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TikTok admits US ban inevitable without court order blocking law

TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance on Thursday asked a U.S. court to strike down a law that would ban the popular short-video app on Jan. 19, arguing the U.S. government has refused to engage in any serious settlement talks after 2022. Under a bill signed by President Biden in April, ByteDance has until […]

Texas grandmother jailed in alleged political retaliation wins at Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a former female city council member from Texas who was jailed in an act of political retaliation. Sylvia Gonzalez and her lawyers are a nonprofit organization Justice Research Institute (IJ) sued Castle Hills Mayor JR Trevino and other officials, alleging they violated her First Amendment rights […]

How the Supreme Court could rule on Trump immunity

The Supreme Court is poised to decide the most high-stakes case of 2024, one that will determine whether former President Donald Trump can claim absolute immunity from his criminal indictments. The justices are slated to hand down new decisions Thursday and Friday morning at 10 a.m. local time as they seek to whittle down the […]

Holder worried Supreme Court will come to 'dangerous' conclusion on Trump immunity

Former Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday he worries the Supreme Court will reach a “dangerous” conclusion on former President Trump’s claim of executive immunity, in part because the court has been slow to issue its decision. Trump has claimed immunity from federal charges related to storing classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago, Florida, vacation home, […]

‘Utterly Unfair’: Alan Dershowitz Blasts NY Court For Upholding Gag Order On Trump

Noted attorney Alan Dershowitz blasted the New York Court of Appeals Tuesday after it upheld a gag order against former President Donald Trump. New York Judge Juan Merchan imposed an expanded gag order on April 1 after Trump criticized the judge’s daughter, Loren Merchan, in multiple posts on Truth Social, including one linking to a […]

Oceans group takes UK government to court over oil and gas licences | Oil and gas companies

Marine conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the UK government, claiming that the Conservative government’s decision to issue North Sea oil and gas licenses without considering the environmental impact was unlawful. Oceana UKThe Arctic Oceans and Marine Authority, part of the International Nature Conservancy, said that in issuing the 82 licences, Energy and Security […]