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391 entries in 'Legal Tribune' |
2025/04/21
Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to ‘sanctuary’ cities
2025/04/13
HK defends its immigration procedures after British MP was denied entry
2025/03/06
Mexico says it will impose retaliatory tariffs on US with details coming Sunday
2025/02/27
Trump administration says it’s cutting 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts
2025/02/13
Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case
2025/02/08
Officers plead guilty in DWI police corruption probe in Albuquerque, NM
2025/01/21
Man accused of stalking Caitlin Clark proclaims himself ‘guilty as charged’
2025/01/14
Prominent human rights attorney quits over failure to prosecute Venezuela
2025/01/10
TikTok’s fate arrives at Supreme Court in collision of free speech
2024/12/25
Small businesses brace themselves for potentially disruptive TikTok ban
2024/12/21
Amazon workers strike at multiple facilities as Teamsters seek labor contract
2024/12/07
US inflation ticked up last month as some price pressures remain persistent
2024/11/28
Romanian court orders a recount of presidential election first round
2024/11/23
Judge blocks Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments in classrooms
2024/11/14
Tight US House races in California as GOP maintains control over the chamber
2024/11/11
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is elected as the state’s governor
2024/11/08
High court won’t review Kari Lake’s appeal over 2022 governor’s race defeat
2024/11/04
What to know about the unprecedented floods that killed more than 200 in Spain
2024/10/29
A man who threatened to kill Democratic election officials pleads guilty
2024/10/12
Supreme Court grapples with governor’s 400-year veto, calling it ‘crazy’
2024/09/12
Alaska high court lets man serving a 20-year sentence remain in US House race
2024/09/05
Google faces new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly
2024/08/29
A Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists in a landmark sedition case
2024/08/10
A Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists in a landmark sedition case
2024/08/09
Former Uvalde officers plead not guilty in Texas school mass shooting case
2024/08/05
Venezuela’s Court certifies Maduro’s claims that he won presidential election
2024/08/02
Judge throws out machine gun possession charge, cites Second Amendment
2024/07/26
Fraud trial of George Santos to begin next month with an anonymous jury
2024/07/22
UAE hands 57 Bangladeshis long-term jail terms for protests
2024/07/14
Boston lawyer once named ‘most eligible bachelor’ is sentenced to 5-10 years
2024/07/08
A US appeals court will review its prior order keeping banned books
2024/06/10
Trump's lawyers ask judge to lift gag order imposed during New York trial
2024/06/04
Spanish court summons prime minister’s wife in corruption probe
2024/05/31
Supreme Court rejects challenge to state’s abortion law over medical exceptions
2024/05/03
Trump faces prospect of additional sanctions for violating gag order
2024/04/26
Starbucks appears likely to win Supreme Court dispute with federal labor agency
2024/04/15
Judge in Trump case orders media not to report where potential jurors work
2024/03/12
Trump wants N.Y. hush money trial to wait for Supreme Court immunity ruling
2024/02/27
Donald Trump appeals $454 million judgment in New York civil fraud case
2024/01/30
Hong Kong court orders China's Evergrande, which owes $300 billion, to liquidate
2024/01/08
India court restores life prison sentences for 11 Hindu men
2023/12/04
Opening statements begin in Jonathan Majors assault trial in New York
2023/11/06
Donald Trump testifies in civil fraud trial. Follow the latest updates
2023/10/13
Biden’s second try at student loan cancellation moves forward with debate
2023/10/02
Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina’s new abortion law
2023/09/22
Progressive Councilmember Freddie O’Connell wins Nashville mayor’s race
2023/09/08
Kavanaugh predicts ‘concrete steps soon’ to address ethics concerns
2023/08/28
Hawaii power utility takes responsibility for first fire on Maui
2023/08/10
Owner of Maryland Construction Company Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
2023/07/10
Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
2023/07/07
Man gets life sentence for raping 9-year-old Ohio girl
2023/05/12
‘Rust’ movie medic gets $1.15 million partial settlement
2023/05/04
Delaware Senate confirms two Supreme Court nominees
2023/05/01
Justices to consider case involving fishing boat monitor pay
2023/04/14
Supreme Court asked to preserve abortion pill access rules
2023/02/03
Federal appeals court strikes down domestic violence gun law
2023/01/16
Egypt hands out life jail terms in trial over 2019 protests
2023/01/03
State seeks long prison term for accused NYC subway gunman
2022/12/02
Justices spar in latest clash of religion and gay rights
2022/11/15
Justices asked to hear dog toy dispute. Will they bite?
