Courts & Law
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U.S. Supreme Court to decide state climate change case
“There is no constitutional bar to states addressing in-state harms caused by out-of-state conduct, be it the negligent design of an automobile or sale of asbestos,” lawyers for Boulder County wrote in a filing to the high court.
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Samuel Alito rejects latest retirement rumors: 'Obviously I’m here for another term’
Rumors of a planned Alito retirement have circulated for years, though they gained steam in recent months, culminating in an erroneous NPR article that announced his retirement prematurely. An editor's note addressed the mistake.
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Judge reject's SPLC's bid to dismiss DOJ indictment
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Judge blocks Trump administration policy mandating biological 'M' or 'F' passport sex markers
The policy follows President Trump’s executive order calling government agencies “to recognize two sexes, male and female.”
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Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on youth transgender surgery, puberty blockers, hormone therapy
The justices voted along ideological lines, 6-3, with Chief Justice John Roberts authoring the opinion.
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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made nearly $3 million from her memoir
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's memoir reached No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list following its September release.
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Judicial Watch court hearing set over FBI records on Twitter requested under Biden admin
The hearing is set for Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET.
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Minnesota shooting suspect tells family he 'went to war' hours after killings: Prosecutors
“Dad went to war last night … I don’t wanna say more because I don’t wanna implicate anybody,” Boelter allegedly wrote in a family group chat.
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Federal judge rules Trump's cuts to NIH discriminate based on race and sexual orientation
Young claimed that the decision to pull funding for grants related to racial diversity was "bearing down on people of color because of their color,” and that he had “never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable.”
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Federal judge extends pause on DHS move blocking Harvard from enrolling foreigners
Roughly 27% of Harvard's students are foreigners, amounting to about 6,800 students.
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Supreme Court agrees to hear NJ pregnancy center appeal of subpoena for donor records
First Choice Women's Resource Centers in New Jersey is seeking to block a 2023 subpoena from New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin that requests the pregnancy center's information on donors, advertisements, and medical personnel.
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Afghan man pleads guilty to plotting Election Day terror attack in US
Tawhedi, who was arrested by the FBI in October, was let into the country immediately after former President Joe Biden withdrew American troops from Afghanistan in 2021.
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Padilla should be charged with assault to avoid 'two systems of justice' J6 defense lawyer says
What Rule of Law? A defense lawyer for those charged in connection to the Capitol riot argues that if Senator Alex Padilla is not charged with assaulting a federal officer, like many January 6 defendants were, it shows a double standard at work.