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368 entries in 'Court News' |
2025/02/09
Officers plead guilty in DWI police corruption probe in Albuquerque, NM
2025/02/04
Trump signs order imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court
2025/02/01
Elon Musk dodges DOGE scrutiny while expanding his power in Washington
2025/01/19
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat
2025/01/13
Utah's bid for public land control from the federal government denied by court
2024/11/05
Giuliani says he's a victim of 'political persecution' as he's told again to give up assets
2024/09/20
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs jailed by judge after sex trafficking indictment
2024/09/17
Alaska man charged with sending graphic threats to kill Supreme Court justices
2024/07/07
Giuliani Disbarred in N.Y. for Wrongdoing During Trump’s 2020 Campaign
2024/06/17
Ex-Thailand PM Shinawatra indicted for defaming monarchy
2024/02/26
Witness at trial recounts fatal shooting of cinematographer by Alec Baldwin
2024/01/01
Taiwan’s presidential candidates emphasize peace in relations with Beijing
2023/10/30
Sen. Menendez enters not guilty plea to a new conspiracy charge
2023/10/28
China Evergrande winding-up hearing adjourned to Dec. 4 by Hong Kong court
2023/10/20
Federal Judge rules California assault weapons ban unconstitutional
2023/07/27
Hunter Biden’s plea deal on hold after federal judge raises concerns
2023/03/12
Ohio State asks court to hear Title IX issues in abuse suits
2023/03/02
Hobbs doesn’t plan to carry out execution scheduled by court
2023/03/01
North Carolina Supreme Court to revisit school funding
2023/02/22
Court: Michigan city can’t conceal police force policy
2023/01/11
Ex-Louisiana lawmaker gets 22-month sentence for wire fraud
2022/12/24
North Dakota woman who brought raccoon to bar gets probation
2022/12/16
US trustee, media challenging secrecy in FTX bankruptcy
2022/11/07
Jackson, in dissent, issues first Supreme Court opinion
2022/10/27
Same-sex marriage is now legal in all of Mexico’s states
2022/09/23
Arizonan sentenced for Vegas-based scheme targeting migrants
2022/09/14
Alabama must disclose status of nitrogen hypoxia executions
2022/08/26
Lobster fishing union drops lawsuit about new whale closure
2022/08/15
Some Capitol rioters try to profit from their Jan. 6 crimes
2022/07/13
Court reinstates ban on lobster gear to protect right whales
2022/05/23
Pakistani court orders probe into ex-minister’s arrest
2022/05/02
Connecticut Senate OKs bill that protects abortion providers
2022/04/14
Abortion restriction bill signed by Florida Gov. DeSantis
2022/03/22
New York’s top court rules in favor of fantasy sports bets
2021/08/06
Starting Up: The Balanced Approach
2021/07/09
Michigan court won’t extend voting redistricting deadline
2021/07/07
Judge asked to dismiss lawsuit over WVa transgender ban
2021/06/28
Supreme Court won’t revive school’s transgender bathroom ban
2021/06/25
High court to rule whether to hear Maine school choice case
2021/06/18
Iowa’s high court stops lawsuit over farm runoff pollution
2021/06/14
Justices consider Harvard case on race in college admissions
2021/06/06
New Hampshire high court lifting mask requirement; theater reopening
2021/06/04
Appeals court upholds guilty verdicts in NCAA bribes case
2021/06/01
Supreme Court ruling gives immigrant facing deportation hope
2021/05/26
Justices signal they could limit Indian Country ruling
2021/05/24
Supreme Court: Guam can pursue $160M dump cleanup lawsuit
2021/05/21
Nebraska high court rejects appeal in Scottsbluff murder
2021/05/09
Former lawmakers sue over Supreme Court election changes
2021/05/01
Top Kansas court upholds law barring ‘wrongful birth’ suits
2021/04/14
Mississippi marijuana program hinges on initiative arguments
2021/04/11
Ex-police chief gets 1 year in prison for hiring scandal
2021/04/05
High court sides with Google in copyright fight with Oracle
2021/03/15
Man gets 5 years in prison for arson at Savannah city office
2021/03/10
Drug trafficker says he bribed Honduras president
2021/03/07
Nepal Parliament, reinstated by high court, begins session
2021/02/05
Maine ban on religious tuition funding goes to Supreme Court
2021/02/02
More protests called in Moscow to demand Navalny’s release
2021/01/24
Supreme Court won't hear Nevada church's COVID-19 case
2021/01/04
Republicans condemn 'scheme' to undo election for Trump
2020/12/24
Trump plan to curb drug costs dealt setback in court
2020/12/23
Turkish court convicts former editor on terror charges
2020/12/13
Supreme Court rejects Republican attack on Biden victory
2020/12/08
Raimondo makes historic nomination to state Supreme Court
2020/11/25
Biden win over Trump in Nevada made official by court
2020/11/17
Justice Alito: COVID restrictions ‘previously unimaginable’
2020/11/06
With counting winding down, Trump team pushes legal fights
2020/11/05
Election 2020 Today: No winner yet, Trump’s court threat
2020/10/09
High court nominee served as ‘handmaid’ in religious group
2020/10/06
2 justices slam court’s 2015 decision in gay marriage case
2020/09/30
Trump taps ‘eminently qualified’ Barrett for Supreme Court
2020/09/16
Shooting outside US court in Phoenix wounds federal officer
2020/09/15