2022/11/01
Indiana Democrats pin legislative gains on abortion debate
2022/09/23
Arizonan sentenced for Vegas-based scheme targeting migrants
2022/08/07
Probation for woman who wiped up blood after killing spouse
2022/07/25
Louisiana Supreme Court’s chief justice reelected
2022/06/13
Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation member
2022/06/07
Wisconsin Supreme Court says COVID records can be released
2022/05/23
Pakistani court orders probe into ex-minister’s arrest
2022/04/23
Arizona judge nixes suit that wants Trump backers off ballot
2022/04/04
Groups seek to stop gold mine exploratory drilling in Idaho
2021/06/11
Court: Local Wisconsin heath departments can’t close schools
2021/05/29
Ruling: Missed court date in Washington does not imply guilt
2021/05/21
Nebraska high court rejects appeal in Scottsbluff murder
2021/05/11
UK lawyer fined for defying Heathrow court ruling embargo
2021/04/20
Supreme Court rejects defendant’s appeal in 2015 slaying
2021/03/31
Judge rules Mormon church didn’t meddle in death row case
2021/03/19
Court upholds Iowa man’s civil judgment in mother’s death
2021/03/08
High court revives ex-student’s suit against Georgia college
2021/02/24
Judge strikes down portions of Michigan towing law
2021/02/20
Feds drop legal battle over tribe’s reservation status
2021/02/16
Outside team to assist Albuquerque police internal affairs
2021/02/11
Circuit court judge accused of altering paperwork
2021/02/02
More protests called in Moscow to demand Navalny’s release
2021/01/03
Pakistani court orders rebuilding of destroyed Hindu temple
2020/12/30
Prosecutors seek 9-year prison term for Samsung chief Lee
2020/12/25
Trump made lasting impact on federal courts
2020/12/09
High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden’s Pennsylvania win
2020/11/20
Tory Lanez pleads not guilty in Megan Thee Stallion shooting
2020/11/03
Supreme Court to hear case about juvenile life sentences
2020/10/30
Justices deny fast, new look at Pennsylvania ballot deadline
2020/10/27
Philadelphia victim’s family sought ambulance, not police
2020/09/22
White House lawyer in running for seat on the Supreme Court
2020/09/12
Girl appeals Slender Man stabbing to Wisconsin Supreme Court
2020/09/09
Florida Supreme Court orders governor to pick new justice
2020/09/04
Slovakia court set to give verdict in reporter's slaying
2020/09/02
High Court in London backs Virgin Atlantic's rescue plan
2020/08/27
1st Black woman confirmed to be justice on NJ high court
2020/08/13
New Jersey's top court: Defendant must share phone passcodes
2020/08/11
Arizona landlords ask high court to invalidate eviction ban
2020/08/03
Lawsuit: Trump still blocks Twitter critics after court loss
2020/07/05
2 female firsts at the Supreme Court announce retirements
2020/06/12
Wolf asks Pennsylvania Supreme Court to uphold shutdown
2020/06/11
UConn student fugitive in court on murder charge, police say
2020/06/07
Alaska Supreme Court justices call for system improvements
2020/05/14
Lawyer: Security video in Arbery case may show water breaks
2020/05/07
Supreme Court appears likely to reject Trump immunity claim
2020/04/16
Hawaii Judiciary postpones state court trials amid pandemic
2020/04/09
Justice delayed: Virus crisis upends courts system across US
2020/03/21
Supreme Court: Justices healthy and trying to stay that way
2020/03/15
Australia’s High Court hears what may be Pell’s last appeal
2020/03/12
Spanish court: Google search must show man's acquittal first
2020/03/08
Court blocks ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy on part of US border
2020/02/21
Lesotho's PM fails to show in court to face murder charge
2020/02/19
Justices return for season of big decisions, amid campaign
2020/02/17
Trump ally Roger Stone sentenced to over 3 years in prison
2020/02/06
Ruling ends court fight over merger of 2 school districts
2020/01/20
Bangladesh court orders 231 factories closed to save river
2020/01/01
Cyprus court finds 19 year-old British woman guilty
2019/12/17
Supreme Court won't disturb ruling against anti-homeless law
2019/12/16
Judge criticized by abortion foes named to top Kansas court
2019/12/10
Court to hear resentencing bid in Arizona death penalty case
2019/11/21
California court invalidates law requiring Trump tax returns
2019/11/19
EU court refers doubts on Polish judiciary to national court
2019/11/17
Myanmar rejects court probe into crimes against Rohingyas
2019/11/16
Split Supreme Court appears ready to allow Trump to end DACA
2019/10/28
Court to hear arguments on Maryland political ads law
2019/10/11
Analysis: Louisiana figures in 2 major Supreme Court cases
2019/10/09
Alaska Supreme Court to Hear Youths’ Climate Change Lawsuit
2019/10/06
Court seems ready to require unanimous juries as term opens
2019/10/02
Ohio counties tell court: Don’t let state stop opioid trial
2019/09/26
Egypt court asks religious figure to weigh in on sentences
2019/09/19
Bulgarian court to eye revoking parole for Australian man
2019/09/03
‘The Supreme Court Is Not Well. And the People Know It.’
