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Supreme Court rejects Roy Moore's push to restore $8.2M defamation verdict
Legal Analysis 10/14/2026The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal from former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, leaving intact a ruling that wiped out the $8.2 million defamation verdict he won over a political ad aired during his 2017 U.S. Senate campaign.By de...
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Supreme Court rejects Roy Moore's push to restore $8.2M defamation verdict
Legal News Headlines 10/08/2026The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Roy Moore's push to restore an $8.2 million defamation verdict over a 2017 Senate race ad funded by a Democratic-aligned super PAC.Justices declined to hear Moore's appeal of a lower court decision that vacat...
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Supreme Court lets quick deportations to third countries resume for now
Legal Analysis 09/30/2026The Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trump's administration continue swiftly deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider whether the policy is legal.The apparent 6-3 order temporarily lifts low...
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Jury convicts Vermont man of attempted murder in shooting of 3 students
Legal News Headlines 09/24/2026A jury on Monday convicted a Vermont man of attempted murder in the shootings of three Palestinian college students who were walking near his home, rejecting an insanity defense rooted in his claims that he was acting on orders from U.S. and Israeli ...
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Jerry Sandusky appears remotely ahead of federal bid for new trial
Legal Analysis 09/09/2026Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky appeared in court remotely Tuesday where he said he agreed with his lawyers not to go forward with testimony from an accuser who wants to recant allegations that Sandusky sexually abused him y...
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Judge refuses to block Trump administration from building border wall
Legal Analysis 08/15/2026A federal judge refused on Friday to block the Trump administration from taking steps to build 62 miles of international border wall along part of a Native American tribe’s reservation without its consent.U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Was...
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Lawmakers cast doubt on Kathryn Ruemmler's testimony about Epstein ties
Litigation Reports 07/18/2026Lawmakers said Kathryn Ruemmler, the former top lawyer at Goldman Sachs and White House counsel to President Barack Obama, was not being truthful Wednesday about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, rejecting her testimony that Epstein had merely "...
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Court strikes down Hawaii law requiring permission to carry guns
Opinion 06/25/2026The Supreme Court struck down a Hawaii law requiring people to get permission to carry guns into stores and hotels on Thursday, in its latest opinion backing Second Amendment rights.The high court's 6-3 decision means people can carry guns onto priva...
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US journalist pleads guilty to acting as an illegal agent for China
Opinion 06/08/2026Linda Sun, a former aide to New York governors, was accused of selling her influence to the Chinese government. Sun pleaded not guilty to charges that she failed to register as an agent of a foreign government, conspired with her husband to launder m...
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Supreme Court rejects Meta's appeal in Vermont social media addiction case
Legal Analysis 05/29/2026The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a push to avoid a lawsuit alleging that Facebook and Instagram harmed young users, a decision that comes as social media companies increasingly face legal scrutiny.Parent company Meta Platforms Inc. appealed afte...
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Court sides with Trump in dispute over immigration judges' speech restrictions
Legal News Headlines 05/27/2026The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with President Donald Trump's administration in a lawsuit over speech restrictions for immigration judges that touched on the rights of federal workers.The justices overturned a lower-court ruling that had allowed t...
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Prosecutors seek 50-year sentence in massive Minnesota nonprofit fraud case
Opinion 05/22/2026The former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit who was convicted for her role in a staggering $250 million fraud case that helped ignite a federal immigration crackdown should spend 50 years in prison, prosecutors argued in a court filing.Aimee Bock, who...