UK Supreme Court hears landmark legal challenge over how a 'woman' is defined in law

Abortion-rights groups see mixed success in races for state Supreme Court seats

An expensive campaign by abortion-rights advocates for state Supreme Court seats has yielded mixed results

Health - ABC News - November 11

One dead after attack on Brazil's Supreme Court

The suspected attacker is believed to have been killed by his own explosives.

China arms itself for potential trade war with Trump

Beijing has enacted sweeping laws since US president-elect’s first term that would allow it to retaliate if threatened

World - Financial Times - November 14

Jussie Smollett's conviction overturned by Illinois Supreme Court

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned actor Jussie Smollett's conviction for staging a fake hate crime. Smollett had claimed he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in January 2019.

Jussie Smollett conviction overturned by Illinois Supreme Court

The Illinois Supreme Court overturned actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction Thursday on charges that he staged an attack against himself in Chicago in 2019 and then lied about it. Smollett appealed ...

Politics - The Hill - November 21

Supreme Court tosses Facebook appeal in shareholder lawsuit

The Supreme Court issued its first opinion of the term, a one-line decision dismissing Facebook's appeal.

Politics - CBS News - November 22

Will there be any legal challenges before 2024 election certification process?

The 2024 presidential election results will be certified in January and some questions remain about potential legal challenges. Hofstra University law professor James Sample and former Pennsylvania ...

H2O investors file legal challenge to €250mn FCA settlement

Group of 10,000 stakeholders applies for judicial review of compensation deal approved by regulator

Business - Financial Times - November 15

UK economy barely grows with Budget fears blamed

The chancellor says she is "not satisfied" by the latest growth figures, which were weaker than expected.

A pregnant woman sues for the right to an abortion in challenge to Kentucky's near-total ban

A pregnant woman has filed a lawsuit seeking the right to an abortion in Kentucky

Health - ABC News - November 12

Jury shown video of Sara Sharif dancing days before death

The images at the family home in Woking were taken four days before she was found dead at the house.

Jury shown video of father slapping Sara Sharif

The home video was filmed less than 13 months before Sara was found dead with multiple injuries.

Murder accused tried to scale Buckingham Palace fence, court hears

Dylan Thomas, 24, admits the manslaughter of William Bush on Christmas Eve but denies murder.

Georgia court cancels hearing in Trump's appeal of Fani Willis disqualification case

Georgia Court of Appeals canceled a hearing that was set to weigh president-elect Donald Trump and his codefendants' appeal of the Fani Willis disqualification issue.

New Hampshire courts hear 2 cases on transgender girls playing girls sports

Two New Hampshire fathers who were punished for wearing pink wristbands marked “XX” to represent female chromosomes at a high school soccer game say they didn't set out to harass or otherwise ...

Sports - ABC News - November 22

Menendez Brothers to appear in court in hearing that could bring them closer to release

Erik and Lyle Menendez, who are serving life sentences for the 1989 murder of their parents, will appear virtually in court Monday for a hearing addressing the brothers' habeas corpus petition that ...

Menendez brothers set for first court hearing together in years

For the first time in nearly 30 years, Erik and Lyle Menendez will appear together in front of a judge where they will make their case for re-sentencing and release. NBC’s Liz Kreutz reports and ...

Menendez brothers set for Monday court hearing in bid for freedom

Erik and Lyle Menendez are set for a Monday court appearance after their lawyers requested that a judge review potential new evidence and consider resentencing in their first-degree murder ...

Lawsuit challenges Louisiana law classifying mifepristone, misoprostol as controlled substances

Louisiana health care workers and advocates filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging a recently passed state law reclassifying two drugs used in medication abortions — mifepristone and misoprostol — as ...

Politics - The Hill - October 31

New Louisiana election laws creating challenges for voters with disabilities

Laws in more than 20 states, including Louisiana, now restrict various elements of mail-in ballots, which includes the kinds of assistance a voter can ask for.

Turkish woman convicted under anti-terror laws for sharing Guardian article

Peri Pamir given suspended sentence after posting article about UK woman killed fighting with Kurdish forces in Syria. A Turkish woman who shared a Guardian article on social media about a British ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

Judge hears arguments over pending Infowars sale

A federal judge in Texas plans to hold another hearing to decide whether satirical news outlet "The Onion" can move forward with the purchase of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' company, Infowars. ...

Thousands of ballots are at stake as the Supreme Court considers Pennsylvania voting rules

Pennsylvania’s mail balloting policies have been the focus of intense litigation since the 2020 election.

Supreme Court won't block counting of certain provisional ballots in Pennsylvania

The order means that election officials must tally provisional ballots submitted on Election Day by voters who returned defective mail ballots.

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