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A U.S. prosecutor announced on Wednesday that the Justice Department would not pursue the revival of an obstruction charge against former police officer Joseph Fischer, who was charged in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot. Fischer successfully persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to raise the legal standard for this offense, leading to broader implications for…
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A Black Trump supporter, Carl Baxter, has filed a lawsuit against the conservative organization Americans for Prosperity (AFP) for alleged racial discrimination, including being called an enslaved person, and for withholding wages during his brief employment. Baxter claims that AFP, a right-wing group founded by conservative businessmen Charles and David Koch, subjected him to discriminatory…
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to revive President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan, bolstering efforts by Republican-led states that have sued to block it. The justices rejected the administration’s request to lift a judicial decision temporarily that halted the plan, which aims to lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers and accelerate loan…
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Linda Mathis, wife of renowned TV judge Greg Mathis, has officially filed for divorce after nearly four decades of marriage. The couple, who separated on July 17, cited irreconcilable differences as the basis for their split. Having married in June 1985, shortly after both graduated from Eastern Michigan University, Linda and Greg Mathis raised four…
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A federal judge in San Francisco has once again dismissed a proposed class action alleging that social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, targeted female employees for layoffs when Elon Musk took control of the company. In a written ruling on Monday, U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar stated that it was unclear whether the…
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Massachusetts’ highest court struck down a state ban on carrying switchblades on Tuesday, ruling that the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision requiring modern gun restrictions to align with the nation’s history and tradition also applies to other weapons. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court determined that a 1957 law prohibiting the possession of spring-release pocketknives, commonly…
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Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has signed an executive order requiring state executive agencies to include a disclaimer on voter registration forms, explicitly stating that noncitizens are prohibited from registering to vote and participating in elections. The order was signed on Monday and aims to reinforce the limitations on voting rights as established by both federal…
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District Judge Robert Lasnik, who has served for over 25 years on the federal bench in Seattle, emphasized that giving lawyers extra pages doesn’t necessarily result in more comprehensive or polished filings. In an order issued on Monday, he expressed his view that such expansive submissions often become verbose, repetitive, and waste both party and…
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South Carolina has scheduled its first execution in more than 13 years for September 20, marking a significant legal and procedural milestone in the state’s capital punishment system. Freddie Eugene Owens, convicted for the 1997 murder of a store clerk in Greenville, is set to be executed after years of delays related to lethal injection…
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A divided federal appeals court on Monday revived a lawsuit in which Tesla, the electric car company led by Elon Musk, challenged Louisiana’s ban on direct vehicle sales to consumers. In a 2-1 decision, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans reversed a lower court judge’s dismissal of Tesla’s constitutional due process…
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