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Trump says SCOTUS denial of appeal in E. Jean Carroll case 'has not' actually happened yet
1+ hour, 17+ min ago (666+ words) President Donald Trump is imploring a federal court not to release millions of dollars he owes in the'long-running'defamation case brought and won by writer'E. Jean Carroll. In a 15-page memorandum of law filed late Tuesday, the 45th and 47th president argued that…...
5th Circuit effectively reverses itself in blow to Trump's indefinite detention policy
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (759+ words) The Trump administration must offer immigrants who are indefinitely detained the opportunity to argue for their release, a federal appellate court panel ruled on Thursday in something of a retreat from a previous decision issued by a different panel on…...
Kagan castigates Kavanaugh in high court feud over political party spending
1+ week, 1+ day ago (629+ words) The U. S. Supreme Court on Tuesday paved the way for an avalanche of political party spending to be unleashed in the upcoming midterm elections and the broader political arena for years to come. In a 6-3 decision, the court's Republican-appointed justices voted…...
DOJ says ballroom is 'imperative' to protect Trump after apparent White House UFC plot
2+ week, 6+ day ago (272+ words) The Trump administration has launched its latest effort to secure the construction of a new White House ballroom " arguing that an alleged plot to attack "high value targets" at the UFC event there necessitates the establishment of the structure. "[T]…...
Trump ominously says judge 'will be held responsible' days before ballroom appellate dance
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (344+ words) Just days before his appeal will be heard, President Donald Trump launched a personal attack on a federal judge who has repeatedly frustrated him in court, declaring that the jurist "will be held responsible" for the "Death and Destruction" of…...
Joe Biden launching 11th-hour bid to stop audio from going public as Trump DOJ turns tables
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (390+ words) Former President Joe Biden faces a crucial deadline Tuesday to try to stop the Trump administration from handing over to Congress previously "deleted" but recovered audiotapes of conversations he had with his memoir's ghostwriter in 2017. Some "70 hours of audio recordings…...
Trump DOJ forced to issue rare apology to federal judge for DHS' behavior online
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (279+ words) After yet another court demanded to know why the DOJ shouldn't be held in contempt, the Trump administration had little choice but to offer a straightforward apology to a Rhode Island jurist the Homeland Security Department wildly branded as an…...
Kagan issues thundering dissent in Voting Rights Act case on racial gerrymandering
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (718+ words) The U. S. Supreme Court on Wednesday set the stage for a wave of racial gerrymandering across the country in a ruling that determined majority-minority congressional districts are unconstitutional. In a 6-3 decision, the court's Republican-appointed justices voted to gut the protections of…...
Trump executive order 'virtually guaranteed' to massively harm eligible voters: Lawsuit
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (474+ words) Armed with a Sharpie, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that "will result in the exclusion and disenfranchisement of eligible voters" if the courts do not stop it, according to a lawsuit. The League of United Latin American Citizens…...
DOJ waits 26 pages to reveal Mar-a-Lago rationale behind memo to cancel Watergate-era law
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (392+ words) The DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel issued an opinion this week that purports to absolve President Donald Trump from having to "comply" with a Richard Nixon-era records preservation law. The legal opinion penned by Assistant Attorney General T. Elliot Gaiser, a…...