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Apr 25 2024
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Supreme Court Likely to Send Trump Immunity Case Back to District Court: Experts
The case could affect Trump’s other trials and set a long-lasting precedent for future administrations. Remarks from Supreme Court justices during oral argument on April 25 indicated they would adopt a narrower version of immunity than President Trump requested and send the case back to a trial court, experts told The Epoch Times. “It seemed likely at the end of the argument that the Justices
The Epoch TimesApr 25 2024
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Michigan lawmakers OK bill extending court funding, delay study of court costs
Lansing — Michigan lawmakers on Wednesday voted to extend funding for state courts by severing the tie bar between a bill authorizing the funding and another that would authorize a study to look for new ways to fund trial courts. The passage of the funding bill came six days before the sunset or expiration of a law that enables courts to collect costs from criminal defendants at sentencing — a
Detroit NewsApr 24 2024
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Another Supreme Court abortion case
After hearing arguments on immigration and labor law earlier this week, the Supreme Court on Wednesday will take on a conflict over Idaho’s strict abortion ban. The justices are deciding whether a federal law requiring hospitals to provide emergency treatment overrides abortion restrictions in states like Idaho, which do not have abortion exceptions for pregnant patients' health. Read more
"USA Today" ContributorApr 23 2024
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Supreme Court set for next abortion fight
The Biden administration will head Wednesday to the Supreme Court to defend one of its primary efforts to protect abortion rights after the fall of Roe v. Wade. At stake is whether a federal emergency care law passed 37 years ago trumps state laws that ban abortion in nearly all circumstances. Idaho’s abortion ban is one of the strictest in the country and provides a narrow exemption only to
The HillApr 25 2024
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‘Profoundly unjust’: Reactions to court overturning Weinstein’s conviction
Women react with dismay to New York court’s decision to overturn the rape conviction of former movie producer Harvey Weinstein. A New York appeals court has overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction for rape, saying the trial judge should not have allowed other women to testify about alleged assaults that the movie mogul had not been charged with in that particular case. More than 100
Al JazeeraApr 23 2024
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The Supreme Court Wants Nothing to Do With Homelessness
The Supreme Court appeared to be split on Monday on whether an Oregon city’s ordinances that make it illegal to sleep outdoors in public spaces violate the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. While most of the justices seemed reluctant to “constitutionalize” local homelessness policies, there was plenty of hesitance about leaving homeless people with no legal recourse. In
New RepublicApr 25 2024
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New York Court Overturns Weinstein's Rape Conviction
New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that weren’t part of the case. The court ordered a new trial. His accusers could again be forced to relive their traumas on the witness stand.
JoeMyGodApr 25 2024
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Supreme Court to Hear Trump’s Claim to ‘Absolute Immunity’
The Supreme Court, in its last argument of the term, will consider on Thursday whether former President Donald J. Trump must face trial on charges that he plotted to subvert the 2020 election.
The court’s answer to that question will be a major statement on the scope of presidential power. Depending on its timing and content, the decision will also help determine whether Mr. Trump’s
New York Times (News)