Justice Secretary Dominic Raab can’t say when court backlog will be cleared
The justice secretary tells the BBC delays to prosecutions in England and Wales will fall in the next 12 months BBC – For more and to sign up click here...
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Groups urge court to hear appeal on Ohio ending extra unemployment benefits
USA TODAY – For more and to sign up click here J.D. Davidson, The Center Square While the Ohio Supreme Court considers an appeal of Gov. Mike DeWine’s authority to end extra federal unemployment benefits, outside groups are weighing in on the side of the state. DeWine announced in May......
New measure allows some to have court fees waived
USA TODAY – For more and to sign up click here Andrew Hensel, The Center Square Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a measure establishing a pilot program in Cook County that would allow residents under a certain income level to have their traffic court fees waived. Pritzker signed Senate Bill......
Jon Gruden emails also appear in court filing from WFT’s Daniel Snyder
USA TODAY – For more and to sign up click here USA TODAY Some of the vulgar emails that led to Jon Gruden’s resignation were submitted in court filings by Washington Football Team owner Daniel Snyder four months ago, in an effort to compel former team executive Bruce Allen to......
U.S. Supreme Court justices lean toward restoring Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence
WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday leaned toward reinstating convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence for his role in the 2013 attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others. The nine-member court’s conservative majority appeared sympathetic toward the Justice Department’s......
Supreme Court to consider death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
CNBC – For more and to sign up click here Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is pictured in this handout photo presented as evidence by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston, Massachusetts on March 23, 2015. U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston | Reuters The Supreme Court is set Wednesday to hear arguments on......
Supreme Court to consider reinstating death sentences for Boston Marathon bomber
CBS News – For more and to sign up click here Washington — The Supreme Court will convene Wednesday to hear oral arguments in a legal dispute involving the fate of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, whose death sentences were tossed out by a lower court last year. The Biden......
Marine who criticized military over Afghan withdrawal to plead guilty at court martial, lawyer says
CBS News – For more and to sign up click here The Marine officer whose online video criticizing senior military leaders over the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan went viral is expected to plead guilty at his court-martial this week, his lawyer said. Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller is facing several charges......
Maryland Couple Accused of Selling Submarine Secrets Appear in Court
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The Maryland couple accused of trying to sell some of America’s most closely guarded nuclear submarine secrets made their first appearance in court since they were arrested over the weekend. The couple, Jonathan and Diana Toebbe, were accused of selling nuclear propulsion secrets to an undercover F.B.I.......
Ministers could face self-deleting WhatsApp text ban in court challenge
Campaigners secure judicial review of rules that order ministers and officials to delete instant message chats. BBC – For more and to sign up click here...
Navy nuclear engineer and wife charged with trying to sell submarine secrets appear in court
CBS News – For more and to sign up click here A Maryland-based naval nuclear engineer and his schoolteacher wife who were charged with selling secret nuclear power submarine information to someone they believed was a foreign agent made their first appearance in court on Tuesday. Jonathan and Diana Toebbe......
Supreme Court signals it will side with Kentucky attorney general in bid to defend abortion law
CNBC – For more and to sign up click here Police officers set up barricades in front of of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. Emily Elconin | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Tuesday considered a Republican attorney general’s bid......
Supreme Court to hear Kentucky abortion case Tuesday
USA TODAY – For more and to sign up click here At issue in the case is a law that restricts a standard second-trimester abortion method known as “dilation and evacuation” that is used after 15 weeks of pregnancy. It was signed into law in 2018 but has so far......
NPR Polls COVID Impact, NFL’s Gruden Resigns, Accused Navy Spy In Court : Up First
NPR A new poll confirms Americans are behind and on edge because of the pandemic. Raiders Coach Jon Gruden resigns after NFL officials found racist, misogynistic and homophobic language in his emails. And a U.S. Navy nuclear engineer and his wife head for federal court to answer espionage charges. NPR......
Justice Department asks court to stop Texas abortion law from being implemented
CBS News – For more and to sign up click here The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court Monday to stop the implementation of Texas’ restrictive abortion law, requesting the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to deny a stay against an injunction blocking the law from going into effect. The......
Missing Apostrophe in Facebook Post Lands a Man in Defamation Court
New York Times – For more and to sign up click here A missing apostrophe could cost a real estate agent tens of thousands of dollars after an Australian court ruled a defamation case against him could proceed over a Facebook post. The agent, Anthony Zadravic, who is based on......
A Missing Apostrophe in a Facebook Post Lands Him in Defamation Court
New York Times – For more and to sign up click here A missing apostrophe could cost a real estate agent tens of thousands of dollars after an Australian court ruled a defamation case against him could proceed over a Facebook post. The agent, Anthony Zadravic, who is based on......
Boston Marathon bombing victims split on death penalty in Supreme Court case
Supreme Court to hear appeal to restore death sentence Tsarnaev was convicted in 2013 bombing that killed 3 BOSTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Liz Norden and Mikey Borgard both suffered when two bombs exploded at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, sending shrapnel through a crowd of hundreds......
Federal appeals court temporarily allows Texas abortion law to continue
CBS News – For more and to sign up click here A Texas law that bars abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy can continue for the time being, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals said late Friday. The ruling comes two days after a federal judge temporarily prohibited the state......
What abortion access looks like in America even before the Supreme Court reconsiders Roe v. Wade
USA TODAY – For more and to sign up click here Since the 1973 decision that enshrined a constitutional right to an abortion, activists and their partners in statehouses across the country have enacted more than 1,300 laws that have made the procedure more difficult to obtain. Five states have......