NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Four former Connecticut police officers arrested for allegedly mistreating a man who wound up paralyzed in the back of a police van in 2022 were denied bids Thursday to enter a program that could have erased criminal charges against them and let them avoid trial. A judge in New Haven Superior […]
A group of military clergy is asking the Supreme Court to uphold their First Amendment rights, which allow them to reject taking the COVID-19 vaccine despite orders from the Department of Defense. They also say they have faced retaliation such as not being promoted for their religious exemption requests. More than three dozen chaplains asked […]
The Supreme Court this week declined to take up an appeal from Nicholas Sandmann, who sued major media companies alleging they defamed him in 2019. His suit asked for more than a billion dollars in damages against The New York Times, ABC, CBS, Rolling Stone and Gannett. Mr. Sandmann was caught in a viral video […]
The Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump will resume its slow march to trial on Thursday, with the first major arguments since a judge allowed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the case. Mr. Trump’s lawyer will try to get the indictment dismissed by arguing the ex-president’s efforts to […]
ATLANTA (AP) — The charges against former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case seek to criminalize political speech and advocacy conduct that the First Amendment protects, his lawyers argued in a court filing challenging the indictment. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee plans to hear arguments on that filing and on […]
Virulently anti-Trump comedian and TV host Jon Stewart is facing a backlash after being accused of perpetrating the same behavior that he has criticized former President Donald Trump of committing. Stewart is facing criticism after attacking Trump over claims that he overvalued some of his properties, a claim lodged against him during the former president’s […]
As lawsuits go, the settlement is not huge. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum has agreed to pay 12 Catholic students a total of $50,000 after settling a discrimination case. In an egregious act against the First Amendment’s freedom of speech, members of the museum’s staff, in a profanity-laced rant, mocked, insulted, and […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys for Hunter Biden are expected in court Wednesday in Los Angeles, where he is accused in what prosecutors call a four-year scheme to avoid paying $1.4 million in taxes while living an extravagant lifestyle. President Biden‘s son has pleaded not guilty to the nine felony and misdemeanor tax offenses. He’s […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton agreed to a last-minute deal with prosecutors that allowed the dismissal of almost 9-year-old criminal charges on Tuesday. The 18-month intervention agreement was announced in a pretrial hearing that had been delayed from last week. The agreement includes 100 hours of community service and 15 hours of legal education classes […]
The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case dealing with the Food and Drug Administration’s removal of safeguards on chemical abortion drugs. Represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, four national medical associations and four individual doctors sued the FDA for removing almost all safety standards for pregnant women taking the abortion drugs […]
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