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Trump suffers fresh blow, loses appeal of E. Jean Carroll $5mn defamation ruling

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a $5 million verdict that E. Jean Carroll won against Donald Trump when a jury found the U.S. president-elect liable for sexually abusing and later defaming the former magazine columnist. The May 2023 verdict stemmed from an incident around 1996 in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room in Manhattan, where Carroll said …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Allahabad high court quashes FIRs, ECIR against realty firm M3M

Hindustan Times

The Allahabad high court on Friday quashed two FIRs and an Enforcement Case Information Report initiated against realty firm M3M India, citing a lack of legal grounds and substance in the allegations. In response to the ruling, M3M India said, “We welcome the judgement of the high court, which upholds the principles of justice and fairness.” ”Upon elaborate consideration of …

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1 month ago

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Boston parents over race bias in elite high school admissions

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Boston parents who claimed a temporary admissions policy for the city’s elite high schools discriminated against white students and those of Asian descent. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented from their colleagues’ decision to leave in place lower court rulings in favor of the plan, which was used …

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1 month, 1 week ago

How the Impeachment of South Korea’s President Failed

New York Times

How the Impeachment of South Korea’s President Failed President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea survived the impeachment bid to remove him from office after his imposition of martial law plunged the country into a political crisis. President Yoon Suk Yeol If Mr. Yoon does not resign If Mr. Yoon resigns Prime Minister Han Duck-soo serves as acting president A …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Court Rules Idaho Can Enforce Ban On Interstate Abortion Travel

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING A 9th U.S. The Monday decision is only a small part of a larger case surrounding the state’s so-called “abortion trafficking” law. “Trafficking a minor child for an abortion without parental consent puts both in grave danger, and we will not stop protecting life in Idaho.” The court’s ruling said that the state can enforce the “harboring” …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Zimbabwe court rules against law that denies abortion to marital rape victims and girls below 18

Associated Press

HARARE, Zimbabwe — A law prohibiting abortion services for women raped by their husbands and girls under the age of 18 is unconstitutional, Zimbabwe’s High Court has ruled. The ruling is significant, given Zimbabwe’s restrictive abortion laws that often lead women and girls into illegal and unsafe backstreet abortions that in many cases turn fatal. Abortion is allowed in very …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Court bans Dam Square demonstration, pro-Palestinian rally relocated to Stopera

NL Times

A court ruled in favor of Amsterdam city officials Friday, upholding their decision to ban a planned pro-Palestinian rally on Dam Square. The court sided with the city, stating that “the mayor’s interest in preventing uncontrollable disturbances outweighs the organizers’ right to demonstrate on Dam Square.” The ruling acknowledged the demonstrators’ interests but emphasized the heightened risk on one of …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Court backs Texas over razor wire installed on US-Mexico border

Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court Wednesday ruled that Border Patrol agents cannot cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border in the town of Eagle Pass, which has become the center of the state’s aggressive measures to curb migrant crossings. Texas has continued to install razor wire along its roughly 1,200-mile border with Mexico over the …

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Oregon tribe has hunting and fishing rights restored under a long-sought court ruling

LA Times

Drumming made the floor vibrate and singing filled the conference room of the Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City, on the Oregon coast, as hundreds in tribal regalia danced in a circle. This month’s event, however, was especially significant: It came just two weeks after a federal court lifted restrictions on the tribe’s rights to hunt, fish and gather …

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Dutch appeals court overturns landmark climate ruling against Shell

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday overturned a landmark ruling that ordered energy company Shell to cut its carbon emissions by net 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels, while saying that “protection against dangerous climate change is a human right.” The decision was a defeat for the Dutch arm of Friends of the Earth and …

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2 months ago

DC Edit | Property rights ruling welcome

Deccan Chronicle

People’s property rights have been one of the most contested subjects in India ever since Independence. Similarly, the nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court delivered a historic judgment on November 5 which would strengthen people’s property rights and prevent the government from arbitrarily acquiring private property in the name of public good. Adjudicating a petition on Article 31C, which prevents …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Australia museum can bar men from controversial ‘Ladies Lounge’ art exhibit for women, court says

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A museum in Australia was within its rights to bar men …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Legal scholars warn SCOTUS could "manipulate" immunity definition to torpedo new Trump indictment

Salon

The Supreme Court's lack of clarity in its presidential immunity ruling's definition of "official" conduct leaves room for former President Donald Trump to fight the refiled indictment alleging he conspired to thwart the results of the 2020 presidential election. Smith's new indictment again includes four felony charges against Trump but excluded evidence concerning Trump's official conduct in office, including the …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Providers halt services after court allows Florida to enforce ban on transgender care for minors

Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Advocates say transgender patients are facing barriers to “potentially life-saving health care” after a federal appeals court ruled that a Florida law banning gender-affirming care can be enforced while a legal challenge plays out. Jon Harris Maurer, the public policy director for LGBTQ+ rights group Equality Florida, characterized the law as government intrusion into “vital health care”. …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Kansas judge throws out machine gun possession charge, cites Second Amendment

Associated Press

A federal judge in Kansas has tossed out a machine gun possession charge and questioned if bans on the weapons violate the Second Amendment. If upheld on appeal, the ruling by U.S. District Judge John W. Broomes in Wichita could have a sweeping impact on the regulation of machine guns, including homemade automatic weapons that many police and prosecutors blame …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Public employees cannot use labor law to sue employers, California Supreme Court rules

