Courts & Law
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Nancy Mace’s ex-fiance, two other men charged with sex crimes
Affidavits alleged that a 23-year-old female victim had consumed alcoholic beverages, fell into a swimming pool and later passed out on a sofa while drunk. She was reportedly unable to speak coherently or walk normally.
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9th Circuit blocks California from making ICE agents wear ID
California's "No Vigilantes Act," the court found, violated the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution.
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U.S. Supreme Court appears skeptical of consumer privacy lawsuit
The case focuses on the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act, which prevents a “consumer” of video goods and services from having personally identifiable information released to a third party.
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Florida appeals court rules state open-carry gun ban is unconstitutional
"Because the Second Amendment’s plain text encompasses the open carrying of firearms in public, that conduct is presumptively protected by the Constitution," the court ruled
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Trump appeals order blocking firing of Fed Governor Lisa Cook
Cook faces allegations of mortgage fraud related to her alleged listing of a secondary residence as a primary residence.
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Judge dismisses challenge to Michigan town's refusal to display pride flag
The city's population is roughly 40% foreign-born and the council itself is all-Muslim.
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Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump from firing Federal Reserve Gov Lisa Cook
U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb granted Cook's request for a preliminary injunction and ruled Cook made a good case at the current stage that the firing violated the Federal Reserve Act’s “for cause” provision.
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Supreme Court adds Trump's tariffs case to fall lineup
The Supreme Court scheduled oral hearings in the case to take place in the first week of November.
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Judge dismisses cases against 2020 Michigan alternate electors
“This is a fraud case, and we have to prove intent, and I don’t believe that there’s evidence sufficient to prove intent,” Judge Kristen Simmons said
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You Vote: Do you agree with the US Supreme Court decision on justifications for immigration raids?
The High Court is allowing immigration raids to continue based, in part, on race and language, placing a hold on a lower court's ruling that blocked the raids.
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New Audrey Hale files show transgender Covenant School shooter named Trump on 'fantasy murder list'
The murder list, which was dated 2019–2020, only contained four names. Two of the names were redacted. Trump's name was listed under a column of people Hale would "like to kill."
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Supreme Court justices weigh in on LA immigration raids
Sonia Sotomayor led the dissent on behalf of herself and the court's other two liberal Justices, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, while Brett Kavanaugh wrote a solo opinion in favor of the majority.
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Chief Justice Roberts temporarily allows Trump fire FTC commissioner
President Trump fired Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter in March