Court: Trump can end temporary legal status for 4 countries
2020/09/07
Saudi court issues final verdicts in Khashoggi killing
2020/09/04
Slovakia court set to give verdict in reporter's slaying
2020/09/01
High Court in London backs Virgin Atlantic's rescue plan
2020/08/28
Huawei, ZTE lose patent appeal cases at UK Supreme Court
2020/08/25
Thai court issues new arrest warrant for Red Bull scion
2020/08/20
Convention silence from Democrats with high court at stake
2020/08/05
Court upholds health order fines for New Mexico businesses
2020/07/31
Judges chosen to help Mississippi courts with backlog
2020/07/18
Justice Ginsburg says cancer has returned, but won’t retire
2020/07/17
Given a chance, Trump would push court pick before election
2020/07/11
Wisconsin Supreme Court OKs GOP-authored lame-duck laws
2020/06/27
Supreme Court doesn’t wade into Texas mail-in voting battle
2020/06/23
Ohio to U.S. Supreme Court: Keep signature rules in place
2020/06/22
Supreme Court rules SEC can recoup money in fraud cases
2020/06/18
What Supreme Court? Trump's HHS pushes LGBT health rollback
2020/05/23
Judge blocks St. Louis prosecutor from law firm payments
2020/05/17
Louisiana Senate targets lawyer ads promising big payouts
2020/05/11
Catholic schools, ex-teachers clash in Supreme Court case
2020/04/28
Court tosses NY case that could have expanded gun rights
2020/04/26
Meghan's privacy case against tabloid heard at UK Court
2020/04/24
Meghan's privacy case against tabloid heard at UK Court
2020/04/17
Hawaii Judiciary postpones state court trials amid pandemic
2020/04/12
Court lifts part of order blocking Texas abortion ban
2020/04/06
Poland chamber penalizing judges must be suspended
2020/04/04
Court drops rape, other charges against megachurch leader
2020/03/20
Fight over jaguar habitat in Southwest heads back to court
2020/03/16
Neville keeps seat in crowded primary for Supreme Court
2020/02/19
Court reinstates order for Russia to pay $50 bln over Yukos
2020/02/13
European court backs Spain on express migrant deportations
2020/02/08
Edwards takes treasurer to court over blocked fund transfer
2020/02/03
Missouri county sued over jail time for unpaid court costs
2020/01/26
Court: Methodist bishops must testify in sex abuse case
2020/01/14
Supreme Court rejects appeal in texting suicide case
2020/01/03
UK woman in Cyprus gang rape case gets suspended sentence
2019/12/23
High court upholds murder conviction for Albuquerque man
2019/12/18
Judge criticized by abortion foes named to top Kansas court
2019/12/14
Justices to take up dispute over subpoenas for Trump records
2019/12/04
Afghanistan probe appeal begins at Hague international court
2019/11/20
Bolivians urge US court to restore $10M verdict on killings
2019/10/28
Court OKs conviction of pharma executive Shkreli's ex-lawyer
2019/10/14
In or out? Court case on job bias casts pall on LGBT fests
2019/10/07
Supreme Court to begin new term: About the top cases
2019/10/04
US Supreme Court to review Kansas’ lack of insanity defense
2019/10/01
Trial begins Monday in Kansas abortion stalking lawsuit
2019/09/10
New justice formally joins Virginia Supreme Court
2019/09/07
Attorneys: Court seat puts Montgomery in far different role
2019/08/22
SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Gender pronouns part of LGBT fight
2019/08/20
Australian court upholds sex abuse verdict of Cardinal Pell
2019/08/07
Appeal in John Steinbeck lawsuit heard in court
2019/07/18
Records detail frenetic effort to bury stories about Trump
2019/07/18
Dutch Supreme Court upholds Srebrenica deaths liability
2019/07/16
Women urge jail until trial for Epstein as judge weighs bail
2019/07/04
High court keeps citizenship question off census for now
2019/07/03
Appeals court puts Trump abortion restrictions on hold again
2019/06/28
Supreme Court sends Florida cross case back to lower court
2019/06/25
High court strikes down ‘scandalous’ part of trademark law
2019/06/19
Court rules UK must reconsider arms sales to Saudi Arabia
2019/06/08
Supreme Court rules against oil drilling platform workers
2019/06/02
Carnival will pay $20m over pollution from its cruise ships
2019/05/26
Utah judge suspended for making anti-Trump comments
2019/05/24
Brazil's supreme court votes to make homophobia a crime
2019/05/11
Students in Colorado shooting face murder, other charges
2019/05/07
Georgia high court to hear appeal in election challenge
2019/04/21
Supreme Court to take up LGBT job discrimination cases
2019/04/19
Accuracy at core of Supreme Court case over census question
2019/04/17
Nissan ex-chair Ghosn appeal on extended detention rejected
2019/04/12
Court overrules judge in Coryell County hospital explosion dispute
2019/04/11
Chief Justice Unveils Opioid-Related Court Initiative
2019/04/10
Judges reject Afghanistan probe; cite lack of cooperation
2019/04/02
Loughlin, Huffman due in court in college admissions scam
2019/03/26
Coaches, others due in court in college admissions scam
2019/02/12
Opera singer, husband appear in court on sex assault charge
2019/02/06
Man accused of kidnapping Wisconsin girl to appear in court
2019/02/05
Appellate judge announces run for Supreme Court seat
2019/02/03
NC high court sidesteps decision on tracking sex offenders
2019/01/26
North Carolina Supreme Court to examine Smithfield payments
