rein in biden s presidential powers. cnn s supreme court aon ariane de vogue has been following this. the biden administration, we have seen some decisions like this one which seem to restrict the view of executive power. is there a legal inconsistency there? right, well, what you saw yesterday is the conservatives looking at this. they didn t care about vaccines. they don t care about masks. most of them are vaccinated. most of them they re all vaccinated. most of them wear masks at oral arguments. for them, this was all about the authority of federal agencies. it is this long-term conservative program to cut back on the power of these agencies. they think that the federal
this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the federal court of australia meets to decide whether novak djokovic can stay in the country to play at the australian open. police in texas are negotiating with a man who appears to have taken hostages at a synagogue. an explosive underwater volcanic eruption in the pacific triggers tsunami warnings across a vast area including japan and the entire us west coast. and as celebrations begin to mark the playwright moliere s life we speak to a bafta winning writer who reimagined one of his masterpieces for modern times. i was pleasantly surprised how funny
the testimonies. this is bbc news, the main story this hour. the federal court of australia is hearing arguments to decide whether novak djokovic can stay in the country to play at the australian open. staying with that earlier, i spoke to immigration lawyer carina ford who s following the court proceedings and she explained how this case is different from the one last week. the big difference is the minister has used his personal power to intervene so there is no requirement for example for naturaljustice so to put the reasons to him to discuss or put submissions forward. so it does make it very, very difficult to appeal and it s also based on a public interest test and that also is restrictive in how it is interpreted. we know he has not had a vaccination, what do we know though about what he feels and what he has told in
may encourage antivaxxer protests, etc. so the basis for that is there has been antivax protests in melbourne, in fact, all over australia. the connection to the two may be the sticking point in the case but it s difficult to determine yet given that the minister s side is just doing their arguments 110w. what do we know about the process here as well? is there a strict timeframe or could this go right through to the end of the day for a decision, and then he will decide whether he can wear his training or tennis shoes tomorrow to play? the fact that the court is sitting on a weekend and the tight timeframe of when submissions are due means the court understands it needs to make a decision quickly. it is likely there is probably only an hour or so left of argument and then the judges will go away, they indicated at the start of the hearing that
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