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Supreme Court won’t review decision that freed Bill Cosby
PHILADELPHIA — 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 late in life. The high court, …
After 2-year battle, House panel to interview Trump counsel – Associated Press
After 2-year battle, House panel to interview Trump counsel Associated Press After A 2-Year Legal Fight, Ex-Trump Aide Will Testify On The Russia Investigation NPR House Democrats finally get to interview former White House counsel McGahn CNN After 2-year battle, House panel to interview Trump counsel McGahn NBC News Trump’s former White House counsel to appear before House committee …
Snubbed as Obama high court pick, Garland in line to be AG
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Merrick Garland was nominated by the White House for a job, Republicans wouldn’t even meet with him. Now, the once-snubbed Supreme Court pick will finally come before the Senate, this time as President Joe Biden’s choice for attorney general. Garland, an appeals court judge, is widely expected to sail …
Senate Judiciary sends nomination to full Senate
CLOSE Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett returned to Capitol Hill for a third day of confirmation hearings, during which she was called “unashamedly pro-life” by Sen. Lindsey Graham. He told Barrett that “a seat at the table is waiting” for her. (Oct. 14) AP Domestic WASHINGTON – All 12 Republican members of the Senate …
Stocks post solid gains as technology shares lead rally | National News
A woman looks at screens showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Asian shares advanced Friday, cheered by a modest rally on Wall Street and rising hopes for fresh stimulus for the U.S. economy. …
Judiciary hearing resumes after breaking for floor votes
Jonathan Allen 3h ago / 7:37 PM UTC ANALYSIS: Democrats’ witnesses did what the lawmakers hoped they would In what amounted to the first half of the House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment hearing Wednesday, three of the legal scholars called by Democrats argued that Congress has a duty to impeach the president. “If you don’t impeach …
US judge blocks Trump’s health insurance rule for immigrants
A federal judge in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday put on hold a Trump administration rule requiring immigrants prove they will have health insurance or can pay for medical care before they can get visas. U.S. District Judge Michael Simon granted a temporary restraining order that prevents the rule from going into effect Sunday. It’s not …
Judge orders release of Mueller material, citing impeachment chance
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill on Wednesday July 24, 2019 in Washington, DC. Melina Mara | The Washington Post | Getty Images A federal judge on Friday said the Justice Department must give the House Judiciary Committee normally secret grand jury material collected as part …
The blinding of justice: Technology, journalism and the law
The legal profession is in the early stages of a fundamental transformation driven by an entirely new breed of intelligent technologies and it is a perilous place for the profession to be. If the needs of the law guide the ways in which the new technologies are put into use they can greatly advance the …
Young Ohio mother acquitted of killing newborn
A young Ohio mother who prosecutors said killed and buried her unwanted newborn in her backyard just days after her senior prom so that she could keep her “perfect life” was acquitted of murder Thursday. Brooke Skylar Richardson, now 20, began shaking and sobbing while a judge read the not guilty verdicts on aggravated murder, …
