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Judge OKs Nigerian Brothers’ Lawsuit over Smollett Lawyer’s ‘Whiteface’ Claim
(Headline USA) Disgraced actor, felon and hate-crime fraudster Jussie Smollett was sprung early from jail this week, but that hasn't meant an end to his problems.
Smollett still faces an appeal of his sentence and on Friday a judge in Chicago ruled that an attorney for Smollett might have defamed...
Top UK Court Refuses Assange’s Extradition Appeal
(Headline USA) Britain’s top court on Monday refused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to appeal against a decision to extradite him to the U.S. to face spying charges.
The court said it refused because the case “didn’t raise an arguable point of law.”
Assange has sought for years to avoid a...
Jussie Smollett Returns to Court for Sentencing over Race Hoax
(Headline USA) Actor Jussie Smollett was scheduled to return to court on Thursday for sentencing on his conviction of lying to police about a race hoax that he orchestrated himself.
Smollett, who is expected to continue to deny his role in the staged attack in January 2019, faces up to...
Biden’s Legal Opinion Helped to Get Obstruction Charges Dropped in J6 Case
(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) In what could be an ultimate irony, a prior interpretation of case law by Joe Biden might help set the stage for obstruction of justice charges being dropped in hundreds of cases stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, protests at the U.S. Capitol.
It’s already led to...
RINO Sen. Collins Offers High Praise for Biden SCOTUS Nominee
(Headline USA) RINO Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, had words of praise for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson after meeting with her for more than an hour and a half at the Capitol on Tuesday, raising Democrats' hopes that she could be a GOP vote in favor of her...
Trial Begins for Four Men Allegedly Framed in FBI’s Plot to Kidnap Whitmer
(Headline USA) With secret recordings and other evidence, prosecutors hoped to show how four men were united behind a wild plot to kidnap Michigan's governor in response to her aggressive steps to slow down COVID-19 during the early months of the pandemic.
But the trial also was likely to shed...
SCOTUS Rejects Cases by NC, Pa. Legislatures to Reverse Court-Imposed Gerrymandering
(Headline USA) The Supreme Court has turned away efforts from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block state court-ordered congressional districting plans more favorable to Democrats.
In separate orders late Monday, the justices are allowing maps selected by each state's Supreme Court to be in effect for the 2022...
SCOTUS Refuses to Consider Case Involving Cosby’s Immunity Agreement
(Headline USA) The U.S. Supreme Court quietly announced Monday that it would not review Bill Cosby's sexual assault case, leaving him a free man and ending a two-decade legal drama that shifted the cultural landscape, destroyed the groundbreaking black actor’s reputation, and sent him to prison for several years...
Klobuchar: SCOTUS Nominee More Qualified Than ‘Four People’ Already on Bench
(Headline USA) Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., took a shot at the conservative Supreme Court justices appointed by former President Donald Trump this week, claiming President Joe Biden’s nominee has more experience than “four people” on the bench.
Biden announced last week that he has nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace...
Ex-Police Officer Cleared of Reckless Endangerment in Breonna Taylor Killing
(Headline USA) A former Kentucky police officer was found not guilty Thursday on charges he endangered neighbors the night he fired into Breonna Taylor's apartment during a botched drug raid that resulted in Taylor's death.
The panel of eight men and four women delivered its verdict for Brett Hankison about...
Wisc. Supreme Court Defies Legislature to Approve Leftist Gov.’s District Maps
(Headline USA) A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday adopted “least change” legislative and congressional redistricting maps submitted by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, a plan that largely preserves the current district lines that give Republicans majorities.
That means that Republicans are highly likely to remain in the majority as they...
Federal Judge Tosses Activist Effort to Block Cawthorn from Running
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) U.S. District Court Judge Richard Myers II tossed out an activist attempt to prevent Rep. Madison Cawthorn from running for re-election on the basis that he participated in a "rebellion."
The political stunt, inspired by corrupt leftist lawyer and Steele Dossier mastermind Marc Elias, sought to...
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