Courts & Law
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Trump threatens defamation lawsuit against liberal think tank over National Guard deployment report
Attorney Alejandro Brito sent the letter to the Center for American Progress this week after the think-tank released a report last month that claimed the deployments were not improving violent crime rates.
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Supreme Court lets Trump continue building ballroom while case proceeds
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday allowed President Donald Trump to temporarily resume construction of the White House ballroom.
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Texas court cuts $50M judgment against Alex Jones's InfoWars to $1.5 million
The case is one of several linked to Jones's claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.
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Supreme Court rules banning homeless encampments in public places doesn't violate U.S. Constitution
According to the majority opinion, the Eighth Amendment “does not authorize federal judges to wrest those rights and responsibilities from the American people and in their place dictate this Nation’s homelessness policy.”
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Jury slaps NFL with nearly $4.8 billion in damages over antitrust case, league vows to appeal
The NFL distributed Sunday afternoon games on a premium service that required a subscription, which the lawsuit alleged was a violation of antitrust laws
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Supreme Court stretches opinion calendar into July: Report
The high court normally tries to drop all of its rulings by the end of June, ahead of its summer recess. But the court still has approximately six cases on its docket, including two critical cases pertaining to the January 6 riot, and former President Donald Trump's immunity claims.
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Supreme Court reins in federal administrative state in major EPA, SEC cases
States that challenged the EPA plan said agency had taken a “dictatorial approach.”
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Supreme Court rules Trump has absolute immunity for some official acts, but not unofficial ones
This ruling may undermine Special Counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution against Trump in Washington, D.C.
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Supreme Court rules emergency abortions in Idaho can continue
The court reinstated a lower court's ruling in its 6-3 opinion
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Supreme Court rejects opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma
The high court made the decision in a 5-4 vote.
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Former Honduran president sentenced to 45 years in US prison for helping smuggle tons of cocaine
Hernandez has maintained his innocence, citing his former reputation as an anti-drug trafficker. But Judge Kevin Castel said evidence showed that Hernandez used "considerable acting skills" to portray himself as a hero of the anti-drug trafficking movement, while doing the opposite,
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'Free speech is dead': SCOTUS pass on federal pressure to censor spurs political, legal scrambling
The high court's decision was its second high-profile ruling this month decided on standing – a plaintiff's legal right to make a claim.
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Supreme Court appears poised to rule emergency abortions are allowed in Idaho, based on posted docs
The document suggests the court will conclude that it should not have gotten involved in the case so quickly