2019/08/30
Activist loses UK court case on police facial recognition
2019/07/23
Louisiana judge orders man's mouth taped for interruptions
2019/07/05
Validity of Obama health care law at issue in appeal hearing
2019/07/01
The Latest: Trump considers executive order on census query
2019/06/25
High court strikes down ‘scandalous’ part of trademark law
2019/06/22
Court tosses black man's murder conviction over racial bias
2019/06/18
Supreme Court upholds cross on public land in Maryland
2019/06/10
Kansas court OKs school funding law but keeps lawsuit open
2019/05/20
Brazil's supreme court votes to make homophobia a crime
2019/05/16
Feds: US Supreme Court should turn down 'Bridgegate' appeal
2019/05/14
Supreme Court conservatives attack lame-duck arguments
2019/05/10
Apps cost too much? Court allows suit adding to Apple’s woes
2019/05/05
Trump, GOP states ask appeals court to kill ‘Obamacare’
2019/05/01
EPA reaffirms glyphosate safe for users as court cases grow
2019/04/23
Myanmar court rejects appeal of jailed Reuters reporters
2019/04/22
Arkansas faces new court fight over sedative for executions
2019/04/03
Texas bans clergy from executions after Supreme Court ruling
2019/03/18
Supreme Court to consider Louisiana's non-unanimous juries
2019/03/11
Court rejects Ghosn’s request to attend Nissan board meeting
2019/03/09
Case about indigent drivers and drivers' licenses in court
2019/02/26
Dominion to ask Supreme Court to hear pipeline appeal
2019/02/11
Court case to tackle jails' medication-assisted treatment
2019/02/03
Ginsburg makes 1st public appearance since cancer surgery
2019/01/21
Congress to Probe Report that Trump Directed Lawyer to Lie
2019/01/17
Freed by court, Pakistani Christian woman still a prisoner
2019/01/06
Court orders mediation in Maryland desegregation case
2019/01/01
Low-key days at Supreme Court may be ending soon
2018/12/29
The Latest: Shutdown affects court cases that involve Trump
2018/12/21
Uber loses UK case on worker rights, expected to appeal
2018/12/21
Dutch court upholds Amsterdam’s ban on new tourist stores
2018/12/18
Uber loses UK case on worker rights, expected to appeal
2018/10/25
Synagogue suspect at courthouse; survivors recall ordeal
2018/10/21
Judge: Michael Avenatti must pay $4.85M in ex-lawyer's suit
2018/10/11
Former FIFA official Makudi at court for ban appeal hearing
2018/10/04
Cemetery case puts property rights issue before high court
2018/09/20
3 hurt in court shooting leave hospital; gunman identified
2018/09/17
Guatemala court orders UN anti-graft chief be readmitted
2018/09/09
Court boosts rights of students accused of sexual misconduct
2018/08/06
The Latest: Zimbabwe's president welcomes court challenge
2018/08/06
N Carolina Supreme Court candidate sues over party label law
2018/07/20
State Supreme Court returns stalking case to lower court
2018/07/17
Georgia officer charged in fatal shooting to appear in court
2018/07/16
India's top court calls for new law to curb mob violence
2018/06/21
Drug court graduates get second chance at life
2018/06/12
Supreme Court allows Ohio, other state voter purges
2018/05/22
Court to consider fraud investigator in NFL concussion case
2018/05/12
Court program in Dona Ana County focuses on veterans
2018/04/30
Justices allow Arkansas to enforce abortion restrictions
2018/04/28
Trump administration defends Keystone XL pipeline in court
2018/04/20
Constitutionality of murder conviction upheld by high court
2018/04/18
UK Supreme Court declines appeal from parents of ill toddler
2018/04/18
Court: Sotomayor shoulder injury worse than first thought
2018/04/16
Trump's personal attorney has dropped a pair of libel suits
2018/04/12
High court worries about abandoning online sales tax rule
2018/04/01
Large Midwest energy project turns to ex-Missouri governor
2018/03/25
Another key redistricting case goes in front of high court
2018/02/13
Beleaguered gunmaker Remington points to bankruptcy court
2018/02/10
Kushner firm seeks court change to keep partners secret
2018/02/03
UN court lays down Costa Rica, Nicaragua maritime borders
2018/02/02
UN court: Nicaragua must pay Costa Rica environmental costs
2018/01/27
Nassar to face another sentence, victims in return to court
2017/11/19
The Latest: Senate panel approves tax overhaul bill
2017/11/16
German Court: Kuwait Airways Can Refuse Israeli Passengers
2017/11/04
Florida man back at Supreme Court with 1st Amendment case
2017/10/24
Court extends house arrest for Russian theater director
2017/09/22
Court asked to dismiss cases tied to ex-drug lab chemist
2017/09/20
California hits Gatorade in court for "anti-water" videogame
2017/08/21
Court file: Michigan girl who killed toddler heard voices
2017/08/16
DJ says taking Taylor Swift to court was only option
2017/06/01
Trump admin asks Supreme Court to restore travel ban
2017/05/22
U.S. high court ruling deals blow to patent trolls