2019/01/21
Congress to Probe Report that Trump Directed Lawyer to Lie
2018/12/31
Low-key days at Supreme Court may be ending soon
2018/12/24
Myanmar court hears appeal of convicted Reuters journalists
2018/12/20
Spain court grants $1.7 billion compensation for oil spill
2018/12/11
Thai court extends detention of refugee sought by Bahrain
2018/12/02
Sri Lanka court orders prime minister to refrain from duties
2018/11/30
Indicted US lawmaker to return to court after re-election
2018/11/28
Court could deal blow to porn star, award Trump legal fees
2018/11/18
Lawyer for WikiLeaks’ Assange says he would fight charges
2018/10/26
North Carolina top court orders study of courtroom portraits
2018/10/22
Poland: Top court judges return from forced retirements
2018/10/20
Court to hear case over ID of Texas execution drug supplier
2018/10/16
Georgia high court won't stop vote on creation of new city
2018/10/03
UN court orders US to lift some Iran sanctions
2018/10/01
Supreme Court won't hear case over California beach access
2018/09/29
Supreme Court term amid starts in shadow of Kavanaugh
2018/09/23
Trump picks combat over caution in court fight
2018/09/23
Idaho high court considers defamation lawsuit
2018/09/13
The Latest: New Mexico court blocks straight-ticket option
2018/08/26
Poland likely to ignore EU court ruling on justice overhaul
2018/08/15
Court document details moments before fatal police shooting
2018/08/12
N Carolina Supreme Court race lawsuit returning to court
2018/08/02
With scant record, Supreme Court nominee elusive on abo
2018/07/31
Donald Trump Jr., wife due in court for divorce hearing
2018/07/30
High court gives mixed verdict on Burgum-Legislature spat
2018/07/21
New Jersey court proposes tossing out old open-warrant cases
2018/07/16
India's top court calls for new law to curb mob violence
2018/07/14
German court: Catalan politician can legally be extradited
2018/07/02
Schumer rallies opposition to Trump anti-abortion court pick
2018/06/26
For new Supreme Court justice, a host of big issues awaits
2018/06/23
Man charged in bike path killings speaks in court of 'Allah'
2018/06/22
Indonesia court sentences cleric behind attacks to death
2018/06/17
State appeals court reinstates California's right-to-die law
2018/06/12
Gamers in court for first time after Kansas 'swatting' death
2018/06/04
Detroit-area couple in court over control of frozen embryos
2018/05/13
Court rules Italy's Berlusconi can run for office again
2018/05/01
Law firm hired to investigate economic development agency
2018/05/01
Arkansas officials ask court to keep voter ID law in place
2018/04/22
Judge fights for job after admitting to courthouse affair
2018/04/05
SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Diabetes, decisions and justice math
2018/04/01
Drug companies want Supreme Court to take eye drop dispute
2018/03/18
Another key redistricting case goes in front of high court
2018/02/24
Court leaves black judge on case against white officer
2018/02/22
Supreme Court sides with Chicago museum in terror case
2018/02/07
Supreme Court blocks some redrawn North Carolina districts
2018/02/06
Greek court postpones decision in Turkish extradition case
2018/02/04
Prosecutor asks for prison terms in Paris terror trial
2018/02/01
Nassar to face another sentence, victims in return to court
2018/01/28
Pennsylvania GOP take gerrymandering case to US high court
2018/01/16
Hong Kong court to rule later on 3 activists' prison terms
2018/01/16
Supreme Court to hear sales tax collection case
2018/01/15
Doctor charged in wife's death moved after threat to him
2018/01/11
Doctor charged in wife's death moved after threat to him
2018/01/10
State high court upholds ex-police chief's murder conviction
2018/01/04
Western powers warn Kosovo on changing war crimes court law
2018/01/02
Spanish court reviews custody of ex-Catalan vice president
2017/12/06
Arkansas judge blocks state from issuing birth certificates
2017/12/04
Prosecutors ask court to send Russia's ex-minister to prison
2017/11/30
Court: Congregation's display doesn't deserve tax exemption
2017/11/27
Court: Stress no grounds for rescinding guilty pleas
2017/11/21
Belgian court pushes back extradition hearing for 5 Catalans
2017/11/16
German Court: Kuwait Airways Can Refuse Israeli Passengers
2017/11/10
High court to hear appeal in Newtown school shooting case
2017/10/30
Illinois to require veterans courts across the state in 2018
2017/10/21
Court, for now, blocks immigrant teen's access to abortion
2017/10/10
Australia's High Court to consider fate of 7 lawmakers
2017/10/07
Court nixes class-action status for TGI Friday's drink suit
2017/09/27
Pakistan ex-PM criticizes judiciary for his disqualification
2017/09/23
Ski Resort Fraud Court Case to Get Started in Vermont
2017/09/18
Rooney gets road ban after pleading guilty to drunk driving
2017/09/14
FBI Searched Ex-Oklahoma Senator's Office for Porn
2017/09/08
Abortion clinic dispute to be argued in Ohio Supreme Court
2017/08/29
Supreme Court justice blocks ruling on redrawing Texas districts
2017/08/20
Judge refuses to end Roman Polanski sex assault case
2017/08/16
Missouri Supreme Court rejects request to stop execution
2017/08/12
Prosecutors ask court to imprison Samsung heir for 12 years
