Recent Updates
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Court to Trump: Blocking Twitter critics is unconstitutional
Legal Compliance 07/06/2019President Donald Trump lost a major Twitter fight Tuesday when a federal appeals court said that his daily musings and pronouncements were overwhelmingly official in nature and that he violated the First Amendment whenever he blocked a critic to sile...
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Supreme Court to review Montana school choice program
Legal Compliance 06/19/2019The Supreme Court will consider reviving a Montana program that gives tax credits to people who donate to private-school scholarships. The state’s highest court had struck down the program because it violated the Montana constitution’s ba...
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Ronaldo rape lawsuit in Vegas moved from Nevada to US court
Legal Compliance 06/06/2019A lawsuit by a Nevada woman accusing soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo of raping her in 2009 at a Las Vegas Strip resort has been moved from state to federal court in Las Vegas, her lawyer said Wednesday.“We basically just switched venues, but the ...
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US court weighs if climate change violates children’s rights
Legal Compliance 06/01/2019In a courtroom packed with environmental activists, federal judges wrestled Tuesday with whether climate change violates the constitutional rights of young people who have sued the U.S. government over the use of fossil fuels.A Justice Department att...
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Utah judge suspended for making anti-Trump comments
Legal Compliance 05/23/2019A longtime Utah judge has been suspended without pay for six months after making critical comments online and in court about President Donald Trump, including a post bashing his “inability to govern and political incompetence.”Judge Micha...
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Indian court lifts ban on Chinese social media app TikTok
Legal Compliance 04/24/2019An Indian court on Wednesday lifted its ban on Chinese social media video-sharing app TikTok on the condition that the platform popular with teenagers would not be used to host obscene videos.Justices N. Kirubakaran and S.S. Sundar warned TikTok that...
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N Carolina court: State retirees should pay health premiums
Legal Compliance 03/04/2019A North Carolina appeals court is throwing out a judge's ruling that a former Supreme Court chief justice and other retired state government workers can't be forced to pay part of their health insurance premiums.A state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday...
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Court records reveal a Mueller report right in plain view
Legal Compliance 02/21/2019The Democrats had blamed Russia for the hacking and release of damaging material on his presidential opponent, Hillary Clinton. Trump wasn’t buying it. But on July 27, 2016, midway through a news conference in Florida, Trump decided to entertai...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate defends blog posts
Legal Compliance 01/28/2019Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn is defending blog posts he wrote more than a decade ago where he said a landmark gay rights court ruling could lead to legalized bestiality and labeled Planned Parenthood a “wicked o...
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High court lets military implement transgender restrictions
Legal Compliance 01/22/2019The Trump administration can go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender men and women while court challenges continue, the Supreme Court said Tuesday. The high court split 5-4 in allowing the plan to take effect, with the...
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Flake stokes presidential speculation as court debate rages
Legal Compliance 10/02/2018The Republican senator who suddenly sits at the center of the explosive debate over President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick was set to address New Hampshire voters on Monday ahead of a possible run for president.Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake was schedu...
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S. Korea court extends ex-leader Park's lengthy prison term
Legal Compliance 08/24/2018A South Korean high court has extended the lengthy prison sentence of former President Park Geun-hye for corruption in office.In April, a district court sentenced Park to 24 years in jail over bribery, extortion, abuse of power and other charges. She...