The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that a law combining abortion restrictions with limits to gender-altering procedures for minors does not violate the state’s constitution, which requires bills to be confined to a single subject. The state’s high court acknowledged in a split decision on July 26 that abortion and gender-altering care are “distinct types […]
Consumers cannot expect boneless chicken wings to actually be free of bones, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday, rejecting claims by a restaurant patron who suffered serious medical complications from getting a bone stuck in his throat. Michael Berkheimer was dining with his wife and friends at a wing joint in Hamilton, Ohio, and […]
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A former school police officer who was part of the slow law enforcement response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of failing to take action as a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers inside a fourth-grade classroom. Adrian […]
A group of Republican-led states do not have legal standing to try to get a court to impose restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, including a ban on prescribing it by telemedicine and dispensing it by mail, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday.
Disney must face a discrimination lawsuit brought by actress Gina Carano, whom it fired from “The Mandalorian” in 2021, a federal judge ruled on July 24. Disney terminated Ms. Carano after she posted on social media, including a post supportive of conservatives, and a quote from an executive saying “she didn’t align with company values.” […]
The Justice Department submitted an agreement with Boeing on Wednesday in which the aerospace giant will plead guilty to a fraud charge for misleading U.S. regulators who approved the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people. The detailed plea agreement was filed in federal district court in Texas. The American […]
A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a conservative nonprofit in a case that challenged the legitimacy of the way the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) administers the Universal Service Fund (USF). The court held that because the FCC relied on for-profit telecommunications companies to determine the USF surcharge, it functions as a tax […]
ST. LOUIS—A Missouri judge on Monday overturned the conviction of Christopher Dunn, who has spent more than 30 years in prison for a killing he has long contended he didn’t commit. The ruling is likely to free Mr. Dunn from prison, but it wasn’t immediately clear when that would happen. He has been serving a […]
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on July 22 asked a New York appeals court to overturn the $454 million New York civil fraud judgment that was handed down earlier this year. In court papers filed with First Department of the State Supreme Court’s Appellate Division, the state’s mid-level court, his lawyers wrote that Manhattan […]
An attorney for Hunter Biden filed notice in a New York court seeking a dismissal of a lawsuit he filed against Fox News under a state “revenge porn” statute. In the lawsuit, filed on June 30, Mr. Biden accused Fox News of illegally publishing explicit images of him as part of a streaming series in […]
A federal judge on Friday rejected a motion from an LGBT advocacy group to block Chicago’s ordinance that will establish security zones around the Democratic National Convention (DNC) next month. The decision followed a lawsuit filed by Bodies Outside of Unjust Laws, which challenged the city’s denial of its permit application to protest outside the […]
A federal appeals court has issued an order that blocks all remaining parts of the federal government’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) student debt relief plan that weren’t blocked by an earlier lower-court ruling. In a brief unsigned order entered into the record on July 18, the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of […]
In the wake of a crucial Supreme Court decision, U.S. prosecutors have started dropping obstruction charges against defendants alleged to have been involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Government prosecutors informed defendants and the judge overseeing the defendants’ cases that it will drop charges brought under federal law Section 1512(c)(2) […]
A federal judge on Monday dismissed former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case. She said the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith violated the Constitution, and that he did not have the authority to bring the case. NTD’s Jack Bradley reports from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. He spoke with William Trachman, general counsel […]
A federal appeals court has reversed a criminal conviction against a former University of Kansas professor for concealing his ties to a university in China. The Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, on July 11, ruled 2–1 in favor of tossing out the criminal conviction against Feng “Franklin” Tao for making a false statement […]
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case on July 15, finding that special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment was unconstitutional. “The Superseding Indictment is DISMISSED because Special Counsel Smith’s appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution,” the order reads. The 93-page opinion and order was issued after […]
The Utah Supreme Court has ruled that the state Legislature overstepped its authority when it changed a ballot initiative that set up an independent redistricting commission and instead drew up its own political maps, which plaintiffs argued went against the voters’ will. Five Utah Supreme Court justices ruled unanimously on July 11 that the contested […]
A federal judge in Kansas has declined to block the nationwide enforcement of a federal rule requiring anyone who sells guns predominantly for profit to get a federal license and conduct background checks, sometimes referred to as the “gun show loophole” because its target group notably included merchants at gun shows. The ruling was issued […]
A judge in New York on Friday dismissed Rudy Giuliani’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, clearing the way for the former New York City mayor to appeal a $148 million defamation judgment. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane formalized the decision after saying he was leaning toward doing so on Wednesday. Lawyers for Mr. Giuliani and two […]
The Supreme Court announced July 11 that on Sept. 30 it will formally consider whether to hear Jan. 6 defendant Russell Dean Alford’s appeal. Mr. Alford, of Hokes Bluff, Alabama, argues that he should not have been convicted of two counts of federal disorderly conduct because he remained passive during the brief time he was […]