2017/05/21
High court ruling may give voter rights groups a strong tool
2017/05/13
Appeal in boy's burp arrest case relies on Gorsuch dissent
2017/05/10
New Mexico Supreme Court won't restore funds to Legislature
2017/05/07
Indiana high court: Immigration status inadmissible at trial
2017/04/02
Bangladesh High Court upholds death for 2 in blogger killing
2017/03/31
Nicaragua high court denies farmers' appeal of canal project
2017/03/03
Ohio court considers privacy rights in backpack search
2017/03/02
High court ruling could reshape Virginia political map
2017/02/14
NC court blocks law stripping governor of election powers
2017/02/07
Court upholds guilty verdict for Russian opposition leader
2017/01/29
Court orders Wisconsin Legislature to redraw voting maps
2017/01/29
Philippine president's drug crackdown faces court challenge
2017/01/17
Man accused of killing Orlando officer defiant in court
2017/01/15
High court: Israel must explain lack of access to holy site
2016/09/26
DC appeals court hears arguments in Clean Power Plan case
2016/09/04
Stepmom of scalded boy who died pleads guilty to murder
2016/09/02
Gays can seek parental rights for nonbiological kids
2016/08/26
Judge in Stanford swimmer case switching to civil court
2016/07/28
Court reinstates rape charges despite delay in indictment
2016/07/27
Monitor chosen to oversee Ferguson's police, court reforms
2016/07/24
Kansas court upholds death sentence for sheriff's killing
2016/06/23
Court rules against White House science office in email case
2016/06/14
Spain court orders Operation Puerto blood bags released
2016/06/02
NY court: Case against ex-AIG execs can continue
2016/05/08
Spanish court seeks arrest of Putin-linked Russians
2016/04/14
Despite court ruling, China gay rights movement makes gains
2016/03/30
Passport mark for sex offenders law challenged in court
2016/03/13
Man accused of terrorism charge with fiancee pleads guilty
2016/02/22
Reid pounds GOP united against Obama Supreme Court choice
2016/02/10
Court to weigh cocaine cases, could alter sentencing in Ohio
2016/01/13
High court rejects appeal over Homeland Security records
2015/12/01
US court rejects Virginia death row inmate's appeal
2015/11/18
Snowboarders fight ban at Utah resort in appeals court
2015/11/04
Supreme Court troubled by DA's rejection of black jurors
2015/11/02
German court: former SS Auschwitz guard fit for trial
2015/11/01
Chinese woman pleads guilty in college test-taking scheme
2015/08/20
Appeals court won't reinstate 1990 arson-murder conviction
2015/01/21
High court rejects military contractors appeals
2014/10/20
Texas abortion clinics reopen after court reprieve
2014/08/07
Man due back in court for fatally punching referee
2014/04/15
India's top court recognizes third gender category
2014/04/04
High court restores workers' compensation claim
2014/04/01
Supreme Court Refuses To Overturn Arizona Marijuana Ruling
2014/03/24
Egypt court sentences 528 Morsi supporters to death
2014/03/17
Lawsuit says California mortgage money mishandled
2014/03/14
Toal seeking millions to safeguard SC court info
2014/03/10
Driver pleads guilty in deadly bus stop crash
2014/02/28
Court: School ban of US flag shirts allowed
2014/01/20
Italian court hears final rebuttals in Knox trial
2014/01/06
Court grants law license to man in US illegally
2013/11/11
N. Ind. court helps veterans get back on track
2013/11/08
High court wrestles with prayer in government
2013/10/25
Appeals court rejects secret Delaware arbitration
2012/02/28
British arms-to-Iran suspect faces Texas court
2012/02/27
Supreme Court 101 in session at high court
2012/02/25
Court: California can force inmates to submit DNA
2012/02/17
Teen pleads not guilty in Ohio Craigslist killings
2012/02/15
Cisco challenges Microsoft takeover of Skype in EU
2012/02/10
High court asked to undo Mont. campaign money ban
2012/02/09
Appeals court halts deportation of 7 immigrants
2012/02/03
Appeals court set to hear Alabama trademark suit
2012/01/30
Former UBS trader pleads not guilty in UK court
2012/01/27
NY court: Judge can't block $18B Chevron judgment
2012/01/23
US army panel advises trial in Afghanistan suicide
2012/01/20
Police witnesses called in fake 'Rockefeller' case
2012/01/16
Court Upholds Burlington Man's Murder Conviction
2012/01/10
High Court Rejects Prisoner Lawsuit
2012/01/03
Ecuador court upholds ruling against Chevron
2011/12/27
Riders stuck on snow-trapped train sue NY agency
2011/12/24
Supreme Court says Manchester property tax data private
2011/12/21
Mentally disabled detainees granted class status
2011/12/20
NY top court allows private securities claims
2011/12/12
High court halts new Texas electoral maps
2011/12/05
Court: State prisoners count at home in redistricting
2011/11/28
Federal Court of Canada Certifies Class Action
2011/11/23
Defendant in $670M scam enters guilty plea in Va.
