Courts & Law
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Legal experts anticipate SCOTUS will overturn drug user gun ban
Lawyers for Ali Hemani, a Texas man who was found possessing a gun, marijuana and cocaine, argued the law violated his Second Amendment rights
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Parents' rights advocates hail SCOTUS ruling against secret gender transitions
Chief legal affairs officer at think tank America First Policy Institute Leigh Ann O’Neill told The Center Square that she hopes “to see these policies where they belong – in the waste bin of history.”
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DOJ seeks to restore Trump's executive orders targeting law firms
The lower court judges had declared the orders as unconstitutional and had barred them from taking effect.
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Multiple venues, millions of fans in Carolinas eye Live Nation litigation
Live Nation will try to fend off charges of creating an unlawful monopoly.
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Trump plans executive order within a week to address college sports issues after White House meeting
The common theme was that there needs to be federal legislation to fix the problems caused by Name, Image and Likeness (NIL).
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Guilty: Man charged in Trump assassination plot convicted in NYC after admitting to Iranian handler
As the U.S. strikes Iran, a jury has concluded that a Pakistani man is guilty of trying to assassinate Trump on behalf of the IRGC.
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Target sued for checking arrest records of new hires: Class action
According to the complaint, McElrath-Bey provided Target with "additional information" about the arrest records, "explaining that the two charges were currently pending, she had not been convicted, and she was innocent of the charges."
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Blue-state coalition sues to block Trump’s new tariffs
Suit sends Trump administration back to court just days after the Supreme Court invalidated a separate set of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
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Supreme Court’s NY-11 order hints at conservative majority ready to rein in race-based redistricting
The high court’s reasoning in the NY-11 case could also foreshadow its approach in Louisiana v. Callais, a closely watched redistricting case pending before the justices.
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Supreme Court rejects suit challenging to East Palestine settlement
The train was carrying hazardous chemicals when it derailed in February 2023.
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Supreme Court unanimously backs immigration agencies in row over 'persecution' standards
The case involved a Salvadoran national who testified that he had been targeted by a hitman in his home country.
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Federal judge rules against Trump administration's push to end NYC congestion pricing
"We are reviewing all legal options—including an appeal—with the Justice Department," a DOT spokesperson said
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Supreme Court orders lower courts to stop ignoring a century of parental rights precedents
Unlike federal abortion rights, the right to direct a child's upbringing is "deeply rooted" in American history and tradition and "implicit in the concept of ordered liberty," majority says, reinstating ban on California's "gender secrecy" policies.