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Hunter Biden’s lawyers asserted on Monday that his trial on federal gun charges went forward prematurely earlier this month and must be redone. On June 11, a jury convicted Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden, making him the first child of a sitting president to be convicted of a felony. The jury…
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Judge Aileen Cannon reacted skeptically to prosecutors’ request to bar former President Donald Trump from making statements that could endanger law enforcement agents working on his classified-documents case. During a hearing in federal court in Florida, Judge Cannon pressed prosecutors for evidence linking Trump’s false claims—that the FBI had been authorized to assassinate him—to violent…
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A court-appointed bankruptcy trustee signaled his intent on Sunday to shut down Alex Jones’ Infowars company, aiming to prevent a “money grab” by families who sued Jones over his false claims about the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting. Trustee Christopher Murray announced that he has begun planning to wind up Infowars owner Free Speech Systems’…
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Two federal judges in Kansas and Missouri, responding to requests from several Republican-led states, blocked President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday from further implementing a new student debt relief plan that lowers payments. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree in Wichita, Kansas, blocked the U.S. Department of Education from implementing parts of a student loan repayment…
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Tesla (TSLA.O) and opponents of Elon Musk’s compensation clashed on Friday over how to resolve the legal issues surrounding the CEO’s $56 billion pay package and the billions of dollars in potential legal fees generated by the case. Tesla, in a court filing, urged a Delaware judge to recognize the vote by Tesla shareholders in…
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A U.S. appeals court on Friday refused to block a federal mandate requiring health insurers to cover preventive care services, including cancer screenings and HIV-preventing medication, at no extra cost to patients. However, the court ruled against the government on a key legal issue, leaving the mandate’s future in doubt. A unanimous panel of the…
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A California jury convicted David DePape on Friday of kidnapping, burglary, false imprisonment, threatening the family member of a public official, and dissuading a witness. This conviction follows his federal court conviction last year. DePape, a right-wing conspiracy theorist, attacked Paul Pelosi, the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with a hammer. The…
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Hawaii agreed on Thursday to decarbonize its transportation system by 2045, settling a lawsuit by 13 young people who claimed the state violated their constitutional rights with infrastructure that contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. Democratic Governor Josh Green announced the “groundbreaking” settlement at a news conference attended by activists and lawyers involved…
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has adopted a legal theory that would eliminate numerous recent lawsuits filed by groups opposing race-based diversity programs, which align with his conservative views. In a concurring opinion in last week’s Supreme Court decision preserving access to the abortion pill mifepristone, Thomas questioned the constitutional foundation of a legal doctrine…
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Relatives of the victims of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes urged the Justice Department on Wednesday to impose a fine of up to $24.78 billion on the planemaker and pursue a criminal prosecution. Paul Cassel, a lawyer representing 15 families, wrote in a letter to the Justice Department that “because Boeing’s crime is the…
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