Courts & Law
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Supreme Court rules Trump admin can cut nearly $800 million in health research funding
The court was split 5-4 in the ruling, with Chief Justice John Roberts among the judges siding with the court's three liberal justices. The NIH began canceling grants in March that it claimed were spent on projects like studies on transgender healthcare, vaccine hesitancy, and diversity research
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Federal judge rules Alina Habba has been unlawfully serving as US attorney in New Jersey
New Jersey's 17 U.S. District Court judges chose to replace Habba as the interim attorney last month after the term expired without her confirmation, but the Trump administration used unconventional tactics to keep her in the role longer.
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Federal jury convicts Navy sailor of spying for China in exchange for $12,000
“The defendant’s actions represent an egregious betrayal of the trust placed in him as a member of the U.S. military,” U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon said
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Judge denies bid to dismiss Trump defamation suit against ABC News, George Stephanopoulos
At issue is a claim Stephanopoulos made in March stating that Trump had been found "liable for rape" in E. Jean Carroll's suit against him.
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Bannon to stand trial in December for alleged fraud related to border wall online fundraiser
Prosecutors said at a hearing on Tuesday they would present their evidence over a three to four day period and defense attorneys said their case would last about two days.
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California punished female inmates for reporting male assault with revoked parole, solitary: suit
Republican superlawyer Harmeet Dhillon joins gender-critical feminist legal team. As California attorney general, Kamala Harris took credit for making corrections department stop opposing taxpayer-funded inmate sex changes.
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Jewish profs ask Supreme Court to free them from forced 'anti-Semitic' union representation
The City University of New York professors accuse the union, which has supported the BDS movement, of 'anti-Semitic and anti-Israel' conduct and want to disassociate as a protest, and end their mandatory contributions to the union.
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Judge dismisses former disinformation board chief's defamation lawsuit against Fox News
The judge claimed that 36 of Jankowicz's 37 claims were about the discontinued disinformation board, which was formed to counter Russian "disinformation," and not about Jankowicz herself.
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Lame duck Biden goosed by reams of rulings reining in his regs, constraining a Democratic successor
Even before the Supreme Court ended judicial deference to agency interpretations of their own regulations, judges were kneecapping a wide swath of President Biden's expansive agenda that circumvented Congress.
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Supreme Court orders New York to respond to Missouri lawsuit over Trump 'lawfare' this week
Bailey argued that the prosecution of former President Donald Trump in his hush money case, along with the court's gag orders, damaged Missourians' right to hear him speak freely ahead of the election.
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Hunter Biden drops lawsuit against Fox News over miniseries hours after father drops out
ABC News is reporting that Hunter Biden plans to refile the lawsuit against new defendants
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J6 defendant with ties to white supremacist groups sentenced to nearly five years in prison
The rioter was sentenced to 57 months in prison, and ordered to pay a $20,000 fine.
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Louisiana Ten Commandments law delayed until November by lawsuit
Lester Duhle, a spokesman for Louisiana Attorney General Liz Merrill, said officials “agreed to not take public-facing compliance measures until November 15” so they can prepare briefs, arguments, and get a ruling.