Goretzka hits leaders’ 102nd goal in 5-0 win at St Pauli Ferran Torres double helps Barcelona beat Espanyol 4-1 Bayern Munich crushed hosts St. Pauli 5-0 in the Bundesliga to set an all-time season scoring record while also extending their lead at the top to 12 points with five games left to play. The Bavarians, who host Real Madrid next week in their Champions League quarter-final second leg after their 2-1 win in Spain, are within touching distance of the league title on 76 points, with second-placed Borussia Dortmund stuck on 64 after their 1-0 home loss to Bayer Leverkusen . Continue reading...
The average one-year price target for UiPath (BIT:1PATH) has been revised to €12.64 / share. This is a decrease of 15.42% from the prior estimate of €14.95 dated February 23, 2026. The price target is an average of many targets provided by analysts. The latest
The average one-year price target for UiPath (BIT:1PATH) has been revised to €12.64 / share. This is a decrease of 15.42% from the prior estimate of €14.95 dated February 23, 2026. The price target is an average of many targets provided by analysts. The latest
Manchester City can brush off Rodri’s comments but Chelsea’s existential angst helps explain suspension of midfielder Enzo Fernández and Rodri would quite like to move to Madrid; many people would. They both said as much in the international break, those special parts of the season when players join up with their national teams and give interviews while apparently unaware that media are global the...
Manchester City can brush off Rodri’s comments but Chelsea’s existential angst helps explain suspension of midfielder Enzo Fernández and Rodri would quite like to move to Madrid; many people would. They both said as much in the international break, those special parts of the season when players join up with their national teams and give interviews while apparently unaware that media are global these days: a whisper on Luzo TV can soon become a hurricane in London. But Rodri will line up for Manchester City at Chelsea on Sunday, while Fernández will not, suspended by the club for “crossing a line”. It’s worth, perhaps, looking at exactly what was said. Fernández expressed disappointment at Enzo Maresca’s departure on New Year’s Day. “It … hurt a lot,” he told Luzo, “because we had a lot of identity, he gave us order, but it’s the way that football is, sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad. But we always had a clear identity when it came to training, playing and obviously his departure hurt us especially in the middle of the season – it cuts everything short.” Sadness that a manager has gone surely isn’t a crime; it could even be supportive of Liam Rosenior and the difficulty of taking over a club mid-season. Continue reading...
Diego Thomazini/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Digital credit has been a big topic lately . It's a major tool of digital asset treasuries ("DATs"), companies that build a "treasury" of a cryptocurrency. I wanted to tackle the topic head-on today. So I'll talk about major DATs: Strategy ( MSTR ), DeFi Development Corp ( DFDV ), and Sharplink ( SBET ), and I'll say which ones I prefer for investm...
Diego Thomazini/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Digital credit has been a big topic lately . It's a major tool of digital asset treasuries ("DATs"), companies that build a "treasury" of a cryptocurrency. I wanted to tackle the topic head-on today. So I'll talk about major DATs: Strategy ( MSTR ), DeFi Development Corp ( DFDV ), and Sharplink ( SBET ), and I'll say which ones I prefer for investment. Basic logic of digital equity Why buy shares of a DAT when you could just buy the coin itself or an ETF? It's because DATs give levered returns with less risk. This comes from being C-corps. It lets them use long-term financing to acquire crypto without margin calls. Prominent Companies with Crypto Treasuries (defillama.com) They can issue bonds or preferred stock and raise capital. They can purchase their target coin with itl. If the coin's appreciation is enough to cover dividends or interest, common shareholders benefit. MSTR & BTC 1Y Price Returns (Seeking Alpha) A DAT's common stock is often more volatile than crypto. So the stock could be at premium value to holdings. If so, the DAT sells more, and they get the premium value in cash. They can use this to buy more crypto or pay expenses without selling their holdings. DATs often have a dashboard on their website showing their stock's "mNAV." This is the multiple to their crypto's liquidation value. If the mNAV is higher than 1x, then it's at a premium and can be sold favorably. Most DATs try to grow their coin per share (BTC per share, SOL per share) by taking advantage of this flexible financing. Different coins, different DATs Which cryptocurrency a DAT chooses for its treasury depends on its prospects. The DATs I mentioned before have all chosen different coins. MSTR does Bitcoin ( BTC-USD ), DFDV does SOL ( SOL-USD ), and SBET does Ether ( ETH-USD ). MSTR Q4 2025 Earnings Presentation I think a BTC DAT is the simplest. There's no operating business to it. They issue securities to raise capital and buy BTC. The...