2011/11/21
Courts weighs scrapping huge California water pact
2011/11/13
Russia court rejects $16 billion claim against BP
2011/11/10
Court likely to overturn Calif. law on livestock
2011/11/09
Court upholds conviction in Pa. murder case
2011/10/29
Appeals court overturns key Cape Wind clearance
2011/10/14
NY motorist pleads not guilty in fatal Amish crash
2011/10/14
No class-action status in Countrywide case
2011/10/11
High court to decide double jeopardy question
2011/10/11
Utah bank sued over overdraft fees, policies
2011/10/03
Mass. man charged in terror plot pleads not guilty
2011/09/26
Appeals court hears challenge to health care law
2011/09/22
Court rules that UBS trader should stay in custody
2011/09/21
Appeals court in Va. tosses 2 Abu Ghraib lawsuits
2011/09/20
Kona coffee dispute prompts class-action lawsuit
2011/09/19
Va. high court considers ex-King confidant's case
2011/09/18
1 spank isn't domestic violence, Fla. court says
2011/09/15
Appeals court upholds sentence in Ponzi scheme
2011/09/01
Colombia court reinstates conviction in Galan hit
2011/08/24
Court asked to stop immigrant license checks
2011/08/18
EEOC sues, argues man on treatment should be hired
2011/08/12
Dougherty siblings to appear in Colorado court
2011/08/10
Wash. man pleads guilty to defrauding ID investors
2011/08/08
No class-action for suits over Calif. fish kill
2011/08/08
Court rules firing of NJ casino dealer unlawful
2011/08/02
Jury deliberates in post-Katrina shootings trial
2011/08/01
NJ high court to rule in case of retired judge
2011/07/25
Judge wants agency to investigate Meijer lawyer
2011/07/20
Court reverses conviction on online Obama threat
2011/07/20
Ex-CEO convicted in scam at auto-chemical company
2011/07/06
Defendant in 4 Calif. killings now wants lawyer
2011/06/27
Citigroup ex-VP arrested in NYC on fraud charges
2011/06/20
Woman pleads guilty in border cash smuggling case
2011/06/12
Texas teachers may get student criminal histories
2011/06/10
Pa. appeals court upholds $188M Wal-Mart verdict
2011/06/10
US appeals court overturns release of detainee
2011/06/07
Lawyer: Baseline Killer suspect a 'ravenous wolf'
2011/06/06
Ex-IMF leader pleads not guilty to sex assault
2011/05/27
Appeals court upholds sentence in NC bus stop case
2011/05/23
Attorneys to give openings in Mumbai terror case
2011/05/23
Ohio couple pleads guilty in terror funding case
2011/05/19
Mack Trucks, Volvo to pay $525M to settle suit
2011/05/17
Minn. court: Defendant may withdraw guilty plea
2011/05/13
Hedge fund founder convicted in inside-trade case
2011/05/09
Delaware pediatrician waives right to jury trial
2011/04/28
Court close to seating Blagojevich jury
2011/04/18
Treasury risks overpaying law firms
2011/04/18
Judge Considers $30M Dairy Antitrust Settlement
2011/04/18
Court denies appeal over inmate's long sentence
2011/04/10
Court ruling could mean NJ budget scramble
2011/04/06
Split over union law reaches Wis. court race
2011/04/06
Louisiana to get $12M in Health Net case
2011/04/02
Blockbuster showdown coming today in bankruptcy court
2011/03/24
Court nixes new rape trial in dispute over poem
2011/03/24
Oregon appeals court: Teeth not dangerous weapon
2011/03/11
Ex-judge Camp sentenced to 30 days in prison
2011/03/11
Court blames LA County for ocean pollution
2011/03/01
Ex-NY state Sen. Dem. leader due in court .
2011/02/24
Ohio defendant called about drug money from jail
2011/02/24
man charged in NY infant snatching due in court
2011/02/24
Lake County, Indiana cutting free lunches to jurors
2011/02/10
JPMorgan says it did nothing wrong in Madoff fraud
2011/01/12
Judge approves $179M settlement for AK Steel retirees
2010/12/19
Lawyer for disgraced celebrity adviser is arrested
2010/11/02
Idaho Supreme Court lifts hold on refinery haul
2010/08/30
Thousands sign on for $10 billion BP suit
2010/05/17
Appeals court grants Dish rare review of TiVo case
2010/05/10
Oprah Winfrey’s company targets Boston law firm in suit
2010/05/03
Brit on Texas death row loses high court appeal
2010/04/14
Wichita Bookkeeper Sentenced For Embezzling
2009/12/24
6 accused in Mass. mortgage scheme
2009/12/24
Teen charged with starting 2 California wildfires
2009/12/22
Judge denies jury strikes motion in abortion case
2009/11/30
La Salle settles injured player's lawsuit
2009/11/09
Domain Auction Site Faces Shill Bidding Lawsuit
2009/10/05
Securities Class Action Trial Starts This Week Against Vivendi
2009/09/21
Dannon Settles Activia Lawsuit
2009/05/07
Demjanjuk appeals German court decision
2009/03/19
Gilman & Pastor File Class Action vs. "Chinese Drywall"
2009/02/02
Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Peanut Corp.
