U.K. Supreme Court Hears Palestine Action Challenge to Terrorism Ban as Police Arrest Supporters

The U.K. Supreme Court heard a challenge on Wednesday by the activist group Palestine Action to the government's decision to designate it a terrorist organization. Police in London arrested more than two dozen of the group's supporters outside the court while the justices heard the case, according to the Associated Press. The government imposed the designation last year under anti-terrorism law, and it prompted criticism, according to The New York Times. The group has been fighting the ban through the courts. The articles do not say when the justices are expected to rule.

The right-leaning article provided, from the Daily Caller, does not cover this story. It reports on a separate U.S. Supreme Court matter: the Firearms Policy Coalition asked the court to put New Jersey's appeal over its magazine limits on hold. It quotes the group saying the Third Circuit ruled correctly in Cheeseman v. New Jersey, and it mentions Attorney General Jennifer Davenport's Oct. 1 petition. It says nothing about Palestine Action, so no right-leaning account of the hearing was available here. The New York Times, on the left, runs an explainer headlined "What to Know." It centers on the legal challenge and notes that the designation drew criticism, without the street-level detail. The AP, in the alternative group, leads with policing: more than two dozen arrests outside the court. It places the hearing and the group's challenge to the terrorism designation after that. The New York Times and the AP agree on the main facts: the designation, the Wednesday hearing and the group's challenge to the ban. They differ mainly in emphasis, with the Times on background and criticism of the ban and the AP on the arrests.