2017/08/07
Court complicates Trump's threat to cut 'Obamacare' funds
2017/08/01
Man suspected in Indiana officer's killing due in court
2017/07/24
Driver due in court after deaths of migrants in tractor-trailer
2017/07/24
Court hearing could decide fate of dog pardoned by governor
2017/07/21
Court ends hearing into corruption charges against PM
2017/07/13
Hearing In San Diego Unified Suit Against The College Board
2017/07/11
Rob Kardashian's ex-fiancee arrives at court for hearing
2017/07/10
Relatives of Slain US Troops Describe Loss to Jordan Court
2017/07/04
Court: Energy firm can pass $55M cleanup costs
2017/06/25
Attention on Supreme Court as justice weigh Trump travel ban
2017/06/14
Court filing: Marsh seeks OK to sell 26 grocery stores
2017/06/13
Indiana governor names Judge Goff to state Supreme Court
2017/06/09
Roman Polanski sex victim to appear in court for first time
2017/05/31
Mom sentenced in Australian court for drowning 3 children
2017/05/30
Kim Jong Nam murder suspect asks her parents to pray for her
2017/05/28
Trump travel ban showdown headed for Supreme Court
2017/05/08
New Mexico Supreme Court won't restore funds to Legislature
2017/05/03
Supreme Court says cities can sue banks under anti-bias law
2017/05/01
Idaho Judicial Council accepting applications for high court
2017/04/22
Fresno killings suspect shouts out during 1st court hearing
2017/04/20
Not guilty pleas entered for accused in Canada polygamy case
2017/04/18
Ohio high court will review full autopsies from 8 slayings
2017/04/13
2 inmates seek execution stays from Arkansas high court
2017/04/06
US court ruling could bring more suits over Nazi-looted art
2017/04/02
Democrats tighten opposition of high court pick
2017/03/30
High Court Struggles Over Hospital Pension Dispute
2017/03/20
Court: Student prayers OK at school board meetings
2017/03/17
China praises courts for punishing state security crimes
2017/03/17
Kansas Supreme Court receptive to protecting abortion rights
2017/03/13
Alleged jewel thief arrested after missing court hearing
2017/03/12
Airport shooting suspect in court on mental health issues
2017/03/06
Immigration courts: record number of cases, many problems
2017/03/02
Florida Legislature at "Open War" with State Supreme Court
2017/02/24
US appeals court upholds Maryland assault weapons ban
2017/02/21
Trial court election changes considered by North Carolina House
2017/02/15
Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear open meetings case
2017/02/14
NC court blocks law stripping governor of election powers
2017/01/28
Philippine president's drug crackdown faces court challenge
2017/01/27
Driver due in court in Cleveland officer's hit-and-run death
2017/01/26
Student guilty of black church arsons wants pro-white group
2017/01/22
Ethics measure backers ask high court to let them join case
2017/01/21
Aaron Hernandez expected in court as murder trial nears
2016/12/06
State high court to hear wind power appeal
2016/12/01
German court upholds former Auschwitz guard's conviction
2016/11/29
Supreme Court rejects church's appeal over marijuana laws
2016/11/20
French court restores far-right candidate's ties to father
2016/11/18
Supreme Court stays execution of Alabama inmate
2016/11/03
Supreme Court won't hear challenge to FBI fitness test
2016/11/01
Supreme Court gives new chance to 5 Arizona inmates
2016/10/26
Greece court cancels TV license overhaul; blow to government
2016/10/10
Iraq's federal court rules against prime minister's reforms
2016/10/03
US Supreme Court won't hear Arizona death sentence case
2016/09/22
European court dismisses case brought by Srebrenica families
2016/09/19
Court rules man treated for mental illness can have a gun
2016/09/18
Court halts construction of another section of pipeline
2016/09/11
Biden, Supreme Court nominee on Hill to pressure GOP
2016/09/08
Court denies asylum to 28 detained Latin American mothers
2016/08/24
Appeals court: Week of early voting shouldn't return to Ohio
2016/08/19
Polish prosecutors investigate court head for abuse of power
2016/08/13
North Carolina shooting victim's family hires lawyer
2016/08/09
Appeals court hands loss to New Jersey sports betting effort
2016/07/29
Courts derail voting limits pushed by GOP in 3 states
2016/07/27
Court won't reinstate church official's conviction
2016/07/12
Court denies hospital's bid to perform brain death test
2016/07/08
Thai military court adds to singer's jail term for insults
2016/07/06
Court orders release of Chicago police disciplinary records
2016/07/05
Obama rebukes Poland over paralysis of constitutional court
2016/06/25
Scalia's death, Senate inaction leave Supreme Court in bind
2016/06/14
Spain court orders Operation Puerto blood bags released
2016/06/13
Court Vacates $1.8M Ventura Award in 'American Sniper' Case
2016/06/12
High Court won't hear dispute over birthright citizenship
2016/06/08
Appeals court denies Hope Solo's bid to avoid trial
2016/06/06
British court gives 22 life sentences to pedophile
2016/06/03
Missouri Appeals Court to decide fight over frozen embryos
2016/05/31
Bahrain court more than doubles opposition leader's sentence
2016/05/28
Man admits kidnapping teen girl, raping her during captivity
2016/05/27
Court upholds $3M judgment against Gerber Products Co.