2009/01/02
Judge Upholds Detention of Two Gitmo Detainees
2008/12/23
Alamo seeks removal of religious language in suit
2008/12/03
Justices chide California-based appeals court
2008/11/17
Paralyzed Calif. man loses high court appeal
2008/11/04
Supreme Court wrestles with TV profanity case
2008/10/27
Chicago torture victims face uphill legal battle
2008/10/08
Ohio top court mulls Planned Parenthood files
2008/10/07
High court could block 'light' cigarettes lawsuit
2008/09/09
J.K. Rowling Smites Copyright Violator
2008/08/20
Ninth Circuit rules on 'no-fly' list
2008/08/18
Second Circuit Protects Plaintiff's Anonymity
2008/08/15
9th Circ. upholds denial of Oregon domestic partnership
2008/08/05
Inmate Says He's Too Fat for Lethal Injection
2008/07/28
Comedian Says Heckler's Lawsuit Isn't Funny
2008/06/22
Court will review $2.8 million award to Iranian
2008/05/23
Court Nixes Dog-Killing Deputy's Job Transfer
2008/05/08
Taser Stuns Coroners with Win in Autopsy Reports Case
2008/04/29
9th Circuit Resurrects School Bible Club Lawsuit
2008/03/20
Appeals Court Rules Against Qualcomm
2008/03/19
Supreme Court to Hear Indecency Case
2008/03/17
Court Accepts Crime Lab Case
2008/03/17
CNet to Appeal Court's Bylaw Ruling
2008/03/12
Verdict upheld for Valley law firm suing over fees
2008/03/08
Saddam Kickbacks Earn Oil Exec Prison
2008/03/07
U.S. treasure firm ordered to identify disputed wreck
2008/03/06
Court of Appeals weighs scope of extortion law
2008/03/06
Gault Pleads Guilty; Facing 50 Years In Prison
2008/03/05
US Court Denies Injunction Sought by Verigy
2008/03/05
Judge Wants Shipwreck Evidence Worked On
2008/03/04
Judge accepts plea deal in Cody Warren's death
2008/03/03
Yanez beats Criss in Texas Supreme Court primary
2008/03/03
Suspect in Ivy League ID Theft in Court
2008/03/02
A Selection of Breyer's Hypotheticals
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Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to ‘sanctuary’ cities
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A federal judge in California on Thursday barred the Trump administration from denying or conditioning the use of federal funds to “sanctuary” jurisdictions, saying that portions of President Donald Trump’s executive orders were unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge William Orrick issued the injunction sought by San Francisco and more than a dozen other municipalities that limit cooperation with federal immigration efforts.
Orrick wrote that defendants are prohibited “from directly or indirectly taking any action to withhold, freeze, or condition federal funds” and the administration must provide written notice of his order to all federal departments and agencies by Monday.
One executive order issued by Trump directs Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to withhold federal money to sanctuary jurisdictions. The second order directs every federal agency to ensure that payments to state and local governments do not “abet so-called ‘sanctuary’ policies that seek to shield illegal aliens from deportation.”
At a hearing Wednesday, Justice Department lawyers argued that it was much too early for the judge to grant an injunction when the government had not taken any action to withhold specific amounts or to lay out conditions on specific grants.
But Orrick, who was nominated by President Barack Obama, said this was essentially what government lawyers argued during Trump’s first term when the Republican issued a similar order.
“Their well-founded fear of enforcement is even stronger than it was in 2017,” Orrick wrote, citing the executive orders as well as directives from Bondi, other federal agencies and Justice Department lawsuits filed against Chicago and New York.
San Francisco successfully challenged the 2017 Trump order and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the lower court that the president exceeded his authority when he signed an executive order threatening to cut funding for “sanctuary cities.”
There is no strict definition for sanctuary policies or sanctuary cities, but the terms generally describe limited cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE enforces immigration laws nationwide but seeks state and local help in alerting federal authorities of immigrants wanted for deportation and holding that person until federal officers take custody.
Leaders of sanctuary jurisdictions say their communities are safer because immigrants feel they can communicate with local police without fear of deportation. It is also a way for municipalities to focus their dollars on crime locally, they say.
Besides San Francisco and Santa Clara County, which includes a third plaintiff, the city of San José, there are 13 other plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which include Seattle and King County, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota; New Haven, Connecticut; and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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HK defends its immigration procedures after British MP was denied entry
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2025/04/13 08:03
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Hong Kong’s government on Monday defended its immigration procedures after a British member of parliament was denied entry to the Chinese city last week, an incident that has prompted concerns among U.K. officials.
