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On Tuesday, a New York appellate court denied President-elect Donald Trump’s attempt to delay his sentencing, which is set for Friday, for his conviction on criminal charges related to hush money payments made to a porn star. Associate Justice Ellen Gesmer of the Appellate Division made the decision after a hearing on Trump’s last-minute effort…
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In a significant legal ruling, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday upheld a $5 million verdict against former President-elect Donald Trump for sexual assault and defamation in the case filed by writer E. Jean Carroll. The court’s decision affirmed a lower court’s judgment, rejecting Trump’s appeal based on evidentiary grounds…
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When Republican President-elect Donald Trump assumes office for the second time next year, he will face a wave of lawsuits targeting the Biden administration’s healthcare policies. These cases present Trump with immediate opportunities to shift policy direction before introducing new rules or legislation. Below, we examine the most significant cases to watch. Abortion Cases Take…
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A second federal judge in Texas has stepped away from presiding over Elon Musk’s X Corp lawsuit against a group of advertisers accused of boycotting the social media platform, causing significant delays in the case. Judge Ed Kinkeade Steps Aside U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade in Dallas recused himself from the case, following the earlier…
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A conservative advocacy group aligned with Republican President-elect Donald Trump has filed a judicial misconduct complaint against U.S. Circuit Judge James Wynn. The Article III Project, founded by Trump ally Mike Davis, accused Wynn of violating judicial ethics after he reversed his decision to retire following the faltering of President Joe Biden’s nominee to succeed…
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In a Dec. 3 filing revealed on Tuesday, Donald Trump’s legal team accused jurors of misconduct in his criminal trial. They claimed the alleged misconduct tainted his conviction for falsifying business records related to hush money payments to adult film actor Stormy Daniels. However, the filing left many details vague, as most of it was…
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President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of making defamatory statements during his campaign about five Black and Hispanic men wrongly convicted and imprisoned for the 1989 rape of a white jogger in New York’s Central Park. Trump’s lawyers argued that his comments about the Central Park…
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Prosecutors in Manhattan have proposed that former President Donald Trump avoid prison time for his conviction related to hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, considering his recent presidential election victory. However, they firmly opposed dismissing the case outright, arguing that the conviction should stand to preserve public confidence in the justice system.…
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President-elect Donald Trump has urged a Georgia Appeals Court to dismiss the criminal case accusing him of attempting to overturn his 2020 election loss. On Wednesday, Trump’s legal team argued that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s prosecution violates the U.S. Constitution, as Trump prepares to assume office next month. Willis has also charged several…
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President Joe Biden on Tuesday achieved the confirmation of three additional nominees for trial court judgeships as Senate Democrats continued their efforts to fill judicial vacancies before Republican President-elect Donald Trump assumes office. The Democratic-led Senate approved Sparkle Sooknanan, an official in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, as a life-tenured federal district court judge…
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