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26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana moves US top court against extradition to India
1 month ago

26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana moves US top court against extradition to India

India Today  

Having lost his legal battle in all the lower courts, Mumbai attack accused Tahawwur Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, has now knocked on the doors of the US Supreme Court against his extradition to India. Rana had last reached out to the US Court of Appeals for the North Circuit in San Francisco after losing the legal battle …

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Trump-Appointed Appeals Court Judges Rule in Favor of Mississippi on Ballot Deadline Dispute
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Trump-Appointed Appeals Court Judges Rule in Favor of Mississippi on Ballot Deadline Dispute

CNN  

A federal appeals court judge in Mississippi has ruled that the state is violating federal law by counting mail ballots that arrive after Election Day. However, the ruling does not block the policy before the election, leaving it unclear if it will impact legal challenges to late-arriving ballots in other states.

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Kentucky cops probe lurid motive after judge is 'murdered in courthouse' by his close friend the sheriff as mystery motive confounds tiny mountain town
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Kentucky cops probe lurid motive after judge is 'murdered in courthouse' by his close friend the sheriff as mystery motive confounds tiny mountain town

Daily Mail  

Cops are investigating a 'sex scandal' motive among other leads in the sensational death of judge Kevin Mullins who was allegedly murdered by the sheriff of his tiny Appalachian community, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal. Sheriff Shawn 'Mickey' Stines is accused of pumping eight bullets into his close friend after entering the judge's chambers at Letcher County Circuit Court in Kentucky …

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Will Trump’s Florida documents case now move to D.C.?
54 years, 11 months ago

Will Trump’s Florida documents case now move to D.C.?

Slate  

On Monday morning, just before the Republican National Convention opened, Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed federal judge overseeing the stolen classified documents trial in Florida, dismissed the case, ruling that Jack Smith’s appointment as special counsel was unconstitutional. Now, part of the reason why it’s ultimately on a fast track to the Supreme Court is because this is not the only …

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Aileen Cannon Might Actually Get Herself Kicked Off the Trump Classified Docs Case
10 months ago

Aileen Cannon Might Actually Get Herself Kicked Off the Trump Classified Docs Case

Slate  

The recent news about possible Russian space nukes reminds us that we live in a very insecure world. That is why perhaps none of Donald Trump’s four criminal cases is more troubling than the federal prosecution brought by special counsel Jack Smith for mishandling classified documents. This is a step that is warranted only in rare circumstances, including when a …

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Prosecuting Trump: On the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Prosecuting Trump: On the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

The Hindu  

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled that former U.S. President Donald Trump does not enjoy immunity from prosecution for crimes that he might have committed during his term in office, in the context of charges against him relating to undermining the constitutional democracy of the country. The ruling by the court’s federal appeals …

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Mississippi high court blocks appointment of some judges in majority-Black capital city and county
1 year, 3 months ago

Mississippi high court blocks appointment of some judges in majority-Black capital city and county

Associated Press  

— The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday struck down part of a state law that would have authorized some circuit court judges to be appointed rather than elected in the capital city of Jackson and the surrounding county, which are both majority-Black. Justices said the Mississippi Constitution allows legislators to create “inferior” courts, and the new Capitol Complex Improvement District …

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A baby was found in the rubble of a US raid in Afghanistan. But who exactly was killed and why?
1 year, 4 months ago

A baby was found in the rubble of a US raid in Afghanistan. But who exactly was killed and why?

Associated Press  

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Manchin fumes as federal court halts Mountain Valley pipeline construction
1 year, 5 months ago

Manchin fumes as federal court halts Mountain Valley pipeline construction

Raw Story  

A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Monday temporarily blocked the construction of a section of the Mountain Valley Pipeline that runs through Jefferson National Forest, pending a conservation group's petition to review the federal government's authorization of the fossil fuel infrastructure development. In response to the stay issued by the Fourth Circuit …

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Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail To AAP MLA Amit Rattan In Corruption Case
1 year, 7 months ago

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail To AAP MLA Amit Rattan In Corruption Case

Live Law  

Considering that “nothing has been recovered” from him, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted bail to AAP MLA Amit Rattan in a corruption case filed in February 2023 under Sections 7, 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 120-B IPC at Bathinda. The presence of the vehicle outside the circuit house and recovery affected after getting …

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Wyoming black bear hunter accused of killing protected grizzly near highway into Yellowstone
1 year, 7 months ago

Wyoming black bear hunter accused of killing protected grizzly near highway into Yellowstone

