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Fani Willis to appeal to Georgia Supreme Court after disqualification in Trump case

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis filed a notice of appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court after she was disqualified from prosecuting President-elect Donald Trump and others for attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election. In a Thursday filing to the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Fulton County District Attorney's Office said it intended "to petition the Supreme Court of …

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3 days, 22 hours ago

'Very definition of an own goal': Experts admonish Fani Willis for losing Trump case

Raw Story

Legal experts reacted in shock to a Georgia appeals court ruling that disqualified Fulton County district attorney from the election subversion case against Donald Trump and his alleged co-conspirators. "There are a lot of things Fani Willis could have done differently, I think, to avoid this ruling," said CNN legal analyst Elie Honig. "For example, she went in front of …

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4 days ago

Georgia appeals court disqualifies Fani Willis but refuses to drop case against Trump

Raw Story

An appeals court in Georgia disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting President-elect Donald Trump and others for allegedly trying to change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. In a 12-page ruling, the court said a previous ruling by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee allowing Willis to remain on the case if special prosecutor Nathan …

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Fani Willis removed from Trump's election interference case, appeals court rules

India Today

ATLANTA : A state appeals court on Thursday removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others but did not dismiss the indictment, leaving the future of the prosecution uncertain. Citing an “appearance of impropriety” by Willis that might not typically warrant such a removal, the court said in a 2-1 …

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6 days, 16 hours ago

Adeel Mangi, Biden's Muslim Court Pick, Rips 'Senatorial Swamp' That Sunk Him

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — In the entirety of Joe Biden’s presidency, there is perhaps no judicial nominee who endured more partisan ugliness and unwarranted hostility than Adeel Mangi, the president’s pick for a U.S. appeals court seat. Mangi’s nomination limped along in the Senate until last month, when Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer cut a deal with Republicans to …

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1 week ago

Samiti appeals to DC to hold public meeting to address issues of national highways in DK

The Hindu

The Toll Gate Virodhi Horata Samiti has appealed to Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner M.P. Mullai Muhilan to hold, at the earliest, a public meeting to address public concerns on issues pertaining to five national highways that pass through Dakshina Kannada. In a statement, Samiti Convenor Muneer Katipalla said that despite the rainy season ending, no action has been taken so …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: November 2024

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Citations: 2024 LiveLaw 328 To 2024 LiveLaw 377 NOMINAL INDEX Jakir Khan v State of Rajasthan & Anr. Title: Banwari Lal Kushwah v State of Rajasthan Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 334 Rajasthan High Court allowed the bail application of an accused charged under Sections 420 and 406 IPC, on grounds of Section 480 BNSS, since the trial did not conclude within …

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TikTok's parent ByteDance seeks Supreme Court intervention to avoid January divestment deadline

Firstpost

TikTok and ByteDance on Monday had filed the emergency motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, asking for more time to make their case to the U.S. Supreme Court TikTok must now move quickly with a request to the Supreme Court to block or overturn a law that would require its Chinese parent ByteDance to …

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1 week, 2 days ago

TikTok dealt another blow as ban case appears destined for Supreme Court: report

Raw Story

Video-sharing social network TikTok was dealt a new blow on Friday, as a federal appeals court declined to temporarily block the law that could result in its ban in the United States, reported CNN. "The company had indicated in court filings that if the appeals court declined to grant interim relief, it would ask the Supreme Court to step in …

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1 week, 2 days ago

TikTok’s ban won’t be delayed. Here’s what you should know

CNN

CNN — TikTok has plans for another appeal as it faces a ban on January 19. But the Supreme Court, which has a six-justice conservative majority, seems likely to rule in favor of upholding the ban, Josh Schiller, partner at law firm Boies Schiller Flexner, told CNN earlier this month. Gautam Hans, associate director of the First Amendment Clinic and …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Federal appeals court declines to temporarily block ban on TikTok, teeing up showdown at SCOTUS over controversial law

CNN

CNN — A federal appeals court on Friday declined to temporarily block a ban on TikTok, teeing up a showdown at the Supreme Court over whether the law should take effect while the social media platform’s challenge to it plays out. The company has indicated in court filings that if the appeals court declined to grant interim relief, it would …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Ryan Park, Biden Court Pick Stalled In The Senate, Withdraws His Nomination

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Ryan Park, tapped by President Joe Biden for an appeals court seat, said Thursday that he’s withdrawing his nomination after it stalled in the Senate. “Park displayed the most critical attributes of a judicial nominee in his hearing: intelligence, diligence, ethics, independence and especially measured judicial temperament.” Tobias said Sen. Thom Tillis had complained that …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Federal appeals court upholds $14.25 million fine against Exxon for pollution in Texas

Associated Press

A federal court on Wednesday affirmed a federal judge’s 2021 ruling imposing a $14.25 million penalty on Exxon Mobil for thousands of violations of the federal Clean Air Act at the company’s refinery and chemical plant complex in Baytown. “This ruling affirms a bedrock principle of constitutional law that people who live near pollution-spewing industrial facilities have a personal stake …

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Dickwella successfully appeals doping ban, cleared to play all forms of cricket

The Hindu

Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-batter Niroshan Dickwella has been cleared to play all forms of cricket after successfully appealing a three-year ban for doping, the International Cricket Council said on Thursday. In an official statement, ICC said, “Sri Lanka keeper-batter Niroshan Dickwella who was banned for three years following alleged anti-doping allegations, has been cleared to playing cricket across all formats. READ …

