The appeals court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans, has not yet issued a decision in an appeal pending before it. But “the writing is on the wall,” the providers told the justices. “And although the Fifth Circuit expedited the appeal, it will not hold argument until December at […] More
MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian court ruled on Thursday that a former principal of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls’ school must stand trial on charges that she had sexually assaulted students under her care. The decision came months after she was extradited from Israel, following a long deportation battle that strained ties between the two countries. […] More
“At a time when we see around the world the violent consequences of the assumption of religious authority by government, Americans may count themselves fortunate,” she wrote in her separate concurring opinion in McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union She continued, “Those who would renegotiate the boundaries between church and state must therefore answer […] More
Britney Spears wants her father far, far away from her prenup! According to new court docs, the superstar’s lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, requested that the court remove Jamie Spears as conservator immediately, and included a laundry list of reasons as to why they should do so — one of those reasons being the impending prenuptial agreement […] More
A court hearing took place this morning at the Henry County Courthouse in Georgia regarding the audit of the Fulton County absentee ballots. Judge Brian Amero gave the State Election Board, and GBI (Georgia Bureau of Investigation), 20 days to explain to the court what’s been done to investigate counterfeit ballots in Fulton County […] More
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department urged the Supreme Court on Monday to reaffirm Roe v. Wade when it hears a case challenging Mississippi’s restrictive abortion law later this year, arguing that any other decision would uphold an unconstitutional law and undermine a doctrine that gives power to Supreme Court precedents. The department also asked for […] More
Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower in Manhattan on August 22, 2021.James Devaney/GC Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance’s investigation of former President Donald Trump’s namesake business appears to be picking up—and one or more additional […] More
A three-judge North Carolina Superior Court panel has ruled 2-1 to permanently block the state’s voter ID law because it targets African-Americans. The court majority wrote, The majority of this three-judge panel finds the evidence at trial sufficient to show that the enactment of S.B. 824 was motivated at least in part by an […] More
In an interview, Ms. Riggs said the coalition brought the suit in a state court instead of a federal one in part because provisions in the North Carolina Constitution are more protective of voting than those in the federal Constitution. Beyond that, the Superior Court ruling, should it be upheld, would not be reviewable by […] More
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Mohamed Noor, a former Minneapolis police officer who in 2017 killed a woman who had called for help at her home, had his third-degree murder conviction thrown out by the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday, an abrupt reversal in a case that drew international attention. Mr. Noor, who is currently serving a 12-and-a-half-year prison sentence […] More
Mohamed Noor, a former Minneapolis police officer who in 2017 killed a woman who had called for help at her home, had his third-degree murder conviction thrown out by the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday, an abrupt reversal in a case that drew international attention. Mr. Noor, who is currently serving a 12-and-a-half-year prison sentence […] More