Associated Press  

— A Wyoming hunter faces up to a year in jail and a $10,000 fine if convicted of killing a protected grizzly bear he allegedly claims he mistook for a legal-to-hunt black bear outside Yellowstone National Park. Patrick M. Gogerty, of Cody, turned himself in early the next morning, Wyoming Game and Fish Department game warden Travis Crane wrote in …

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Court rejects request to rehear gender dysphoria case
2 years, 2 months ago

Court rejects request to rehear gender dysphoria case

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court on Friday denied a request to rehear a case that found that gender dysphoria is a condition covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Circuit Court of Appeals became the first federal appellate court in the country to find that the landmark federal law protects people with gender dysphoria, a condition that causes …

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'Doomed to fail': Legal experts trash Trump’s appeal after he runs to SCOTUS over Mar-a-Lago docs
2 years, 2 months ago

'Doomed to fail': Legal experts trash Trump’s appeal after he runs to SCOTUS over Mar-a-Lago docs

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to intervene in his legal battle over classified documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago residence. "Any limit on the comprehensive and transparent review of materials seized in the extraordinary raid of a President's home erodes public confidence in our system of justice," Trump's attorneys wrote in the 37-page filing. Supreme Court …

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An appeals court rules against DACA, but the program continues — for now
2 years, 2 months ago

An appeals court rules against DACA, but the program continues — for now

NPR  

An appeals court rules against DACA, but the program continues — for now Enlarge this image toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP J. Scott Applewhite/AP NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court Wednesday ordered a lower court review of Biden administration revisions to a program preventing the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought into the United States as children. …

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In case out of Grants Pass, Ore., court reaffirms right of homeless to sleep outside
2 years, 2 months ago

In case out of Grants Pass, Ore., court reaffirms right of homeless to sleep outside

LA Times  

About a decade after losing her job and becoming homeless in the small city of Grants Pass, Ore., Debra Blake joined two other homeless residents in suing the city over a set of local ordinances that, in their view, criminalized the act of sleeping outside. “They have all had similar experiences with the Grants Pass police awaking them, moving them …

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Amber Heard 'struck Johnny Depp with a closed fist', security guard testifies
2 years, 7 months ago

Amber Heard 'struck Johnny Depp with a closed fist', security guard testifies

Daily Mail  

Johnny Depp's security guard has recalled witnessing Amber Heard hurling insults at the actor and striking him with a 'closed fist' during an explosive altercation at the couple's Los Angeles penthouse. Amber Heard and Johnny Depp's defamation trial on Monday heard testimony from the actor's security guard who was forced to intervene in a nasty altercation between the two in …

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What to expect as US Supreme Court to take up COVID mandate case
3 years ago

What to expect as US Supreme Court to take up COVID mandate case

Al Jazeera  

Amid conflicting rulings in the lower courts, the top US court is set to hear the case on vaccine mandates early next year. The United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on January 7 on whether the Biden administration can order workers at private companies and healthcare employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. A three-judge panel of the 6th …

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US appeals court to rehear Tennessee abortion ban argument
3 years ago

US appeals court to rehear Tennessee abortion ban argument

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court concluded historic arguments over abortion, a federal appeals court signaled it might be willing to allow yet another restrictive ban to go into effect. Tennessee is among the many states with laws that would make abortion almost immediately illegal should the court overturn the historic 1973 Roe v. Wade decision …

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Vaccine mandate: Biden administration asks appeals court to reinstate mandate
3 years, 1 month ago

Vaccine mandate: Biden administration asks appeals court to reinstate mandate

CNN  

CNN — The Biden administration is asking the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals to wipe away an order from another appeals court blocking its Occupational Safety and Health Administration vaccine mandate. Several lawsuits were brought challenging the OSHA mandate, and last week the cases were consolidated in the 6th Circuit, an appeals court that leans right, as 10 of …

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Liberals are buying their tickets in hopes of winning the vaccine mandate lawsuit lottery
3 years, 1 month ago

Liberals are buying their tickets in hopes of winning the vaccine mandate lawsuit lottery

CNN  

CNN — It’s not just Republican-led states and private businesses that are racing to court to challenge the Biden administration’s new vaccine mandate. ANALYSIS: Covid-19 vaccine debate takes a strange turn Sean Marotta, a lawyer at Hogan Lovells, says the filings “are all about maximizing the odds of a sympathetic panel of three judges to hear the cases.” “While the …

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