Courts & Law
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Federal judge upholds ruling that 'tower dump' warrants are unconstitutional
A magistrate judge ruled the "tower dump" warrants are general warrants and therefore impermissible, and District Judge Carlton Reeves agreed.
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Federal appeals court revives Florida law restricting minors from attending certain drag shows
Ruling allows Florida to enforce the Protection of Children Act while the underlying litigation proceeds in the district court.
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Education Department ordered to forgive student loans for over 170K borrowers defrauded by schools
The latest ruling, issued unanimously by a panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, came after the Trump administration asked for an additional 18 months to review the newest claims.
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Justice Department asks appeals court to dismiss law firm executive order cases
The decision comes after nine law firms made deals with the Trump administration last year, including Paul Weiss, in order to avoid a legal battle over the executive orders.
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Supreme Court blocks judge from redrawing Malliotakis' New York district
The ruling comes after Malliotakis asked the Supreme Court to wade in last month, after a New York court ruled that Malliotakis's district had improperly disenfranchised black and Hispanic voters.
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Ex-pitcher Serafini sentenced to life in prison for murdering his in-laws
A Placer County jury convicted Serafini, 51, in July 2025 on charges that included first-degree murder, attempted murder and first-degree burglary.
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Federal prosecutors decline to appeal decision dismissing death penalty option for Luigi Mangione
A federal judge dismissed the murder charge that brings the death penalty last month because it requires that the killing was committed during another “crime of violence.”
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Texas Supreme Court chief justice chastises judicial conduct commission
Jimmy Blacklock clarifies that judges in Texas are not violating the law when they refuse to marry same-sex couples.
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Three Alabama women indicted for voter fraud in 2025 municipal election
The three women in Monroe County have been indicted for voter fraud in the Aug. 26, 2025, Frisco City municipal election.
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Justice Department sues five states for access to voter rolls, including four red ones
The latest batch of lawsuits targeted secretaries of state in Kentucky, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Utah and West Virginia.
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13 state AGs win victory against ESG with Vanguard settlement
Chief executive officer of American Energy Institute Jason Isaac told The Center Square that the settlement “is a huge win in the fight to stop the ESG and net-zero schemes being pushed by Wall Street elites and the climate cartel.”
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Judge says Greenpeace will have to pay $345 million over pipeline protest
The case went to trial in 2025, and a jury found Greenpeace liable on all claims.
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let it end TPS for Syrians
The Supreme Court ruled in October that the administration could pull the status for over 300,000 Venezuelan migrants, stating that the Trump administration would likely prevail in its arguments.