A sentencing error applied to the man convicted of attacking Paul Pelosi could potentially put his decades-long federal prison term in jeopardy. The government’s case may have appeared straightforward, but its execution of basic procedures — or lack thereof — was anything but. The judge that sentenced David DePape failed to allow the convicted home […]
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that a Catholic school has the right to only hire staff who agree with its religious principles, rejecting a lawsuit from a substitute teacher who announced plans to enter into a same-sex marriage. Lonnie Billard previously had retired from Charlotte Catholic High School and returned as a substitute. School […]
Former President Donald Trump sidestepped New York Judge Juan Merchan’s gag order by reading news reports critical of the “hush money” case being brought against him. Before entering the Manhattan court house Tuesday morning, Trump pulled out a piece of paper and read assessments of the trial from mostly left-leaning news outlets. He first cited […]
Thirteen federal judges signed a letter sent to Columbia University’s president Minouche Shafik stating that they would no longer hire law clerks from Columbia College or Columbia Law School. The judges cited the “explosion of student disruptions” and the “virulent spread of antisemitism” at Columbia as reasons for their […]
Thirteen federal judges said Monday in a letter to Columbia University President Minouche Shafik that they won’t hire law clerks from the institution over its handling of the pro-Palestine protests that the judges said “threatened violence, committed assaults, and destroyed property.” The judges said they lost confidence in Columbia since it became “an incubator of […]
Republican attempts to label the migrant surge an “invasion” have fallen flat in the courts, where judges say the flow of people and drugs looks less like a Constitution-breaking military incursion and more like the kinds of border problems that have plagued the country for decades. The constitutional argument that states have the freedom of […]
President Trump could go to jail if Judge Juan Merchan rules him in contempt of court in his New York City bookkeeping trial. When court resumed on Thursday after a day off, New York City prosecutors argued that former President Trump had broken the gag. Merchan imposed the order in March and later expanded […]
Former President Donald Trump and eight co-defendants have formally challenged a Georgia judge’s decision to let Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis remain on the election subversion case despite her romantic relationship with a taxpayer-funded prosecutor. Mr. Trump’s attorneys say Judge Scott McAfee got some things right in his decision, including a finding that Ms. […]
Fulton County, Georgia, Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee’s decision is one fine muddle. McAfee ruled on Friday in the Fani Willis-Nathan Wade sexual-kickback case: It takes two to tango, but only one is too corrupt to stay on the dance floor. How does that work? McAfee gave Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis the option to continue her election-interference persecution against […]
The son of an Alabama judge was arrested Saturday in a shooting that left his father seriously injured. Johnny Hardwick, who is the presiding judge of Montgomery County’s Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, underwent surgery, Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham said, according to Al.com. “I am just asking that we continue to pray for the judge,” Cunningham […]
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