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On Tuesday, a federal judge struck down a Louisiana law that mandated displaying the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms, deeming it unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge John deGravelles called the law “discriminatory and coercive,” marking a temporary setback for conservative groups pushing for greater public expressions of faith. Public schools in the U.S. often…
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The judge in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case has postponed ruling on whether Trump’s conviction should be dismissed on immunity grounds, allowing prosecutors to consider next steps following his November 5 election victory. Justice Juan Merchan had initially scheduled a Tuesday ruling on Trump’s argument that the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision—granting presidents immunity…
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The Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate launched an urgent effort on Tuesday to confirm as many of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees as possible, aiming to prevent vacancies that Republican Donald Trump could fill if he takes office on January 20. With Republicans poised to control the Senate starting January 3, Senate Democrats began…
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A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that a trial judge correctly determined that American Airlines’ now-abandoned partnership with JetBlue Airways violated federal antitrust law. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Boston, sided with the U.S. Department of Justice, affirming the trial judge’s decision to block the airlines’ “Northeast Alliance.” This alliance…
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Massachusetts’ top court ruled on Friday that a woman must return a $70,000 engagement ring from Tiffany & Co. to her former fiancé, Bruce Johnson, marking a significant end to 65 years of legal debates in the state over who is responsible when a relationship ends. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court sided with Johnson in…
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A New York federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday against OpenAI, the artificial intelligence giant, which accused the company of misusing articles from the news outlets Raw Story and AlterNet to train its large language models. U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon ruled that the outlets could not demonstrate sufficient harm to support their claims.…
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Republican President-elect Donald Trump is set to build on his legacy of reshaping the federal judiciary with nominees who his supporters and critics predict could be even more conservative than the 234 judges he appointed during his first term in office. With Republicans poised to regain control of the Senate, which must confirm judicial nominees,…
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Utah is moving forward with a proposal to allow law graduates to become licensed without taking the bar exam, following a trend set by a few other states that have introduced alternative pathways to legal licensure in recent years. On Monday, the Utah Supreme Court unveiled a plan that would enable graduates of American Bar…
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Donald Trump’s claimed victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election will effectively end the criminal cases against him, at least for the duration of his time in office. Trump, the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges, has spent much of this year defending himself in four ongoing legal cases. These charges stem from…
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Voters approved most referendums expanding abortion rights in U.S. states on Tuesday, while Florida, Nebraska, and South Dakota rejected such measures. These rejections marked the first victories for anti-abortion advocates since the U.S. Supreme Court ended the federal right to abortion in 2022. In Florida, a proposal to amend the state constitution to guarantee abortion…
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