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Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Law Banning Conversion Therapy
Colorado, like more than 20 other states, bars licensed therapists from trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors in their care.The New York Times - Mar. 10 -
Supreme Court Rejects an Effort to Block States From Suing Oil Giants
The justices declined to hear unusual arguments from Republican-led states that sought to end lawsuits against energy companies over their role in global warming.The New York Times - Mar. 10 -
Top US Supreme Court justice rebukes Trump's call to impeach judge
Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare statement after Trump called for a judge that halted his deportations to be impeached.BBC News - 3d -
Rubio bars ex-Argentina president from visiting US, citing 'significant corruption'
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that former Argentina President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and the country’s former minister are barred from visiting the U.S. due to their involvement ...The Hill - 14h -
Ex-UK minister Tulip Siddiq hits out at ‘false’ fraud claims by Bangladesh
Labour MP dismisses corruption allegations as attempt to ‘interfere’ with her political work in BritainFinancial Times - 2d -
Ex-Barclays boss Staley accuses regulator of ‘destroying’ his reputation
UK bank’s former chief hits back over alleged links with convicted paedophile Jeffrey EpsteinFinancial Times - Mar. 10 -
Rodrigo Duterte, former Philippine president, is arrested on International Criminal Court warrant
Ex-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested Tuesday on an Interpol arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court amid accusations that he committed crimes against humanity during ...NBC News - Mar. 11 -
Court recommends charges against NYC Mayor Adams dropped
A court-appointed lawyer has advised a federal judge that corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams should be dropped. Meantime, sources tell NBC News two federal prosecutors in ...NBC News - Mar. 8 -
Trump calls for a stop to nationwide injunctions amid court setbacks
President Trump on Thursday called for a stop to nationwide injunctions and suggested the Supreme Court should intervene as his administration has faced multiple setbacks from federal judges. ...The Hill - 1d -
Wisconsin Democrats look to harness anger with Musk in court race
Wisconsin Democrats are launching a full-court press against Elon Musk as they look to use angry voter sentiment against him as a tool to turn out voters in the high-stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court ...The Hill - Mar. 10 -
Italy's top court orders government to compensate migrants who were stranded at sea for days
Italy’s highest appeals court has ordered the government to compensate a group of migrants who were stranded at sea for days on a coast guard vessel in 2018 due to then-Interior minister Matteo ...ABC News - Mar. 7 -
Court stays execution of Texas man days before he was set to die by lethal injection
A Texas appeals court on Tuesday halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set to die by lethal injection this week.NBC News - Mar. 12 -
Kosovo's war crime-charged ex-president briefly released to visit his ill father
Kosovo’s ex-President Hashim Thaci, who is facing war crime charges, has been briefly released from a European Union-backed court to visit his ill fatherABC News - Mar. 13 -
Appeals court rules Trump can implement anti-DEI executive orders for now
The decision from the three-judge panel allows the orders to be enforced as a lawsuit challenging them plays out.CBS News - Mar. 14 -
Staley referred to Epstein as ‘uncle Jeffrey’ in email to daughter, court hears
Ex-Barclays boss is challenging regulator’s verdict that he downplayed his connection to late paedophileFinancial Times - Mar. 12 -
German Court Convicts Five Over Plot to Kidnap Health Official and Spread Chaos
The defendants, part of a group known as “United Patriots,” aimed to reinstate a 19th-century Constitution by giving power to an all-powerful Kaiser.The New York Times - Mar. 7 -
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates spar over abortion rights and influence of Elon Musk and George Soros
In their only debate before next month's election, Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel traded barbs over mega-donors Soros and Musk and their involvement in the race.NBC News - Mar. 13 -
Supreme Court chief justice rebukes Trump over call to impeach judge in deportation case
Trump's demand came a day after Chief Judge James Boasberg grilled a Department of Justice lawyer about deportations of alleged Tren de Aragua gang members.CNBC - 3d -
France eye 'supreme objective' of Six Nations as Scotland visit
A France side brimming with confidence host Scotland on Saturday with a second Six Nations title of head coach Fabien Galthie's rollercoaster tenure on the line. The World Cup defeat to South ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 14 -