LA Times

Public agencies in California are not subject to a controversial law that gives workers the power to sue their employers over alleged labor violations, the state’s Supreme Court has ruled. In the unanimous decision issued last week in a case involving a large healthcare system in the Bay Area, justices on California’s top court also found that public employers are …

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5 months ago

Thailand’s reformist Move Forward Party, dissolved by court order, regroups as People’s Party

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Just two days after being disbanded by court order, Thailand’s main progressive political party regrouped Friday under a new name and vowed to continue its fight for reforms despite continuing opposition from the conservative establishment that blocked the party from taking power despite finishing first in last year’s election. Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday unanimously ruled that the …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Bangladesh to formally accept court ruling on job quotas after protests

Hindustan Times

By Mohammad Ponir Hossain and Sam Jahan Bangladesh to formally accept court ruling on job quotas after protests DHAKA -Bangladesh is expected to formally accept on Tuesday a court ruling to cut quotas for government jobs, media said, meeting a key demand of students whose protests sparked one of the worst outbreaks of violence in years that killed almost 150 …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Bangladesh to formally accept court ruling on job quotas after protests

Hindustan Times

By Mohammad Ponir Hossain and Sam Jahan Bangladesh to formally accept court ruling on job quotas after protests DHAKA, - Bangladesh is expected to formally accept on Tuesday a court ruling to cut quotas for government jobs, media said, meeting a key demand of students whose protests sparked one of the worst outbreaks of violence in years that killed almost …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Legal expert highlights 'most problematic' part of Supreme Court's Trump immunity ruling

Raw Story

Donald Trump's challenge to his criminal hush money case based on the Supreme Court's recent presidential immunity ruling has alarmed a legal expert who warns the decision's "manipulability" could imperil his conviction. "They assert that the Manhattan district attorney’s presentation of evidence included testimony, tweets and even a required government ethics form that are themselves evidence of Trump’s exercise of …

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6 months ago

This country allows official gender change without compulsory surgery in a ground breaking ruling

India TV News

Tokyo: A Japanese high court has approved a legal gender change for a transgender woman without requiring compulsory gender-affirming surgery, a step that LGBGQ+ groups on Thursday called a mixed victory. Sterilisation requirement is unconstitutional: Japan court The Supreme Court, in a landmark decision in October, ruled that the sterilisation requirement is unconstitutional but sent the transgender woman's case back …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court ruling could jeopardize California’s environmental rules

LA Times

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling will probably pave the way for more legal challenges — and potential setbacks — for California’s groundbreaking clean air rules and myriad other federal environmental protections. In a 6-3 decision last week, the Supreme Court overturned the so-called Chevron doctrine, a long-standing legal precedent that instructed U.S. courts to rely on federal agencies to …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Trump hush money sentencing delayed after Supreme Court ruling: report

Raw Story

Manhattan prosecutors Tuesday acquiesced to Donald Trump’s request to postpone criminal sentencing in his criminal hush money trial, according to a new report. District Attorney Alvin Bragg's legal team agreed Judge Juan Merchan should have more time to weigh the implications of the recent Supreme Court ruling and if it imperils his conviction in the historic hush money trial, the …

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6 months, 1 week ago

What does Trump’s Supreme Court immunity decision mean?

Al Jazeera

On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for acts he committed within his constitutional powers as president. Described by Trump as a “BIG WIN” on Truth Social, a social media platform owned by the Republican leader, but as a “dangerous precedent” by President Joe Biden, here is more about the …

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Trump suffers fresh blow, loses appeal of E. Jean Carroll $5mn defamation ruling

Allahabad high court quashes FIRs, ECIR against realty firm M3M

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Boston parents over race bias in elite high school admissions

How the Impeachment of South Korea’s President Failed

Court Rules Idaho Can Enforce Ban On Interstate Abortion Travel

Zimbabwe court rules against law that denies abortion to marital rape victims and girls below 18

Court bans Dam Square demonstration, pro-Palestinian rally relocated to Stopera

Court backs Texas over razor wire installed on US-Mexico border

Oregon tribe has hunting and fishing rights restored under a long-sought court ruling

Dutch appeals court overturns landmark climate ruling against Shell

DC Edit | Property rights ruling welcome

Australia museum can bar men from controversial ‘Ladies Lounge’ art exhibit for women, court says

Legal scholars warn SCOTUS could "manipulate" immunity definition to torpedo new Trump indictment

Providers halt services after court allows Florida to enforce ban on transgender care for minors

Kansas judge throws out machine gun possession charge, cites Second Amendment

Public employees cannot use labor law to sue employers, California Supreme Court rules

Thailand’s reformist Move Forward Party, dissolved by court order, regroups as People’s Party

Bangladesh to formally accept court ruling on job quotas after protests

Bangladesh to formally accept court ruling on job quotas after protests

Legal expert highlights 'most problematic' part of Supreme Court's Trump immunity ruling

This country allows official gender change without compulsory surgery in a ground breaking ruling

Supreme Court ruling could jeopardize California’s environmental rules

Trump hush money sentencing delayed after Supreme Court ruling: report

What does Trump’s Supreme Court immunity decision mean?