2016/05/26
Swedish court upholds arrest warrant for Julian Assange
2016/05/25
Swedish court upholds arrest warrant for Julian Assange
2016/05/22
Court rejects blocking health warning on sugary drinks ads
2016/05/10
Kansas Supreme Court reviews lawmakers' school aid changes
2016/05/08
Court: Slipknot bassist's child born after he died can sue
2016/05/04
Tribunal: India, Italy should agree on Italian marine's bail
2016/04/25
Stoddard firefighter charged with arson due in court
2016/04/13
Supreme Court to swear in large group of deaf lawyers
2016/04/12
Appeals court rules Mississippi can resume Google inquiry
2016/03/27
Attorney: Court ruling lets Ohio political candidates lie
2016/03/20
Supreme Court rejects states' challenge to Colorado pot law
2016/03/18
Man accused of terrorism charge with fiancee pleads guilty
2016/03/15
RNC launches campaign to oppose Obama's Supreme Court pick
2016/03/12
Teen changes plea to guilty in deaths of mother, stepfather
2016/03/10
Federal appeals court to rehear Texas voter ID case
2016/02/23
German court ends fight over estate of Iran shah's 2nd wife
2016/02/07
Kenya: Supreme court judge to be investigated over bribery
2016/01/30
Texas renews bid for court-imposed refugee restrictions
2016/01/23
Appeals court upholds Virginia health care facility law
2016/01/18
Ohio's top court declines to change rules on plea deals
2016/01/15
High court raises doubts over Puerto Rico sovereignty
2015/12/12
Mexico issues first permits for marijuana under court ruling
2015/11/17
India court orders action on crematorium near Taj Mahal
2015/11/12
Ruling gives Sandusky back $4,900-a-month Penn State pension
2015/11/03
German court: former SS Auschwitz guard fit for trial
2015/11/02
High court rejects ex-stockbroker's appeal in fraud case
2015/10/18
'Whitey' Bulger's lover heads to court on contempt charge
2015/10/17
Man pleads guilty in threats against Wichita courthouse
2015/10/17
Court records: Ohio man on electronic monitor raped teen
2015/10/10
Quaid expected in Vermont court to face charge
2015/09/14
Ferguson panel recommends police, court reform, transparency
2015/09/08
German court rules against Lufthansa pilot strike
2015/09/07
Kentucky court session planned in former women's coach case
2015/09/05
U.S. military chooses rarely-used charge for Bergdahl
2015/08/27
Burkina Faso court rejects candidate of former ruling party
2015/08/12
Man charged with killing Memphis officer to appear in court
2015/08/11
Penn State ex-officials' case heads to appeals court hearing
2015/08/03
UK jury says trader guilty of manipulating key interest rate
2015/07/27
Appeals court revives challenge to consumer agency
2015/07/25
Appeals court revives challenge to consumer age
2015/07/24
NY state Sen. Sampson found guilty of obstruction
2015/07/19
Ill. high court rejects intervention on state paychecks
2015/07/13
Pakistan court grants bail to top model arrested with cash
2015/07/09
Court revises test on determining Native American status
2015/07/04
Bryant tells court it should affirm same-sex marriage ruling
2015/06/29
Supreme Court will re-hear Texas affirmative action
2015/06/20
Illinois high court: Comcast must reveal anonymous commenter
2015/06/10
Man accused of Jewish site shootings to appear in court
2015/06/04
Judge grants new trial in death of intern Chandra Levy
2015/04/23
California court ruling could limit drought fighting tools
2015/03/23
Bond hearing scheduled for millionaire Durst in New Orleans
2015/02/25
Philippine court enters not guilty plea for US Marine
2015/02/09
Former Massey Energy CEO asks court to dismiss charges
2015/02/09
Alabama begins issuing marriage licenses to gay couples
2015/02/03
Supreme Court halts 3 upcoming executions in Oklahoma
2015/02/03
Two justices once open to cameras in court now reconsider
2015/01/30
Fugitive treasure hunter to appear in Florida federal court
2015/01/19
Arizona sheriff could face civil contempt hearing in court
2015/01/08
Nebraska court could hold up Keystone pipeline
2015/01/05
Idaho gay marriage fight appealed to Supreme Court
2014/12/11
Woman at center of 1961 Supreme Court case dies
2008/12/02
Sen. Kennedy awarded honorary degree from Harvard
2008/03/07
Prospective Lawyers May Face Higher Bar Exam Fees
2008/03/06
S.C. giving 1st bar exam since test ruled flawed
2008/03/06
DC Young Lawyers in for Bar Exam Sticker Shock
2008/02/29
2008 Arizona Bar Exam Deadlines and Fees
2008/02/28
February 2008 CA Bar Exam Deadlines
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Officers plead guilty in DWI police corruption probe in Albuquerque, NM
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2025/02/09 12:27
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Two former Albuquerque police officers pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges of racketeering, extortion and accepting bribes in a sweeping corruption investigation into a scheme that allegedly allowed people arrested for driving while intoxicated to evade conviction, according to court records.
The former officers worked under the Albuquerque Police Department’s driving while intoxicated unit and acknowledged conspiring with attorney Ricardo Mendez in a yearslong scheme. Federal investigators say that Mendez’s law firm offered gifts and thousands of dollars in bribes to officers in exchange for having his clients’ cases dismissed.
Officers Joshua Montaño and Honorio Alba signed agreements to plead guilty and cooperate with investigators in exchange for leniency on charges that might otherwise result in lengthy prison sentences. Attorneys for Montaño and Alba did not immediately respond to phone and email messages.
Mendez last month pleaded guilty to a slew of federal charges that include racketeering and bribery.
Clients would pay Mendez or his associate an attorney retainer fee in cash, court records said. Then Mendez would pay officers in cash — $5,000 or more — or in the form of gifts or legal services to not appear in court as a necessary witness to the driving incident, resulting in the dismissal of the case.
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Trump signs order imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court
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2025/02/04 12:28
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court over investigations of Israel, a close U.S. ally.
Neither the U.S. nor Israel is a member of or recognizes the court, which has issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes over his military response in Gaza after the Hamas attack against Israel in October 2023. Tens of thousands of Palestinians, including children, have been killed during the Israeli military’s response.
The order Trump signed Thursday accuses the ICC of engaging in “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel” and of abusing its power by issuing “baseless arrest warrants” against Netanyahu and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant.
“The ICC has no jurisdiction over the United States or Israel,” the order states, adding that the court had set a “dangerous precedent” with its actions against both countries.
Trump’s action came as Netanyahu was visiting Washington. He and Trump held talks Tuesday at the White House, and Netanyahu spent some of Thursday meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
The order says the U.S. will impose “tangible and significant consequences” on those responsible for the ICC’s “transgressions.” Actions may include blocking property and assets and not allowing ICC officials, employees and relatives to enter the United States.
