Courts & Law
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Texas Attorney General sues EPIC City developers over allegedly fraudulent land development scheme
Paxton accused EPIC, Community Capital Partners, and several of their leaders of misleading donors by indicating that the city would be reserved for Muslims specifically and described the development as the “epicenter of Islam in North America.”
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Arkansas Supreme Court bans 'illegal government-backed monopoly' in trash hauling
Holiday Island banned Steven Hendrick from offering service, even though he wouldn't technically compete with its favored waste management company, but state supreme court said city misinterpreted state law.
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You Vote: With SCOTUS plans to take up Birthright Citizenship, what do you think they will decide?
Trump imposed the order as a means of combating the practice of birth tourism and the creation of "anchor babies", intended to present an obstacle to deportations.
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Florida historian sues Miami college for allowing land to be used for Trump's presidential library
The lawsuit claimed state law requires public boards or commission meetings to be open to the public, provide reasonable notice of those meetings and include recorded minutes.
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Republicans see FBI's Arctic Frost investigation as plot to chill Trump's political comeback
New revelations about the FBI's Arctic Frost investigation into Trump raise more questions about Jack Smith, Christopher Wray, and the less well known Timothy Thibault.
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Mace asks DOJ to intervene in fatal shooting of young SC woman allegedly killed by serial criminal
The defedant allegedly killed the victim as part of a spree that night of breaking into houses to steal credit cards, then going on a shopping spree.
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Stanford protesters plead not guilty to vandalism charges stemming from pro-Palestine demonstration
All 11 Stanford demonstrators were arraigned in federal court on Monday, but three were instructed to enter their pleas next week. The group of demonstrators, which includes eight current Stanford students, will stand trial on Nov. 17.
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Supreme Court rejects Google's emergency bid to prevent changes to app store
Google said it plans to ask the Supreme Court to review the entire case by Oct. 27.
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Judge declines to immediately block national guard deployment in Illinois
The rejection occurred after Texas announced it was sending 2,000 National Guard troops to Chicago after Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson strongly opposed sending federal resources to Chicago.
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Chicago, Illinois sue to stop Trump deployment of National Guard
The suit comes as Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Oregon has faced a judicial stay on 10th Amendment grounds.
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Supreme Court begins new term with major Trump cases on docket
In November, December, and January, the court will listen to oral arguments in three significant cases regarding President Trump and his authority to implement tariffs and fire government employees
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Supreme Court rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal
Maxwell is a former girlfriend of the late Jerry Epstein
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Federal judge blocks Trump admin again from deploying National Guard to Portland
U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut ruled that the National Guard deployment violated both federal law and the 10th Amendment