Lawsuit over US credit card late fees rule must stay in Texas, court rules – Yahoo Finance
Nate Raymond (Reuters) – The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau suffered a jurisdictional setback on Tuesday in a case challenging a new rule capping late credit card fees at $8, with a federal appeals court ruling that the case should stay in Texas and not be sent to a Washington, DC, judge. The ruling by […]
Supreme Court Strikes Down Bump Stock Ban
The Supreme Court tossed out a Trump administration-era ban on bump stocks Friday. In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court held that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) exceeded its authority when it issued a rule classifying firearms equipped with bump stocks as machine guns. The case, Garland v. Cargill, challenged the […]
Senate GOP blocks Democratic effort to ban bump stocks after Supreme Court ruling
Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked Democrats from passing a bump stock ban bill following a Supreme Court ruling that overturned a Trump-era federal ban on bump stocks. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-Minn.), the author of the BUMP bill, called for unanimous approval of the proposal, but Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) blocked it. The move came days […]
Trump’s bid to axe gag order in ‘hush money’ case denied by NY’s top court
The New York State Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Donald Trump’s bid to lift a gag order in a Manhattan “hush money” lawsuit, rejecting the former president’s argument that the gag order violated his constitutional rights. A New York state appeals court ruled to dismiss President Trump’s appeal against Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Juan Marchan’s […]
New York’s highest court refuses to hear Trump’s gag-order appeal
The New York State Supreme Court has rejected an appeal related to former President Donald Trump’s recent “hush money” trial. Acting in March Judge Juan MerchanThe U.S. Supreme Court chief justice presiding over Trump’s Manhattan trial issued a gag order barring the former president from speaking publicly about the judge, prosecution witnesses or family members. […]
Senate Democrat: Supreme Court 'readying to fundamentally rewrite' Second Amendment
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said in an interview Sunday that the Supreme Court seems poised to “radically rewrite” the Second Amendment, and expressed concern about the court’s decision to strike down a Trump-era bump stock ban. In an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Murphy said he was concerned the Supreme […]
Newspaper man who exposed trans shooter’s manifesto is ordered to court — and press freedom types are silent
On March 27, 2023, a radical cross-dresser broke into a Christian elementary school in Nashville and murdered three 9-year-olds (Evelyn Diekhaus, William Kinney, and Harry Scruggs) and three adults (teacher Cynthia Peake, janitor Mike Hill, and principal Katherine Koonce). The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department declined to release a motive for the attack, sparking months of […]
‘Vindicated’ By ‘Family Court System’ After Custody Battle
Sean Parnell, a former Pennsylvania senator and congressional candidate, said in a Father’s Day update that he had been “exonerated” by the “family court system” following a custody battle with his ex-wife. Parnell, a combat veteran who has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump, post He told X that his “rights” had been “fully […]
Donalds says Supreme Court should 'intervene' in Trump hush money case
Rep. Byron Donald (R-Fla.) on Sunday urged the Supreme Court to “intervene” in former President Trump’s hush money lawsuit, calling on the court to quickly hear Trump’s appeal of his conviction. Trump was convicted this month of 34 felony counts of falsifying business documents in connection with the illegal concealment of hush money paid to […]
Byron Donalds calls on Supreme Court to ‘step in’ after Trump conviction
The Supreme Court should address former President Donald Trump’s recent conviction in New York, according to Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL). The Florida lawmaker told NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday that the high court should “step in” after Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury of 34 counts of falsifying business records. “The only ability […]