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Americans’ trust in nation’s court system hits record low, survey finds
National News 01/14/2025At a time of heightened political division, Americans’ confidence in their country’s judicial system and courts dropped to a record low of 35% this year, according to a new Gallup poll.The United States saw a sharp drop of 24 percentage p...
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Trump gets no-penalty sentence in his hush money case, while calling it ‘despicable’
National News 01/06/2025President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday to no punishment in his historic hush money case, a judgment that lets him return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term or a fine.With Trump appearing by video from his Florida ...
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TikTok asks Supreme Court to temporarily block law that could ban site in U.S.
Legal Events 12/17/2024TikTok on Monday asked the Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis to block the federal law that would ban the popular platform in the United States unless its China-based parent company agreed to sell it.Lawyers for the company and China-base...
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Supreme Court rejects Wisconsin parents’ challenge to school guidance
National News 12/13/2024The 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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Romania’s top court annuls first round of presidential vote
Legal Issues 12/06/2024A top Romanian court on Friday annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election, days after allegations that Russia ran a coordinated online campaign to promote the far-right outsider who won the first round.The Constitutional Co...
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Georgia Supreme Court restores near-ban on abortions while state appeals
National News 10/04/2024The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday halted a ruling striking down the state’s near-ban on abortions while it considers the state’s appeal.The high court’s order came a week after a judge found that Georgia unconstitutionally prohibi...
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New rules regarding election certification in Georgia to get test in court
Legal Events 09/30/2024Two controversial new rules passed by Georgia’s State Election Board concerning the certification of vote tallies are set to face their first test in court this week.The Republican majority on the State Election Board — made up of three m...
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs jailed by judge after sex trafficking indictment
National News 09/17/2024Sean “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...
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Google faces new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly
Headline Legal News 09/07/2024One month after a judge declared Google’s search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant faces another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company, this time over its advertising technology.The Justice Department, joined by a co...
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Supreme Court rebuffs plea to restore multibllliou-dollar student debt plan
National News 08/31/2024lawsuits make their way through lower courts.The justices rejected an administration request to put most of it back into effect. It was blocked by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.In an unsigned order, the court said it expects the appeals court...
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Venezuela’s Supreme Court certifies Maduro’s claims that he won presidential election
Headline Legal News 08/25/2024Venezuela’s Supreme Court has backed President Nicolás Maduro’s claims that he won last month’s presidential election and said voting tallies published online showing he lost by a landslide were forged.The ruling is the lates...
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X announces suspension of Brazil operations, alleging ‘censorship orders’
Headline Legal News 08/15/2024Social media platform X said Saturday it will close its operations in Brazil, claiming Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes threatened to arrest its legal representative in Brazil if they did not comply with orders.X is removing all re...