The artificial intelligence credit juggernaut keeps pushing forward as the relentless demand for exposure to the industry trumps fears that the conflict in the Middle East is causing energy prices and inflation to rise. Despite the geopolitical headwinds, Wall Street was still able to successfully stitch together tens of billions of dollars in funding to underpin the AI boom in recent weeks. The t...
The artificial intelligence credit juggernaut keeps pushing forward as the relentless demand for exposure to the industry trumps fears that the conflict in the Middle East is causing energy prices and inflation to rise. Despite the geopolitical headwinds, Wall Street was still able to successfully stitch together tens of billions of dollars in funding to underpin the AI boom in recent weeks. The tumult may even be making AI-linked high-grade debt more appealing this year as investors seek havens. “We’re in one of those sort of self-fulfilling bull markets for AI,” said Brett Kozlowski , a portfolio manager at GW&K Investment Management LLC. “When issuance is there, we’ll fund it and by funding it they’ll issue more.” Large cash balances and low leverage levels at so-called hyperscalers such as Meta Platforms Inc. are providing solace to credit investors even as spreads remain narrow. With markets now calmer, Morgan Stanley is sticking with a pre—war estimate of $400 billion of high-grade debt issuance this year to back hyperscaler and other AI-related investments, the investment bank told Bloomberg News. Jumbo bond sales from hyperscalers alone could exceed $100 billion over the rest of the year, some bankers estimate, adding to the more than $80 billion in dollar-denominated debt already raised by Oracle Corp. , Alphabet Inc. , and Amazon.com Inc. in the first quarter. “If you’re a high-quality investment-grade issuer, you’re not going to have trouble because there’s just such a bid for that, especially in this environment,” said Kelly Kowalski , head of investment strategy at MassMutual. Outside of the high-grade public debt markets, CoreWeave Inc. continued its borrowing spree by selling $1.75 billion of junk bonds after striking a new deal to supply artificial intelligence computing power to Meta. Pacific Investment Management Co., meanwhile, is planning to sell on some of its $14 billion in debt financing for an Oracle data center project in Michigan through a ...
Tesla 's (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares have performed well over the past two years, significantly outpacing broader equities. That's a bit odd considering the company's deliveries of electric vehicles (EVs) have declined in each of its two most recent fiscal years. The company's revenue and net income have also been unimpressive over this period. Can the carmaker boost its EV business and improve its fina...
Tesla 's (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares have performed well over the past two years, significantly outpacing broader equities. That's a bit odd considering the company's deliveries of electric vehicles (EVs) have declined in each of its two most recent fiscal years. The company's revenue and net income have also been unimpressive over this period. Can the carmaker boost its EV business and improve its financial results? Recent reports of one of Tesla's projects could eventually allow it to do that. Let's look into it. Image source: The Motley Fool. Tesla is rumored to be working on a brand-new and cheaper EV model. It's important to highlight that these plans are apparently still in the early stages, and production hasn't officially started. However, according to reports, the company will first launch this model in the Chinese market before expanding to other regions. Here's why this could be a game changer for Tesla. Continue reading
(Bloomberg) -- The artificial intelligence credit juggernaut keeps pushing forward as the relentless demand for exposure to the industry trumps fears that the conflict in the Middle East is causing energy prices and inflation to rise. Despite the geopolitical headwinds, Wall Street was still able to successfully stitch together tens of billions of dollars in funding to underpin the AI boom in rece...