Regulator accused of letting hedge funds control Thames Water
Allegation comes as utility waits for Court of Appeal decision over £3bn emergency loanFinancial Times - Mar. 14 -
Judge shares video disassembling guns in chambers in dissent against ruling
Judge Lawrence VanDyke released the video after a California appeals court upheld a ban on high-capacity gun magazines.CBS News - 14h -
John Roberts made Trump’s authoritarianism possible. He could still save his own legacy | Steven Greenhouse
The supreme court judge has emboldened and enabled Trump, but the president’s second term must surely have him worried. John Roberts , chief justice of the US supreme court, should be very worried ...The Guardian - 3d -
‘Etched in my mind’: witness to South Carolina firing squad execution describes killing
Brad Sigmon was executed on Friday for the murders of his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 2001. A reporter for the Associated Press who watched as South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing ...The Guardian - Mar. 8 -
Lucy Letby calls for public inquiry into baby deaths to be halted
Ex-nurse says inquiry should be suspended until review of convictions has finished. Lucy Letby has called for the public inquiry into her crimes to be halted, arguing there is now “overwhelming and ...The Guardian - 4d -
Not enough power to share: The political feud behind Rodrigo Duterte's downfall
The ex-president is on his way to the International Criminal Court following his arrest in Manila.BBC News - Mar. 11 -
Former Russian politician goes on trial in UK for breaching sanctions
The ex-governor of Sevastopol used funds for school fees and to access a Mercedes-Benz, court hearsFinancial Times - 3d -
DOJ weighs plan to slash public corruption unit
The Justice Department (DOJ) is weighing a sizable reduction in a division designed to handle public corruption cases, a move that comes after the department dropped charges against New York City ...The Hill - Mar. 12 -
Steve Kornacki: The voter trends shaping the first big battleground state race of 2025
The Wisconsin Supreme Court election on April 1 will offer an early test of the political environment after November's presidential election.NBC News - Mar. 11 -
South Carolina attorney general says 14th Amendment 'misinterpreted'
South Carolina is one of 18 states that joined a Supreme Court brief supporting an executive order to end birthright citizenship.The Hill - 4d -
Louisiana Resumes Capital Punishment With First Nitrogen Execution
Jessie Hoffman was put to death on Tuesday after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. It was the state’s first execution since 2010.The New York Times - 3d -
The Eric Adams case may end in a corrupt miscarriage of justice
The strange official corruption case of New York City Mayor Eric Adams is about to draw to an abominable close.The Hill - 4d -
Philippines’ ex-president Duterte sent to The Hague over drug war killings
Former leader arrested on International Criminal Court warrant over alleged crimes against humanityFinancial Times - Mar. 11 -
Philippine ex-President Duterte appears by video link in The Hague courtroom
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has appeared by video link before judges at the International Criminal CourtABC News - Mar. 14 -
Nearly 42,000 UK asylum seekers waiting on appeal
Refugee Council said the number increased by five times in two years and those appealing still require accommodation.BBC News - 5d -
Justice Department office that prosecutes public corruption slashed in size, sources say
The Trump administration is slashing the size of the Justice Department's unit that oversees prosecutions of public officials accused of corruption, three sources told NBC News.NBC News - Mar. 11 -
Police arrest Istanbul mayor over alleged corruption and terror links
Turkish police have arrested Istanbul’s mayor — a key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — as part of an investigation into alleged corruption and terror linksABC News - 3d -
Philippines’ Ex-President Duterte Arrested Under I.C.C. Warrant
Rodrigo Duterte, the former Philippine president, was arrested on Tuesday in Manila and was flown to The Hague to face International Criminal Court charges of crimes against humanity.The New York Times - Mar. 11 -
3 Bulgarians convicted of spying for Russia across Europe from base in UK
Three Bulgarian nationals have been convicted by a London jury of spying for RussiaABC News - Mar. 7 -
Trump pardons convicted lawmaker once represented by the White House counsel
Trump pardons convicted Tennessee lawmaker once represented by the White House counsel.ABC News - Mar. 13 -
DOJ creating path for people with criminal convictions to again own guns
The Justice Department (DOJ) plans to create a process for those with criminal convictions to restore their gun rights, sparking alarm it will return firearms to those convicted of violent crimes. ...The Hill - 1d