Courts & Law
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You Vote: With AG Bondi's plan to investigate the lawfare against Trump, who is likeliest target?
Bondi signaled she agrees with FBI Director Kash Patel, who earlier this year penned a memo predicating an investigation looking at the weaponization of intelligence of law-enforcement powers dating to the Russia collusion case as an ongoing conspiracy.
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Utah judge rules redacted transcript in Charlie Kirk assassination case can be released
The judge said that he believes the transcript from the October hearing will be released Monday, but the audio recording is expected to be released in the coming weeks after the necessary redactions are made.
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Chinese national sentenced to prison for smuggling reptiles in U.S. wildlife trafficking case
Lin shipped roughly 222 packages to Hong Kong between August 2023 and November 2024 containing an estimated 850 live turtles.
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Letitia James' defense team signals it will challenge bank fraud prosecutor's appointment
James' attorneys notified the federal judge overseeing the case in a two-page filing that they plan to formally ask him to dismiss the charges Friday because interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan was allegedly unlawfully installed.
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Federal judge ends Biden-era attempt to broaden Title IX protections to include transgender people
The court ruled that HHS exceeded its authority by redefining sex under Title IX to prohibit gender-identity bias because a statute can’t “be divorced” from the time and reason for its enactment.
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Minnesota Supreme Court rules for trans powerlifter who was barred from competing in women's event
The court's ruling said, "USA Powerlifting's policy at the time of the decision was to categorically exclude transgender women from competing in the women's division."
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Special prosecutor to probe Virginia Democrat AG candidate Jay Jones's reckless driving sentencing
The issue involves the fact that Jones’ community service documentation failed to make clear that "Meet Our Moment" was a political action committee (PAC), which was in fact Jones’ own PAC.
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Judge to weigh Comey bid to disqualify Trump-appointed prosecutor
Halligan brought the case against Comey shortly after being sworn in to replace the fired Erik Siebert.
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Arizona Attorney General sues the House over failure to swear-in Grijalva
Critics of Johnson have accused him of not swearing Grijalva in because she would give Democrats enough support to force a vote on a bipartisan resolution that would require the Justice Department to release files regarding Jeffrey Epstein.
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Man who sent 'So I raped you' message in 2019 sentenced to prison
Message sent in 2019 after a 2013 sexual assault
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NJ Democrat congresswoman to ask court Tuesday to drop charges she assaulted agents at ICE facility
McIver is accused of three counts of assaulting or impeding federal agents in connection with an incident outside a Newark immigration center in May.
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DOJ looks to remove Comey's lead defense attorney over years-long relationship
Prosecutors urged U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff to accelerate his decision on their request for a "filter team" of lawyers, who would be tasked with reviewing information in Comey's case.
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Court rejects restraining order request regarding Tennessee National Guard deployment to Memphis
Davidson County Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal determined that the plaintiffs did not clearly demonstrate that an immediate and irreparable harm would result from the deployment before a full hearing.