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1 week, 4 days ago

US appeals court rejects Nasdaq’s diversity rules for company boards

Associated Press

An appeals court in Louisiana has ruled that Nasdaq can’t require diversity on the boards of companies that list on the exchange. The decision comes more than three years after the Securities and Exchange Commission approved Nasdaq’s proposal to boost the number of women, racial minorities and LGBTQ people on U.S. corporate boards. The proposed policy — which was to …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Indian-origin PhD student at MIT suspended over pro-Palestinian activism, appeals university's decision

India TV News

New York: An Indian-origin student pursuing PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been suspended until January 2026 following his pro-Palestinian activism and is currently appealing the university's decision. Prahlad Iyengar, also a National Science Foundation fellow, has been “suspended until January 2026,” according to a post on X by a group called ‘MIT Coalition Against Apartheid’. “This decision …

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Indian-origin PhD student at MIT suspended over pro-Palestinian activism, appeals university's decision

New Indian Express

NEW YORK: An Indian-origin student pursuing PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been suspended until January 2026 following his pro-Palestinian activism and is currently appealing the university's decision. In a call to action, the organisation is demanding that the MIT administration reverse Prahlad's suspension before Wednesday and said over 100 people have asked the city of Cambridge's councillors …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Residents' body appeals to PM Modi for action on Delhi's pollution crisis

India Today

The United Residents Joint Action, a group representing several resident welfare associations in Delhi, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging immediate action to address the city’s pollution crisis. With the Commission on Air Quality Management enforcing Stage IV of the Graded Response Action Plan, residents have been advised to stay indoors due to severe air quality restrictions. The group …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Trump Must Pay $500M Civil Fraud Fine: NY AG

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Donald Trump may have won the White House and the powers that come with it, but according to New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office, he cannot escape a roughly $500 million civil fraud fine, as his lawyers insisted just weeks ago. “The ordinary burdens of civil litigation do not impede the president’s official duties in a …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Idaho’s strict abortion ban faces scrutiny in federal appeals court hearing

Associated Press

PASADENA, Calif. — A federal appeals court scrutinized the impact of Idaho’s strict abortion ban on emergency medical care on Tuesday, weighing whether the ban criminalizing abortions should be enforceable in life- and health-threatening situations. Circuit Court of Appeals panel of 11 judges to urgently lift the injunction preventing the state from enforcing its abortion ban in emergency room settings, …

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2 weeks ago

Ecostani: Why the landmark RTI act is moribund and who is to blame

Hindustan Times

The only law in India that authorises people to question those in power, the Right To Information Act, has been weakened in several states including those ruled by the Congress, the party that introduced the landmark transparency law in 2005. In many states, state information commissions have been defunct for several years as the information commissioners, who hear the RTI …

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TikTok wants potential ban paused until Supreme Court can review case

Salon

TikTok, facing a ban in the U.S. after losing a legal battle on Friday, wants to stay long enough for the Supreme Court to consider its fate. The app asked a federal appeals court on Monday to bar the Biden administration from enforcing a law that could lead to a ban until the Supreme Court reviews its challenge to the …

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2 weeks ago

ByteDance, TikTok seek temporary halt to US crackdown law

Al Jazeera

The companies have asked an appeals court to temporarily block the law that would enforce a ban on the app in the United States. China-based ByteDance and its short-video app TikTok have asked an appeals court to temporarily block a law that would require that parent company ByteDance divest TikTok by January 19 or face a ban, pending a review …

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TikTok and its owner ask for temporary block to law that could result in the app’s US ban

CNN

Chinese-based ByteDance and its short-video app TikTok asked an appeals court Monday to temporarily block a law that would require parent company ByteDance to divest TikTok by January 19 or face a ban in the United States, pending a review by the US Supreme Court. The companies filed the emergency motion with the US Court of Appeals for the District …

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Fani Willis to appeal to Georgia Supreme Court after disqualification in Trump case

'Very definition of an own goal': Experts admonish Fani Willis for losing Trump case

Georgia appeals court disqualifies Fani Willis but refuses to drop case against Trump

Fani Willis removed from Trump's election interference case, appeals court rules

Adeel Mangi, Biden's Muslim Court Pick, Rips 'Senatorial Swamp' That Sunk Him

Samiti appeals to DC to hold public meeting to address issues of national highways in DK

Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: November 2024

TikTok's parent ByteDance seeks Supreme Court intervention to avoid January divestment deadline

TikTok dealt another blow as ban case appears destined for Supreme Court: report

TikTok’s ban won’t be delayed. Here’s what you should know

Federal appeals court declines to temporarily block ban on TikTok, teeing up showdown at SCOTUS over controversial law

Ryan Park, Biden Court Pick Stalled In The Senate, Withdraws His Nomination

Federal appeals court upholds $14.25 million fine against Exxon for pollution in Texas

Dickwella successfully appeals doping ban, cleared to play all forms of cricket

US appeals court rejects Nasdaq’s diversity rules for company boards

Indian-origin PhD student at MIT suspended over pro-Palestinian activism, appeals university's decision

Indian-origin PhD student at MIT suspended over pro-Palestinian activism, appeals university's decision

Residents' body appeals to PM Modi for action on Delhi's pollution crisis

Trump Must Pay $500M Civil Fraud Fine: NY AG

Idaho’s strict abortion ban faces scrutiny in federal appeals court hearing

Ecostani: Why the landmark RTI act is moribund and who is to blame

TikTok wants potential ban paused until Supreme Court can review case

ByteDance, TikTok seek temporary halt to US crackdown law

TikTok and its owner ask for temporary block to law that could result in the app’s US ban