Courts & Law
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Supremes to consider legality of race-based districts in possible boon to GOP redistricting effort
Democrats have gone as far as fleeing their home state to avoid voting on the issue, ironically, to deep-blue Illinois, where racial gerrymandering has favored Democrats for decades. Race-based districts also face a second prong of scrutiny from the Trump Justice Department.
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Harvard received $49 million in federal funding for 'unlawful' DEI programs: Complaint
The groups claimed the Ivy League institution violated Title VI and Title IX, along with President Donald Trump’s executive orders and the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling banning affirmative action in college admissions.
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Federal judge rules for Musk, X in lawsuit, striking down California AI deepfake law
U.S. District Court Judge John Mendez ruled that a California law violated Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act
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Judge greenlights 'Save Women's Sports' Title IX suit amid more forfeits over alleged trans player
Connecticut high school conference plausibly conveyed "the dispiriting message that [females'] interests and aspirations as student athletes were less worthy of protection than those of their male counterparts on the boys’ team."
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Federal prosecutor says Menendez jury was shown improper evidence in corruption trial
Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Monteleoni said neither the defense nor prosecutors caught the mistake, and that it was unlikely jurors ever noticed the incorrect exhibit versions, and that they were just a handful of thousands of documents and exhibits on the computer.
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Suspect charged in leak of classified info on Israel's potential strike on Iran, report says
The suspect, Asif William Rahman, reportedly worked for the CIA.
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Appeals court orders CNN to stand trial in James O’Keefe defamation lawsuit
The complaint accuses CNN of defaming Project Veritas when it was suspended from Twitter back in 2021.
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Arizona judge recuses himself in fake elector case over email backing Kamala Harris
Cohen said in the email that white men must speak up when women are unfairly targeted, but did not indicate who made the snub at the vice president.
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Pregnant woman sues Kentucky over state's near-total abortion ban
The woman who filed the suit on Tuesday, identified under the pseudonym Mary Poe to protect her privacy, said she wants to terminate her pregnancy, because it is the best choice for herself and her family, but cannot do so in Kentucky.
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Activist who attempted to vandalize US Constitution sentenced to 18 months in prison
The activists, Jackson Green and Donald Zepeda, previously pleaded guilty to destruction of government property, after they dumped red powdered paint on the case. The actual document itself was not damaged.
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Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in prison
Federal prosecutors requested Talwani sentence Teixeira to nearly 17 years, but defense attorneys requested an 11 year sentence.
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Judge rejects bid to postpone Steve Bannon's campaign fraud trial
The ruling comes just weeks after Bannon was released from four-month prison sentence in Connecticut, related to two contempt of Congress convictions, because of his refusal to comply with a Congressional subpoena.
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Illegal immigrant accused of killing nursing student Laken Riley waives right to jury trial
Riley was a 22-year-old Augusta University College of Nursing student who was allegedly killed by 26-year-old Jose Antonio Ibarra on February 22 while running on the University of Georgia’s campus.