Wera Hobhouse, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party representing Bath, on Sunday wrote on the social media platform Bluesky that authorities gave her no explanation for what she described as a “cruel and upsetting blow.” She noted that she was the first British MP to face such a situation upon arrival in the former British colony since it returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
Hobhouse had told British media that she flew to Hong Kong to visit her newborn grandchild. She is also a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China that has scrutinized Beijing’s human rights record.
The Hong Kong government, in a statement released late Monday, maintained that its immigration officers are duty-bound to question individuals to ascertain the purpose of any visit.
“The person concerned knows best what he or she has done. It will be unhelpful to the person’s case if the person refuses to answer questions put to him or her for that purpose,” the statement read. The government added that it would not comment on individual cases.
The statement also said that Chief Secretary Eric Chan discussed the matter with the U.K. Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security Douglas Alexander earlier on Monday during the British official’s visit to Hong Kong.
In Beijing, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian emphasized that immigration affairs fall within the scope of national sovereignty and the city’s government has the right to handle individual immigration cases according to the law.
The British government also issued a statement on Monday about Hobhouse’s entry denial last Thursday. It stated that Alexander had raised its concerns with senior Chinese and Hong Kong counterparts and demanded an explanation during his visit to the city and mainland China.
“Unjustified restrictions on the freedom of movement for U.K. citizens into Hong Kong only serves to further undermine Hong Kong’s international reputation and the important people-to-people connections between the U.K. and Hong Kong,” it said.
It added that the U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy made clear that it would be unacceptable for any member of parliament to be denied entry for simply expressing their views. |
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Mexico says it will impose retaliatory tariffs on US with details coming Sunday
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2025/03/06 06:05
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Mexico’s president said Tuesday the country will respond to the 25% tariffs imposed by the United States with retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, with details to come.
Mexico will announce the targeted products and other measures Sunday at an event in Mexico City’s central plaza, a delay that suggests Mexico hopes to de-escalate the trade war set off by U.S. President Donald Trump.
President Claudia Sheinbaum said the government is “going to wait” because she had planted to speak to Trump this week. Mexico’s government has said since January it had a plan ready for this scenario.
“There is no motive or reason, nor justification that supports this decision that will affect our people and our nations,” Sheinbaum added.
China and Canada responded immediately with measures Tuesday.
Hours later, after stock markets took a hit, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said in a video posted to X that he was on the phone “all day” with Mexican and Canadian authorities.
“It’s not going to be a pause. None of that pause stuff,” he said. “Somewhere in the middle will likely be the outcome.”
Some 80% of Mexico’s exports go to the United States, part of more than $800 billion in trade between the countries last year.
Sheinbaum called “offensive, defamatory and without support” the White House allegations that Mexican drug traffickers persist because of “an intolerable relationship” with the Mexican government. Trump has said he’s targeting Mexico to force it to crack down on migrants and drugs entering the U.S.
She listed the achievements of her young administration against Mexico’s drug cartels, including seizing more than a ton of fentanyl and dismantling 329 methamphetamine labs. She also noted that Mexico sent the U.S. 29 drug cartel figures it requested last week.
“It’s inconceivable that they don’t think about the damage this is going to cause to United States citizens and businesses,” Sheinbaum said. “No one wins with this decision.”
Mexico’s president also noted that Trump on Monday said he respected her, and she said she respected him as well: “The thing is finding a way to collaborate, of coordinating without subordinating anyone for the benefit of our people.”
Trade experts expressed doubt over how long Trump’s tariffs would last, saying they would boost prices for American consumers including Trump’s base.
“It is going to do nothing to help with the food inflation in the U.S.,” said Timothy Wise, an expert on agricultural trade between Mexico and the U.S. “I don’t see it as sustainable. I don’t find it plausible that corporate folks who surround Trump are going to sit back and allow him to destroy their foreign markets.”
Gabriela Siller, economic analyst with Mexican financial group Banco Base, said in the short term, the tariffs could boost inflation, disrupt economic trade flows and slow economic growth for both countries.
But as she watched the gradually falling Mexican peso, she also noted “the exchange rate and volatility have not skyrocketed, as the market speculates that the U.S. government could withdraw the tariffs soon.”
Mexico has the most to potentially lose in a trade war with the U.S., and economists say extended tariffs would plunge Mexico’s economy into a recession. |
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Trump administration says it’s cutting 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts
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2025/02/27 08:05
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The Trump administration said it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall U.S. assistance around the world, putting numbers on its plans to eliminate the majority of U.S. development and humanitarian help abroad.
The cuts detailed by the administration would leave few surviving USAID projects for advocates to try to save in what are ongoing court battles with the administration.
The Trump administration outlined its plans in both an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press and filings in one of those federal lawsuits Wednesday.
The Supreme Court intervened in that case late Wednesday and temporarily blocked a court order requiring the administration to release billions of dollars in foreign aid by midnight.
