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Supreme Court will hear Donald Trump immunity arguments in April
Court Watch 03/01/2024The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he interfered with the 2020 election, calling into question whether his case could go to trial before the November election. While the ...
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Donald Trump appeals $454 million judgment in New York civil fraud case
Court Watch 02/23/2024Donald Trump has appealed his $454 million New York civil fraud judgment, challenging a judge’s finding that Trump lied about his wealth as he grew the real estate empire that launched him to stardom and the presidency. The former president&rsq...
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Dutch court orders Netherlands to stop exports of F-35 parts to Israel
Court Watch 02/16/2024An appeals court ordered the Dutch government on Monday to halt the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel, citing a clear risk of violations of international law. A trio of human rights organizations brought a civil suit against the Netherlands ...
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Nevada Supreme Court sides with AP in Wynn defamation suit
Court Watch 02/08/2024The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought by casino mogul Steve Wynn against The Associated Press over a story about two women’s accounts to police alleging he engaged in sexual misconduct.The court cited state...
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What to know about arguments over Donald Trump's immunity claims
Court Watch 01/11/2024Appeals court judges signaled Tuesday that they will likely reject Donald Trump’s claims that he is immune from prosecution in his election interference case. The outcome seemed clear during arguments that touched on a range of political and le...
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Hong Kong activist publisher Lai pleads not guilty to sedition charges
Court Watch 01/03/2024Prominent activist and publisher Jimmy Lai on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to three charges of sedition and collusion with foreign countries in a landmark national security trial in Hong Kong.Lai was arrested during a crackdown on dissidents following ...
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A court in Japan convicts three former soldiers in sexual assault case
Court Watch 12/12/2023A Japanese court on Tuesday convicted three former soldiers in a sexual assault case that authorities had dropped until the victim, a former service member, came forward demanding a reinvestigation and prompting a military-wide harassment probe.The F...
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Appeals court upholds gag order on Trump in Washington case
Court Watch 12/09/2023A federal appeals court in Washington largely upheld a gag order on Donald Trump in his 2020 election interference case on Friday, but narrowed the restrictions on his speech to allow the former president to criticize the special counsel who brought ...
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Fortnite maker accuses Google of bullying and bribing to block competition
Court Watch 11/07/2023Google on Monday confronted the second major U.S. antitrust trial in two months to cast the internet powerhouse as a brazen bully that uses its immense wealth and people’s dependence on one of its main products to stifle competition at consumer...
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Supreme Court rules for nursing home patient’s family
Court Watch 06/28/2023The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for the family of a nursing home resident with dementia that had sued over his care, declining to use the case to broadly limit the right to sue government workers.The man’s family went to court alleging that...
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Supreme Court limits regulation of some US wetlands
Court Watch 05/27/2023The U.S. Supreme Court has stripped federal agencies of authority over millions of acres of wetlands, weakening a bedrock environmental law enacted a half-century ago to cleanse the country’s badly polluted waters.A 5-4 majority significantly e...
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Supreme Court won’t put Illinois gun law on hold
Court Watch 05/17/2023The Supreme Court said Wednesday that Illinois can, for now, keep in place a new law that bars the sale of certain semi-automatic guns and large-capacity magazines.The high court denied an emergency request from people challenging the law, which bans...