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TikTok’s fate arrives at Supreme Court in collision of free speech
Legal Analysis 01/10/2025In one of the most important cases of the social media age, free speech and national security collide at the Supreme Court on Friday in arguments over the fate of TikTok, a wildly popular digital platform that roughly half the people in the United St...
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Trump asks the Supreme Court to block sentencing in his hush money case
Latest News 01/06/2025President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to call off Friday’s sentencing in his hush money case in New York.Trump’s lawyers turned to the nation’s highest court on Wednesday after New York courts refused to postpone ...
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Pentagon chief loses bid to reject 9/11 plea deals
U.S. Court News 01/01/2025A California appeals court has overturned the rape conviction of former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield after determining prosecutors made racially discriminatory statements during the Black man’s trial.The retired football player was sent...
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Republican protests in close North Carolina races dismissed by elections board
U.S. Court News 12/13/2024North Carolina’s elections board dismissed formal protests Wednesday by several Republican candidates who trailed narrowly in their races last month and had questioned well over 60,000 ballots cast this fall.The State Board of Elections’ ...
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Supreme Court rejects Wisconsin parents’ challenge to school guidance
U.S. Court News 12/09/2024The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Wisconsin parents who wanted to challenge a school district’s guidance for supporting transgender students.The justices, acting in a case from Eau Claire, left in place an appellate ruling dis...
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Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after ‘alarming blood test,’ attorney says
Latest News 12/02/2024Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized Monday following an “alarming blood test,” his attorney said, less than a week after the disgraced movie mogul filed a legal claim alleging substandard medical care at New York City’s notorious jail...
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Court backs Texas over razor wire installed on US-Mexico border
U.S. Court News 11/28/2024A 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 cro...
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PA high court orders counties not to count disputed ballots in US Senate race
U.S. Court News 11/22/2024Pennsylvania’s state Supreme Court on Monday weighed in on a flashpoint amid ongoing vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick, ordering counties not to count mail-in ballots that...
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ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials
Latest News 11/19/2024The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over their 13-month war in Gaz...
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Texas Supreme Court halts execution of man in shaken baby case
U.S. Court News 10/18/2024The Texas Supreme Court halted Thursday night’s scheduled execution of a man who would have become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.The late-night ruling to spare for ...
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Nebraska high court to decide if residents with felony records can vote
U.S. Court News 10/15/2024Thousands of Nebraska residents with felony records will learn Wednesday whether they’ll be able to vote in next month’s hotly contested elections after the state Supreme Court issues its ruling on a lawsuit seeking to restore their votin...
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Supreme Court rejects appeal from ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli
U.S. Court News 10/11/2024The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Martin Shkreli, who was once dubbed “Pharma Bro” after jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug. Shkreli appealed an order to return $64.6 million in profits he and his former company r...