Wednesday’s disclosures also give an idea of the scale of the administration’s retreat from U.S. aid and development assistance overseas, and from decades of U.S. policy that foreign aid helps U.S. interests by stabilizing other countries and economies and building alliances.
The memo said officials were “clearing significant waste stemming from decades of institutional drift.” More changes are planned in how USAID and the State Department deliver foreign assistance, it said, “to use taxpayer dollars wisely to advance American interests.”
President Donald Trump and ally Elon Musk have hit foreign aid harder and faster than almost any other target in their push to cut the size of the federal government. Both men say USAID projects advance a liberal agenda and are a waste of money.
Trump on Jan. 20 ordered what he said would be a 90-day program-by-program review of which foreign assistance programs deserved to continue, and cut off all foreign assistance funds almost overnight.
The funding freeze has stopped thousands of U.S.-funded programs abroad, and the administration and Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency teams have pulled the majority of USAID staff off the job through forced leave and firings.
Widely successful USAID programs credited with containing outbreaks of Ebola and other threats and saving more than 20 million lives in Africa through HIV and AIDS treatment are among those still cut off from agency funds, USAID officials and officials with partner organizations say. Meanwhile, formal notifications of program cancellations are rolling out.
In the federal court filings Wednesday, nonprofits owed money on contracts with USAID describe both Trump political appointees and members of Musk’s teams terminating USAID’s contracts around the world at breakneck speed, without time for any meaningful review, they say.
“‘There are MANY more terminations coming, so please gear up!’'' a USAID official wrote staff Monday, in an email quoted by lawyers for the nonprofits in the filings.
The nonprofits, among thousands of contractors, owed billions of dollars in payment since the freeze began, called the en masse contract terminations a maneuver to get around complying with the order to lift the funding freeze temporarily.
So did a Democratic lawmaker.
The administration was attempting to “blow through Congress and the courts by announcing the completion of their sham ‘review’ of foreign aid and the immediate termination of thousands of aid programs all over the world,” said Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
A coalition representing major U.S. and global businesses and nongovernmental organizations and former officials expressed shock at the move. “The American people deserve a transparent accounting of what will be lost — on counterterror, global health, food security, and competition,” the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition said.
The State Department said Secretary of State Marco Rubio had reviewed the terminations.
In all, the Trump administration said it will eliminate 5,800 of 6,200 multiyear USAID contract awards, for a cut of $54 billion. Another 4,100 of 9,100 State Department grants were being eliminated, for a cut of $4.4 billion.
The State Department memo, which was first reported by the Washington Free Beacon, described the administration as spurred by a federal court order that gave officials until the end of the day Wednesday to lift the Trump administration’s monthlong block on foreign aid funding. |
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Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case
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2025/02/13 20:15
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Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to defrauding donors to a private effort to build a wall on the U.S. southern border, ending a case the conservative strategist decried as a “political persecution.”
Spared from jail as part of a plea deal, he left court saying he “felt like a million bucks.”
Bannon, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty in state court in Manhattan to one count of scheme to defraud, a low-level felony. The case involved We Build the Wall, a non-profit that Bannon himself once suspected was a scam.
Bannon, 71, must stay out of trouble for three years to avoid additional punishment, including possible jail time. He also can’t raise money or serve as an officer or director for charities in New York and can’t use, sell, or possess any data gathered from border wall donors. Bannon had been scheduled to go to trial March 4.
His lawyer, Arthur Aidala, said Bannon wanted to “put up a fight,” but opted to plead guilty after weighing how a jury in heavily Democratic Manhattan might judge him. Under the deal, prosecutors agreed to drop money laundering and conspiracy charges against him.
Bannon’s plea deal came just days after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered the Justice Department to investigate what Trump called the “ weaponization of prosecutorial power.”
Outside court, Bannon urged Bondi to immediately open criminal investigations into Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose office prosecuted him, and New York Attorney General Letitia James, who sued Trump over his business practices and is leading legal challenges to his administration’s policies. Both are Democrats.
Bragg “can call a grand jury at any time” and “set up criminal charges on the most bogus efforts,” Bannon said. He called James the “queen of lawfare” and warned that Trump and his allies “ought to be worried about this out-of-control city.”
Bragg and James’ office didn’t immediately respond to Bannon’s comments.
Bragg took up the case and charged Bannon with state offenses after Trump cut a federal prosecution short with a pardon in the final hours of his first term in 2021. Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes, not state offenses.
Bannon was charged with falsely promising donors, including some in New York, that all money given to We Build the Wall would go toward erecting a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Instead, prosecutors alleged the money was used to enrich Bannon and others involved in the project.
The campaign, launched in 2018 after Trump fired Bannon as his chief strategist, quickly raised over $20 million and privately built a few miles of fencing along the border. It soon ran into trouble with the International Boundary and Water Commission, came under federal investigation and drew criticism from Trump, the Republican whose policy the charity was founded to support. |
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