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Germany calls for US to back off from world court sanctions
Latest News 09/03/2020Germany on Friday added its voice to criticism of U.S. sanctions against two top officials of the International Criminal Court, appealing to Washington to withdraw the measures and describing them as “a serious mistake.”The comments by Fo...
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California justices toss death penalty for Scott Peterson
U.S. Court News 08/29/2020Scott Peterson’s conviction for killing his pregnant wife will stand, but the California Supreme Court on Monday overturned his 2005 death sentence in a case that attracted worldwide attention. The justices cited “significant errors&rdquo...
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Thai court issues new arrest warrant for Red Bull scion
U.S. Court News 08/29/2020A Thai court issued a new arrest warrant on Tuesday for an heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune, a month after news of the dropping of a long-standing charge against him caused widespread anger.Assistant National Police Chief Lt. Gen. Jaruwat Wa...
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Colombia court calls on Uribe to testify in massacre probe
U.S. Court News 08/25/2020Colombia’s Supreme Court is calling on powerful former President Alvaro Uribe to testify in an investigation into three massacres that could once and for all establish whether he had any ties to violent paramilitary groups.The new legal quandar...
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Britney Spears asks court to curb father’s power over her
Court Alerts 08/22/2020Britney Spears on Tuesday asked a court to keep her father from reasserting the broad control over her life and career that he has had for most of the past 12 years. In documents filed by her court-appointed lawyer that give a rare public airing to t...
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Colombia warlord asks US court to force deportation to Italy
Law Journals 08/20/2020A lawyer for a former Colombian paramilitary leader is asking a U.S. federal court to force Attorney General William Barr to immediately deport the former warlord to Italy after he completed a long drug sentence.The emergency petition was filed Monda...
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9th Circuit ends California ban on high-capacity magazines
U.S. Court News 08/15/2020A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday threw out California’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines, saying the law violates the U.S. Constitution’s protection of the right to bear firearms.“Even ...
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High court: Rhode Island mail-in voters don't need witnesses
Business Law 08/12/2020The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday left in place an agreement that allows Rhode Island residents to vote by mail through November's general election without getting signatures from two witnesses or a notary.State officials had agreed to suspend the w...
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Appeals court sides with teen who spoke out against assault
U.S. Court News 08/08/2020A federal appeals court has ruled that a lower court was justified in blocking the suspension of a Maine high school student who posted a note in a bathroom to draw attention to sexual assault.Cape Elizabeth schools suspended Aela Mansmann, then a 15...
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Ohio Supreme Court to hear armed school staff training case
Legal Analysis 08/03/2020The Ohio Supreme Court will hear a school district's appeal of a ruling that they must provide police-level training to employees carrying concealed weapons.Madison Local Schools voted to allow armed school employees after a 2016 shooting in which tw...
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Appeals court revives House lawsuit for McGahn's testimony
Class Action News 08/01/2020A federal appeals court in Washington on Friday revived House Democrats' lawsuit to force former White House counsel Don McGahn to appear before a congressional committee, but left other legal issues unresolved with time growing short in the current ...
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‘See you in court’: ACLU files nearly 400 cases versus Trump
Criminal Law 07/28/2020The day after Donald Trump’s election in November 2016, the American Civil Liberties Union posted a message to him on its website: “See you in court.”As president, Trump hasn’t personally squared off against the ACLU from the ...