Human rights activists said sanctioning court officials would have a chilling effect and run counter to U.S. interests in other conflict zones where the court is investigating.
“Victims of human rights abuses around the world turn to the International Criminal Court when they have nowhere else to go, and President Trump’s executive order will make it harder for them to find justice,” said Charlie Hogle, staff attorney with American Civil Liberties Union’s National Security Project. “The order also raises serious First Amendment concerns because it puts people in the United States at risk of harsh penalties for helping the court identify and investigate atrocities committed anywhere, by anyone.”
Hogle said the order “is an attack on both accountability and free speech.”
“You can disagree with the court and the way it operates, but this is beyond the pale,” Sarah Yager, Washington director of Human Rights Watch, said in an interview prior to the announcement.
Like Israel, the U.S. is not among the court’s 124 members and has long harbored suspicions that a global court could arbitrarily prosecute U.S. officials. A 2002 law authorizes the Pentagon to liberate any American or U.S. ally held by the court. In 2020, Trump sanctioned chief prosecutor Karim Khan’s predecessor, Fatou Bensouda, over her decision to open an inquiry into war crimes committed by all sides, including the U.S., in Afghanistan.
However, those sanctions were lifted under President Joe Biden, and the U.S. began to tepidly cooperate with the tribunal ? especially after Khan in 2023 charged Russian President Vladimir Putin with war crimes in Ukraine.
Driving that turnaround was Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who organized meetings in Washington, New York and Europe between Khan and GOP lawmakers who have been among the court’s fiercest critics. |
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Elon Musk dodges DOGE scrutiny while expanding his power in Washington
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2025/02/01 12:28
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Elon Musk made a clear promise after Donald Trump decided to put him in charge of making the government more efficient.
“It’s not going to be some sort of backroom secret thing,” Musk said last year. “It will be as transparent as possible,” maybe even streamed live online. It hasn’t worked out that way so far.
In the three weeks since the Republican president has been back in the White House, Musk has rapidly burrowed deep into federal agencies while avoiding public scrutiny of his work. He has not answered questions from journalists or attended any hearings with lawmakers. Staff members for his so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, have sidelined career officials around Washington.
It is a profound challenge not only to business-as-usual within the federal government, which Trump campaigned on disrupting, but to concepts of consensus and transparency that are foundational in a democratic system. Musk describes himself as “White House tech support,” and he has embedded himself in an unorthodox administration where there are no discernible limits on his influence.
Donald K. Sherman, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said Trump has allowed Musk to “exert unprecedented power and authority over government systems” with “maximal secrecy and little-to-no accountability.”
The White House insisted that DOGE is “extremely transparent” and shared examples of its work so far, such as canceling contracts and ending leases for underused buildings. House Republicans said the Trump administration also discovered that Social Security benefits were being paid to a dozen people listed as 150 years old.
“We’re going to find billions, hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse and, you know, the people elected me on that,” Trump said in a Fox News interview to be aired along with the Super Bowl on Sunday. He described Musk as “terrific” and said he would soon focus on the Department of Defense, the country’s largest government agency.
That is true, at least judging by Musk’s social media, where no thought appears to be suppressed. His X account is a flood of internet memes, attacks on critics and professions of loyalty to the president. He has made clear the grand scope of his ambitions, talking in existential terms about the need to reverse the federal deficit, cut government spending and roll back progressive programs.
“This administration has one chance for major reform that may never come again,” he posted on Saturday. “It’s now or never.”
Musk is used to doing things his own way. The world’s richest person, he became wealthy with the online payment service PayPal, then took over the electric car manufacturer Tesla and founded the rocket company SpaceX. More recently, he bought Twitter and rebranded it as X, cutting jobs and remaking its culture.
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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat
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2025/01/19 05:53
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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio ’s seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday, making Moody only the second woman to represent Florida in the chamber.
Elected as the state’s top law enforcement officer in 2018, Moody campaigned on a pledge to voters that she’d be a prosecutor, not a politician. But along with DeSantis, she boosted her political profile during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, calling on the federal government to “hold China responsible” for the outbreak.
In elevating her to the post, DeSantis praised Moody as a key player in his political battles, a law and order prosecutor who’s prepared to help President-elect Donald Trump “secure and shut the border,” rein in inflation, and overhaul what he described as a federal bureaucracy “run amok.”
“I’m ready to show up and fight for this nation and fight for President Trump to deliver the America First agenda on Day 1,” Moody said during Thursday’s announcement at a hotel in Orlando.
“The only way to return this country to the people, the people who govern it, is to make sure we have a strong Congress doing its job, passing laws and actually approving the regulations that these unelected bureaucrats are trying to cram down on the American people,” she added.
Before running for statewide office, Moody worked as a federal prosecutor. In 2006, she was elected to the post of circuit judge in Hillsborough County, home to Tampa. A fifth generation native of Plant City, Florida, Moody was once named queen of the city’s famed strawberry festival. She’s a three-time graduate of the University of Florida and she and her husband, a law enforcement officer, have two sons.
As the state’s attorney general, Moody has been instrumental in defending DeSantis’ conservative agenda in court and has joined other Republican-led states in challenging the Biden administration’s policies, suing over changes to immigration enforcement, student loan forgiveness and vaccine mandates for federal contractors.
“I’m happy to say we’ve had an Attorney General that is somebody that has acted time and time again to support the values that we all share,” DeSantis said. “We in Florida established our state as a beachhead of liberty, as the free state of Florida. And she was with us every step of the way.”
Moody isn’t the state’s only AG to use the office as a stepping stone to a national post. Her predecessor, Pam Bondi, is Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department and is testifying Thursday in the Senate.