(Bloomberg) -- The artificial intelligence credit juggernaut keeps pushing forward as the relentless demand for exposure to the industry trumps fears that the conflict in the Middle East is causing energy prices and inflation to rise. Despite the geopolitical headwinds, Wall Street was still able to successfully stitch together tens of billions of dollars in funding to underpin the AI boom in recent weeks. The tumult may even be making AI-linked high-grade debt more appealing this year as invest
The average one-year price target for Chevron (WBAG:CVX) has been revised to € 185,15 / share. This is an increase of 16.53% from the prior estimate of € 158,89 dated February 23, 2026. The price target is an average of many targets provided by analysts. The l
The average one-year price target for Chevron (WBAG:CVX) has been revised to € 185,15 / share. This is an increase of 16.53% from the prior estimate of € 158,89 dated February 23, 2026. The price target is an average of many targets provided by analysts. The l
Leinster 43-13 Sale Leinster host Toulon at Aviva Stadium on 2/3 May Semi-final number 17 beckons for Leinster. The one-time serial champions of this competition will take another, against Toulon, back at the Aviva in a couple of weeks’ time. Sounds epic. Probably will be. But Leinster are still not quite convincing. This was a Sale team missing a host of their best players. No one gave them a cha...
Leinster 43-13 Sale Leinster host Toulon at Aviva Stadium on 2/3 May Semi-final number 17 beckons for Leinster. The one-time serial champions of this competition will take another, against Toulon, back at the Aviva in a couple of weeks’ time. Sounds epic. Probably will be. But Leinster are still not quite convincing. This was a Sale team missing a host of their best players. No one gave them a chance, but they made a real nuisance of themselves for a good 50 minutes before yielding to the inevitable. Four Leinster tries in the last half-hour put them away, but after the home team’s struggle to do the same here against Edinburgh last week Toulon, who are hardly a study in eloquence themselves at the moment, will fancy their chances. Continue reading...
A boy holds an Iraqi flag near the Iranian embassy during a gathering following the announcement of a ceasefire between Iran and the United States, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 8, 2026. Ahmed Saad | Reuters Iraq's parliament voted Saturday to elect Nizar Amidi, a political official with one of the country's two main Kurdish parties, as president, five months...
A boy holds an Iraqi flag near the Iranian embassy during a gathering following the announcement of a ceasefire between Iran and the United States, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 8, 2026. Ahmed Saad | Reuters Iraq's parliament voted Saturday to elect Nizar Amidi, a political official with one of the country's two main Kurdish parties, as president, five months after a parliamentary election that didn't produce a bloc with a decisive majority. His election comes as Iraq is reeling from the fallout of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Iraq became caught in the middle of the conflict, with Iran-backed militias launching attacks on U.S. bases and diplomatic facilities as well as on critical energy infrastructure. Meanwhile, the U.S. and Israel carried out airstrikes targeting the militias, some of which killed members of the Iraqi military. The war and Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz also largely halted the oil exports upon which Iraq's economy depends. Amidi, a member of the political bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party, beat out a roster of candidates that included Iraq's current Foreign Minister, Fuad Hussein, who was the pick of the rival Kurdistan Democratic Party. By convention, Iraq's president is always Kurdish, while the more powerful prime minister is Shiite and the parliamentary speaker is Sunni. The vote to elect a president took place more than two months past the constitutional deadline, which requires a president to be elected within 30 days after the first session held by a newly elected parliament. Amidi, an engineer born in northern Iraq's Dohuk province, previously served as an aide to two other presidents, Jalal Talabani and Fouad Massoum. No candidate secured the required two-thirds majority in the first round of voting Saturday, although Amidi was far ahead of the other 15 candidates, securing 208 votes in the first round, while the second candidate — Muthanna Amin Nader, a parliamentarian from ...