Courts & Law
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Alito warns Congress could effectively shut down Supreme Court by cutting its funding
Alito said preserving the independence of the judiciary was essential to maintaining the country’s constitutional system.
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Louisiana judge temporarily blocks Kalshi, other prediction markets
Judge Jeffrey Johnson of the 21st Judicial District Court signed the temporary restraining order Thursday, hours after Attorney General Liz Murrill sued the companies. The order covers contracts tied to sports, elections and awards and requires the operators to block access for people physically located in Louisiana.
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Supreme Court to consider Trump's executive order suspending asylum access at U.S.-Mexico border
The Trump administration argues it can categorically deny asylum to migrants covered by the order, and it's under no obligation to accept applications that would be denied under it.
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Judge tosses library trustee’s suit over fallout from Christmas party fight
On Nov. 10, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis dismissed the lawsuit lodged by Dolton Library District Board Member Sonya Williams against both the library district and Dolton Library business manager Katrina Hankins.
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Justices warn America's future depends on better education on U.S. history, founding values
The Federalist Society interviewed the three justices' perspectives ahead of the society's 2026 National Lawyers Convention this week.
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Kansas mom's truck fatally striking 2 people on soccer field was accident, no criminal charges
The mother and her children told investigators the mother had planned to take a nap in the vehicle after a roughly 200-mile drive to the field.
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Scott Jennings files motion to dismiss Hasan Piker’s $72.5 million defamation lawsuit
Piker filed a $72.5 million lawsuit against Jennings over an episode of Jennings’ radio show from last August, in which he said that Piker was “out there calling for Black voters to be lynched.”
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Cartel boss killed by Mexico police helped in former Canadian Olympian Wedding's drug operation
Snowboarder Ryan Wedding arrested on January 22, in Mexico City, and subsequently extradited to the U.S. to face trial.
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Justice Department federally charges illegal migrant with threatening the president
The migrant was found with three firearms, including an AR-15-style rifle and two handguns, along with dozens of rounds of ammunition last week and was allegedly in a stolen vehicle.
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US charges three men with plotting nearly 20 attacks on Jewish communities in Europe, US
The three men are suspected of being Iran-supported operatives and one man is already in U.S. custody.
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Trump nominates 3 more federal judges as Senate mulls lame duck plans
With Republicans set to lose the majority in the upper chamber, the path to confirming federal judgeships will narrow considerably.
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Judge denies Lindsay Clancy's request to dismiss murder charges, question ‘holdout juror’
Clancy, who was tried in September in a trial that resulted in a hung jury, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the January 2023 deaths of her three children, ages 5, 3 and 8 months, inside the family’s home in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
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US court appoints 'special master' in golf course case previously involved in Stone, McCabe cases
A federal judge has tapped Trump's former top prosecutor in the capital to investigate whether administration lawyers misled the court over the president's overhaul of a century-old public golf course.