Moody will be the second woman to represent the state in the Senate, and the first in nearly 40 years; Republican Paula Hawkins served in the chamber from 1981-1987.
With the appointment announced, Moody is poised to take office once the vacancy occurs. Rubio is expected to have broad support from Republicans as well as Democrats, and his confirmation vote could come as soon as Monday evening.
Under Florida law, it was up to the Republican governor to choose Rubio’s replacement after Trump picked the three-term senator to be his next secretary of state. Moody will serve in the Senate until the next general election in 2026, when the seat will be back on the ballot.
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Utah's bid for public land control from the federal government denied by court
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2025/01/13 13:29
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The Supreme Court turned back a push by the state of Utah to wrest control of vast areas of public land from the federal government, marking a small victory for land conservation advocates who worry that similar efforts may escalate in a Republican-controlled Washington.
The high court on Monday refused to let the Republican-controlled state file a lawsuit seeking to bring the land and its resources under state control. The decision came in a brief order in which the court did not explain its reasoning, as is typical. It marks the latest roadblock for states in a running feud with the U.S. government over who should control huge swaths of the West and the enormous oil and gas, timber, and other resources they contain.
Utah’s top state leaders said they have not ruled out taking their lawsuit to a lower court.
In the Western state known for its rugged mountains popular with skiers and red-rock vistas that draw throngs of tourists, federal agencies control almost 70% of the land. Utah argues that local control would be more responsive and allow the state access to revenue from taxes and development projects.
The complaint sought control of about half of federal land, which still amounts to an area nearly as large as South Carolina. The parcels are used for things like energy production, grazing, mining and recreation. Utah’s world-famous national parks and national monuments would have stayed in federal hands.
Monday’s decision by the high court comes as the newly Republican-controlled Congress adopted a rules package that includes language allowing lawmakers to more easily transfer or sell off public lands managed by federal agencies. The rules consider public lands to have no monetary value, meaning lawmakers will no longer need to account for lost revenue if they decide to give parcels to states or extractive industries.
While conservationists applauded the court’s rejection of what they called a land-grab lawsuit, many remained worried that the efforts will continue.
Public lands under state control could be vulnerable to privatization, degradation and oil drilling, said Steve Bloch, legal director for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance.
“If successful, Utah’s lawsuit would result in the sale of millions of acres of public lands in red-rock country to the highest bidder, an end to America’s system of federal public lands and the dismantling of the American West as we know it,” Bloch said.
Utah’s Republican Sens. Mike Lee and John Curtis criticized the court’s decision and promised legislative action. Curtis, who campaigned on being a climate-conscious Republican, said the people of Utah should be entrusted to manage the land they have lived on for generations.
“Building roads, moving cattle and cleaning up campgrounds all require navigating a behemothic bureaucracy that’s stacked up against the average Utahn,” Curtis said.
In a joint statement with Utah’s Republican legislative leaders and attorney general, Gov. Spencer Cox said he was disappointed in the court’s decision to turn away the lawsuit.
“Utah remains able and willing to challenge any BLM land management decisions that harm Utah,” state leaders said. “We are also heartened to know the incoming administration shares our commitments to the principle of ‘multiple use’ for these federal lands and is committed to working with us to improve land management.”
While lawsuits typically start in federal district courts and eventually work their way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, disputes involving states can start at the nation’s highest court if the justices agree to hear them.
Utah leaders noted that the high court did not comment on the merits of their arguments or prevent them from filing the lawsuit in a federal district court. Conservation groups say they’ll remain ready to challenge any future lawsuits.
“This lawsuit is an assault on the country’s long-standing and successful history of safeguarding valuable and vulnerable landscapes in trust for all Americans,” said Chris Hill, who leads the Conservation Lands Foundation. “And while the Supreme Court’s decision to not hear the case is a reprieve, we fully expect this small group of anti-public lands politicians to continue to waste taxpayer dollars and shop their bad ideas.”
The federal Bureau of Land Management declined to comment.
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Giuliani says he's a victim of 'political persecution' as he's told again to give up assets
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2024/11/05 00:22
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A defiant Rudy Giuliani was ordered Thursday to quickly turn over prized assets including a car and a watch given to him by his grandfather as part of a $148 million defamation judgment, leading the former New York City mayor to emerge from court saying he expects to win on appeal and get everything back.
After the hearing in Manhattan federal court, Giuliani said he was the victim of a “political vendetta” and he was “pretty sure” the judgment could be reversed.
“This is a case of political persecution,” he told reporters, citing the size of what he described as a punitive judgment. “There isn’t a person (who) doesn’t know the judgment is ridiculous.”
Judge Lewis J. Liman ordered the one-time presidential candidate to report to court after lawyers for the two former Georgia election workers who were awarded the massive judgment visited Giuliani’s Manhattan apartment last week only to discover it had been cleared out weeks earlier.
Lawyers for Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, say Giuliani has mostly dodged turning over assets by an Oct. 29 deadline, enabling the longtime ally of once-and-future President Donald Trump to hang on to many of his most treasured belongings.
The possessions include his $5 million Upper East Side apartment, a 1980 Mercedes once owned by movie star Lauren Bacall, a shirt signed by New York Yankees legend Joe DiMaggio, dozens of luxury watches and other valuables.
During Thursday’s hearing, Giuliani attorney Kenneth Caruso said he believed the plaintiffs were being “vindictive” in demanding that items to be turned over include a watch that belonged to Giuliani’s grandfather.
That comment drew a scoff and rebuke from Liman, who said individuals are forced to give up family heirlooms all the time to satisfy debts.
