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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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In a closely watched case, the first criminal trial connected to the Sununu Youth Services Center abuse scandal began Monday in New Hampshire. Former youth counselor Victor Malavet, 62, stands accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl while she was detained at the state-run Youth Detention Services Unit (YDSU) in Concord in 2001. The trial…
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Democrats filed a lawsuit on Monday against Georgia state election officials, challenging new rules they claim could allow local officials to delay certification of November’s presidential election results. The lawsuit, submitted to the Superior Court of Fulton County by local Georgia Democratic politicians, the Democratic National Committee, and the Democratic Party of Georgia, argues that…
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President Joe Biden’s immigration reform efforts took another hit this week after a federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked a key program aimed at providing undocumented immigrants married to U.S. citizens a pathway to legal residency. The decision by U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker marks the latest legal setback for the Biden administration as…
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Special Counsel Jack Smith urged a federal appeals court on Monday to reinstate the criminal case accusing Donald Trump of retaining classified documents, after a lower court dismissed the indictment in July. Smith’s legal team filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, based in Atlanta, requesting the overturn of…
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A Tennessee man has been charged with making online threats against President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and former President Barack Obama, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney Kevin G. Ritz for the Western District of Tennessee. The charges, announced on Friday, stem from social media posts made by Kyl Alton Hall on…
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Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announced on Friday that it is negotiating with plaintiffs’ lawyers who have opposed the company’s proposed settlement of lawsuits alleging that its baby powder and other talc products caused cancer. The company aims to eliminate holdouts and finalize a $6.48 billion global settlement through the bankruptcy of a subsidiary company, following…
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