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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito rejected requests from Democratic lawmakers to recuse himself from two cases: one involving Donald Trump’s bid for immunity from prosecution and the other concerning a charge related to the Capitol attack. Reports had surfaced about contentious flags flown outside his homes. In two letters to congressional Democrats, Alito clarified that…
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On Wednesday, Illinois announced its decision to switch to the NextGen Bar Exam in 2028, becoming the largest jurisdiction to adopt the revised national attorney licensing exam. Illinois now joins 18 other states or territories in committing to the NextGen bar exam, marking the first significant overhaul of the test in 25 years. The National…
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A Texas judge on Wednesday allowed a defamation lawsuit against Elon Musk to proceed but denied the request to sanction Musk’s prominent attorney, Alex Spiro. Judge Maria Cantu Hexsel rejected the motion to dismiss the Travis County lawsuit filed by plaintiff Benjamin Brody last year. Musk had argued that the case violated a state law…
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Jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial concluded their first day of closed-door deliberations on Wednesday without reaching a verdict. The case involves the only U.S. president ever charged with a crime. The 12 jurors and six alternates plan to return to the New York courthouse at 9:30 ET (1330 GMT) on Thursday to weigh…
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Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on Tuesday urged six states to stop using juries with fewer than 12 people in some criminal trials as the high court declined to revisit a five-decade-old precedent allowing them to do so. Gorsuch lamented that the nine-member court lacked the four votes needed to hear an appeal…
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A U.S. appeals court set a fast-track schedule on Tuesday to address the legal challenges against a new law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok’s U.S. assets by January 19 or face a ban. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia scheduled oral arguments for September after TikTok, ByteDance, and a group…
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A federal judge on Tuesday rejected prosecutors’ request to issue a gag order barring Donald Trump from making inflammatory comments about law enforcement. Trump’s campaign had falsely claimed the FBI had authorization to assassinate him when it searched his Florida resort for classified U.S. documents. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, based in Florida, rebuffed Special…
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On Monday, Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a federal judge to reject prosecutors’ request for a gag order limiting what the former president can say about law enforcement officers involved in his sensitive documents case. Trump’s team also requested that U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in Fort Pierce, Florida, impose sanctions and pursue civil contempt findings…
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Authorities arrested 18-year-old Edan On on Thursday for allegedly attacking a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) last month. Police booked him on a felony charge and are holding him on $30,000 bail, according to UCLA Police and jail records. The media first identified On and other counterprotesters by reviewing hundreds…
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Thirty-four charges, 12 jurors, one often exasperated judge, and a parade of witnesses After nearly five weeks, both the prosecution and the defense rested their cases in Donald Trump’s history-making hush-money trial. Closing arguments will begin on Tuesday, after which the jury will start deliberations. The timeline and outcome of their decision remain uncertain. However,…
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