“They have to pay the debt. It doesn’t matter that it’s in the form of a watch or a watch that somebody passes down to him,” the judge said.
Caruso also claimed that the car was worth less than $4,000, an amount that might exempt it from the turnover order. But the judge said he’d already ordered that the car be turned over.
“Your honor has ample discretion to change an order,” Caruso said. When he arrived at the courthouse, Giuliani told reporters that he has not stood in the way of the court’s orders.
“Every bit of property that they want is available, if they are entitled to it,” he said. “Now, the law says they’re not entitled to a lot of them. For example, they want my grandfather’s watch, which is 150 years old. That’s a bit of an heirloom. Usually you don’t get those unless you’re involved in a political persecution. In fact, having me here today is like a political persecution.”
Aaron Nathan, an attorney for the election workers, told Liman that most of the New York apartment’s contents, including art, sports memorabilia and other valuables, had been moved out about four weeks prior to an attempt to recover the materials. Some of was believed stored on Long Island in a container Giuliani’s lawyer said they could not access.
At the hearing, Nathan complained that efforts to get assets were met by “delay and then evasion” and that Giuliani had only recently revealed the existence of new bank accounts containing about $40,000 in cash.
Giuliani spoke directly to the judge at one point, saying he’d been “treated rudely” by those trying to take control of his assets.
His lawyers have so far argued unsuccessfully that Giuliani should not be forced to turn over his belongings while he appeals the judgment.
Giuliani was found liable for defamation for falsely accusing Freeman and Moss of ballot fraud as he pushed Trump’s unsubstantiated election fraud allegations during the 2020 campaign.
The women said they faced death threats after Giuliani accused the two of sneaking in ballots in suitcases, counting ballots multiple times and tampering with voting machines. |
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs jailed by judge after sex trafficking indictment
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2024/09/20 21:03
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Sean “Diddy” Combs headed to jail Tuesday to await trial in a federal sex trafficking case that accuses him of presiding over a sordid empire of sexual crimes protected by blackmail and shocking acts of violence.
The music mogul is charged with racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. The indictment against him lists allegations that go back to 2008.
He’s accused of inducing female victims and male sex workers into drugged-up, sometimes dayslong sexual performances dubbed “Freak Offs.” The indictment also refers obliquely to an attack on his former girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, that was captured on video.
“Not guilty,” Combs told a court, standing to speak after expressionlessly listening to the allegations with his uncuffed hands folded in his lap.
After U.S. Magistrate Judge Robyn Tarnofsky declined to grant him bail, Combs took a long swig from a water bottle, then was led out of court, turning toward family members in the audience as he went.
“Mr. Combs is a fighter. He’s going to fight this to the end. He’s innocent,” his lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, said after court. He plans to appeal the bail decision.
The Bad Boy Records founder is accused of sexually abusing and using physical force toward women and getting his personal assistants, security and household staff to help him hide it all. Prosecutors say he also tried to bribe and intimidate witnesses and victims to keep them quiet.
“Simply put, he is a serial abuser and a serial obstructor,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson told a court.
Agnifilo acknowledged Combs was “not a perfect person,” saying he’d used drugs and had been in “toxic relationships” but was getting treatment and therapy.
“The evidence in this case is extremely problematic,” the attorney told the court.
He maintained that the case stemmed from one long-term, consensual relationship that faltered amid infidelity. He didn’t name the woman, but the details matched those of Combs’ decade-long involvement with Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura.
The “Freak Offs,” Agnifilo contended, were an expansion of that relationship, and not coercive.
“Is it sex trafficking? Not if everybody wants to be there,” Agnifilo said, arguing that authorities were intruding on his client’s private life.
Prosecutors said in court papers that they had interviewed more than 50 victims and witnesses and expect the number to grow. They said they would use financial, travel and billing records, electronic data and communications and videos of the “Freak Offs” to prove their case.
Combs was arrested Monday in Manhattan, roughly six months after federal authorities raided his luxurious homes in Los Angeles and Miami.
A conviction on every charge would require at least 15 years in prison, with the possibility of a life sentence.
The indictment describes Combs as the head of a criminal enterprise that engaged or attempted to engage in sex trafficking, forced labor, interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution, drug offenses, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice.
Combs and his associates wielded his “power and prestige” to intimidate and lure women into his orbit, “often under the pretense of a romantic relationship,” according to the indictment.
It says he then would use force, threats and coercion to get the women to engage with male sex workers in the “Freak Offs” — “elaborate and produced sex performances” that Combs arranged and recorded, creating dozens of videos. He ensured their participation by procuring and providing drugs, controlling their careers, leveraging his financial support and using intimidation and violence, according to the indictment. It said his employees facilitated “Freak Offs” by taking care of tasks like travel and hotel arrangements and stocking them with such supplies as drugs and baby oil.
The events could last for days, and Combs and victims would often receive IV fluids to recover from the exertion and drug use, the indictment said.
During the searches of Combs’ homes earlier this year, law enforcement seized narcotics, videos of the performances and more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant, according to prosecutors. They said agents also seized firearms and ammunition, including three AR-15s with defaced serial numbers in his bedroom closet in Miami.
Combs’ lawyer said his client didn’t own the guns, noting that he employs a security company.
The indictment says Combs choked, shoved, hit and kicked people, causing injuries that often took days or weeks to heal. His employees and associates sometimes kept victims from leaving or tracked down those who tried, the indictment said.
It alleges that Combs used explicit recordings as “collateral” to ensure the women’s continued obedience and silence. He also exerted control over victims by promising career opportunities, providing and threatening to withhold financial support, dictating how they looked, monitoring their health records and controlling where they lived, according to the indictment. |
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