Obama-era DACA program heads back to federal appeals court
The legal battle over the controversial Child Arrivals Deferred Action Program continues in court. The current conflict includes arguments before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday, with several states, including New Jersey, facing off against the federal government and other parties. The DACA program is about allowing undocumented immigrants who entered the United […]
Georgia Judge Tosses Abortion Law; Attorney General Appeals to State Supreme Court
georgia judge turned over Abortions in the state are limited to six weeks, and Attorney General Chris Carr said: bring the action Judgment to State Supreme Court. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney blocked the lawsuit. The September 30 LIFE Act sided with abortion advocates against this restriction, calling it unconstitutional. mcburnie Appointed in […]
Election betting is legal, federal appeals court says
A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to block a lower court's decision to allow betting on the 2024 federal election, even though the government agency argued doing so could compromise election integrity. It was a blow to The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has told the Court of Appeals that prediction exchange platform Kalsi […]
Nantucket group appeals to Supreme Court to end offshore wind projects and protect endangered whales
Maine fishermen aim to sink Biden's offshore wind project FOX Business' Lydia Hu reports on President Biden's wind energy plan, which is opposed by Maine's fishing industry. Jerry Lehman, founder of New England Fishermen's Stewardship, explained how the plan poses risks to marine life and fisheries, saying, “It will paralyze us.” A group of Nantucket […]
CCRB can punish cops who turn off bodycams and also initiate probes without complaints: appeals court
A city's police oversight agency can punish officers who turn off their body cameras during an incident and can also launch an investigation without filing charges, a state appeals court has ruled. The NYPD's union, which represents police officers and sergeants, filed a lawsuit last year challenging the civilian complaint board's new rules, saying the […]
New York appeals court judge calls Trump’s $454M civil fraud judgment ‘troubling’
A panel of judges on the New York Court of Appeals appears skeptical about Donald Trump's massive $454 million civil fraud judgment after he was found liable for business fraud, with one legal scholar calling it “It's alarming,” he said. The former president was awarded $354 million plus $100 million in additional interest after a […]
New York Appeals Court appears receptive to reversing or reducing $454M Trump civil fraud judgment
New York state appellate court judges have granted leniency to the possibility of reversing or reducing New York Attorney General Letitia James' $454 million civil fraud judgment in a lawsuit against former President Trump. Trump has appealed a civil fraud judgment that required him to pay more than $450 million. Lawyers for the former president […]
Trump lawyers want NY appeals court to toss $454M judgment
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are asking the New York Court of Appeals to overturn a $454 million judgment handed down to him after a judge found him liable for business fraud. Trump's lawyers appeared in a Manhattan court Thursday in an appeals court seeking to vacate a civil fraud judgment of $354 million, […]
Appeals panel signals skepticism over NY civil fraud case against Trump
On Thursday, New York's appellate board appeared alarmed by the state's civil fraud lawsuit against former President Trump, which ended in a $464 million judgment against him and his businesses. In arguments that lasted more than an hour, a five-judge panel of the Appellate Division, New York's intermediate appellate court, ruled that the law that […]
Jordan Chiles appeals to Swiss court in Olympic medal saga
Jordan Childs' fight to reclaim her Olympic bronze medal continues. Chilis has formally appealed to Switzerland's Supreme Court to overturn the Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision to strip her of her third place in the women's floor final. The drama over the bronze medal has continued long after the Summer Olympics ended in Paris […]