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‘Be Careful’: Neil Gorsuch Issues Dire Warning Over Biden’s Reforms

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch issued a stern warning about President Joe Biden’s proposals to reform the court system, which many have described as a desperate effort to thwart the conservative majority. Justice Gorsuch, appointed by President Donald Trump in 2017, declined to comment on specific proposals...

Trump Secures Thousands in Restitution After SCOTUS Affirms Immunity

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Supreme Court’s decision affirming President Donald Trump’s immunity from prosecution has been remanded to the lower courts for further proceedings. The justices also ordered the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to pay Trump thousands in expenses.  The high court ordered Trump to...

Illegal Charged in Laken Riley Murder Seeks Change of Trial Venue from College Town

(Headline USA) Attorneys for a man accused of killing a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus have asked a judge to move the case to another county. The request may be a risky proposition for Jose Ibarra, the Venezuelan national who eluded both Border...

Deranged Anti-Trump Head-Chopper Ruled Competent to Stand Trial

(Headline USA) The man accused of beheading his father in their suburban Philadelphia home early this year and posting a video of the severed head online is competent to stand trial, a judge ruled Thursday. Judge Stephen Corr ruled from the bench after a nearly five-hour proceeding that unfolded with Justin Mohn,...

D.C. Sues StubHub over Deceptive Fees that Inflate Ticket Prices on Resale Platform

(Headline USA) The attorney general for Washington, D.C., sued StubHub on Wednesday, accusing the ticket resale platform of advertising deceptively low prices and then ramping up prices with extra fees. The practice known as “drip pricing” violates consumer protection laws in the nation’s capital, Attorney General Brian Schwalb said. “StubHub intentionally...

South Carolina Supreme Court Rules State Death Penalty Is Legal, Including Firing Squad

(Headline USA) South Carolina can execute death row inmates by firing squad, lethal injection or the electric chair, the state’s high court ruled Wednesday, opening the door to restart executions after more than a decade. All five justices agreed with at least part of the ruling. But two of the...

GOP Challenge to New York’s Mail-In Voting Expansion Reaches State’s Highest Court

(Headline USA) New York’s highest court heard arguments Tuesday in a Republican challenge of a law that allows any registered voter to cast a mail-in ballot during the early voting period. The case, which is led by Rep. Elise Stefanik and includes other lawmakers and the Republican National Committee, is...

Federal Judge Says New Jersey’s Ban on AR-15 Rifles Is Unconstitutional

(Headline USA) New Jersey's ban on the AR-15 rifle is unconstitutional, but the state's cap on magazines over 10 rounds passes constitutional muster, a federal judge said Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Peter Sheridan's 69-page opinion says he was compelled to rule as he did because of the Supreme Court's rulings...

Train Derailment Victims Must Give up Right to Sue to be Eligible to Receive $25K

(Headline USA) People who live near East Palestine, Ohio, can now get $25,000 apiece for any injuries they sustained after last year's Norfolk Southern freight train derailment on top of whatever money they get for property damage as part of the $600 million class-action settlement. The lawyers who negotiated the...

Special Counsel David Weiss Slams Hunter Biden for Trying to Toss Tax-Fraud Case

(Headline USA) Special counsel David Weiss slammed Hunter Biden’s legal team this week for trying to get the federal cases against the embattled first son thrown out. Biden’s lawyers argued in a court filing last week that Weiss’s federal tax case, and the illegal firearm purchase charges on which Hunter was...

Fifth Circuit Hands Texas Major Win on Rio Grande River Buoy Lawsuit

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) One year after Texas installed marine barriers in the Rio Grande River near Eagle Pass, Texas, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Texas has the legal right to do so. It also reversed a district court’s preliminary injunction and remanded the case...

NBC Facing FCC Complaint for Broadcasting ‘Obscene’ Olympics Opening Ceremony

(Headline USA) NBC is facing an obscenity complaint with the Federal Communications Commission this week after broadcasting the opening ceremony of the Olympics, which featured multiple drag queens and other inappropriate content. Conservative watchdog Judicial Watch filed the complaint with the FCC on Monday, accusing NBC of airing “obscene and indecent”...
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