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Judge Allows Georgia Ballot Review Case to Proceed for Now

(Headline USA) A judge on Thursday allowed a lawsuit alleging fraud in Georgia's most populous county during the November election and seeking a review of absentee ballots to move forward for now. Originally filed in December, the lawsuit says there is evidence of fraudulent ballots and improper ballot counting in Fulton...

NY Court Suspends Giuliani’s Law License for His Claims About 2020 Election

(Headline USA) An appeals court suspended Rudy Giuliani from practicing law in New York because he "made false statements" while trying to get courts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the presidential race. An attorney disciplinary committee said in its motion to suspend Giuliani’s license that there was “uncontroverted evidence” that...

FREE SPEECH: Supreme Court Rules for Cursing Student After She Didn’t Make Cheerleading Team

(Associated Press) The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a Pennsylvania public school wrongly suspended a cheerleader over a vulgar social media post she made after she didn't qualify for the varsity team. The court voted 8-1 in favor of Brandi Levy, who was a 14-year-old high school freshman when she expressed...

PROPERTY RIGHTS: SCOTUS Says Unions Can’t Trespass to Recruit Members

(Headline USA) The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with California agriculture businesses in their challenge to a state regulation that gives unions access to farm property in order to organize workers. As a result of the ruling, California will have to modify or abandon the regulation put in place in 1975...

High Court Limits When Police Can Enter Home Without Warrant

(Associated Press) The Supreme Court on Wednesday put limits on when police officers pursuing a fleeing suspect can enter a home without a warrant. The high court ruled that when officers are pursuing someone suspected of a misdemeanor, a less serious crime, they cannot always enter a home without a warrant...

Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Dakota Access Pipeline

(Associated Press) A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the lawsuit filed by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe challenging the operation of the Dakota Access Pipeline. With his ruling, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg outlined a path for a future legal challenge to an ongoing environmental review, should the tribe seek...

Mistrial Halts Case on Minimum Wage for Immigrant Detainees

(Headline USA) A trial over whether the GEO Group must pay minimum wage---instead of $1 a day---to immigration detainees who perform tasks like cooking and cleaning at its for-profit detention center in Washington state has ended with a hung jury. U.S. District Judge Robert Bryan in Tacoma declared a mistrial...

SCOTUS Rules NCAA Can’t Set Limits on Athlete Compensation

(Headline USA) The Supreme Court decided unanimously Monday that the NCAA can’t enforce rules limiting education-related benefits---like computers and paid internships---that colleges offer to student-athletes, a ruling that could help push changes in how the student-athletes are compensated. The case doesn’t decide whether students can be paid salaries. Instead, the...

Judge Hears Arguments in Ga. Absentee-Ballot Fraud Case

(Headline USA) A judge was set to hear arguments Monday over whether a lawsuit that alleges fraud during the November general election in Georgia’s most populous county should be dismissed. The lawsuit alleges evidence of fraudulent ballots and improper ballot counting in Fulton County, which has Atlanta as its seat....

Kansas Judge Finds CDC Eviction Moratorium Unenforceable

(Headline USA) A judge in Kansas's most populous county reauthorized landlords to evict tenants who are behind on rent in advance of a federal moratorium expiring at the end of the month. Johnson County Magistrate Judge Daniel Vokins explained this week during a Zoom eviction hearing that he doesn't think...

St. Louis Gun-Waving McCloskeys Plead Guilty to Misdemeanors

(Headline USA) A St. Louis couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice marauders pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor charges, but the man left the courthouse defiantly pledging to “do it again” if faced with the same circumstances. Patricia McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment and was fined $2,000....

SCOTUS: Don’t Make Exceptions to Rules if You Don’t Want Religious Groups to Have Them

(Associated Press) Justice Samuel Alito called it a “wisp” of a decision — a Supreme Court ruling Thursday that favored Catholic Social Services in Philadelphia but was far from the constitutional gale wind that would have reshaped how courts interpret religious liberty under the First Amendment. Still, there was a shift. Governmental...
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