The U.S. Justice Department has asked the Supreme Court to intervene in a growing dispute over how President Donald Trump’s administration has installed interim federal prosecutors without Senate confirmation. The request follows a ruling by a federal appeals court that found Sigal Chattah was not lawfully serving as Nevada’s top federal prosecutor and barred her …
The battle over Missouri’s Republican-backed congressional map has landed back before the U.S. Supreme Court, with opponents seeking to block a federal ruling that cleared the way for the new boundaries to be used in November’s elections. The emergency appeal was filed on Wednesday by People Not Politicians and other challengers, shortly after U.S. District …
A major copyright battle involving OpenAI, Microsoft and The New York Times is moving toward a potentially consequential ruling over whether companies can legally use copyrighted works to train artificial intelligence systems. In filings before U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein in Manhattan, both sides have asked the court to rule in their favor on the …
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The United States has restarted immigrant visa processing in Hungary and Poland, even as applicants in many other countries continue to face a temporary halt in visa interviews. The change was introduced last week after the White House directed US diplomatic missions in the two European countries to give priority to immigrant visa cases, according …
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The American Bar Association has scrapped its diversity, equity and inclusion requirement for U.S. law schools, a move aimed at protecting the organization’s role as the nation’s recognized accreditor amid mounting pressure from the federal government and Republican-led states. The ABA’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar approved the …
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The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let it resume a federal voter-verification program that was blocked by a lower court over concerns about the reliability of the data being used to identify voters. The Justice Department filed an emergency request seeking to suspend a June ruling by a Washington, D.C., federal …
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The Trump administration’s effort to tighten rules governing mail-in ballots has entered a critical phase, with states awaiting clarity on whether a new U.S. Postal Service policy could take effect before the November 3 midterm elections. The administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow enforcement of the rule, even as election officials in …
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Minnesota’s groundbreaking law targeting AI-generated fake nude images will remain in effect after Elon Musk’s xAI failed to persuade a federal court to halt the measure while its constitutional challenge moves forward. A federal judge rejected xAI’s request for a preliminary injunction against the law, which took effect on August 1. The legislation prohibits website …
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The U.S. Supreme Court has stepped in to preserve a federal policy allowing political party committees to access discounted television and radio advertising rates, handing Republican campaign organisations an important victory as the midterm election season intensifies. The court granted an emergency request from the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee, …
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A Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial in the case against Lindsay Clancy after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict, bringing a closely watched trial over the deaths of her three young children to an abrupt and unresolved end. The proceedings, which lasted nearly six weeks, centred on a devastating question: whether Clancy was legally …
Jury Deadlock Derails Lindsay Clancy Trial, Leaving Fate of Case Unresolved Read More »
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