Judge affirms Missouri ban on transgender surgeries for minors

A Missouri judge ruled Monday that the state's ban on transgender surgeries and hormone treatments for minors is constitutional, just days before the U.S. Supreme Court will take up a similar case in Tennessee. That was a little over a week ago. Judge Robert Craig Carter addressed the opacity behind the controversial treatment for gender […]

Judge Dismisses Election Interference Case Against Trump

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan (left) pays tribute to the late former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor as she rests at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on December 18, 2023. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) OAN Staff Avril Elfie2:39 PM – Monday, November 25, 2024 A judge granted Special Counsel Jack Smith's […]

Judge dismisses Trump's federal election interference charges

President-elect Trump's criminal indictment for conspiring to destroy the 2020 election results has ended. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Monday. approved immediately Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a motion to dismiss the case following President Trump's election victory. “Therefore, the court will grant the government permission to dismiss this case,” Chuktan wrote. She dismissed […]

Judge schedules trial in Meta antitrust case

The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) antitrust lawsuit against Facebook and Instagram's parent company Meta will go to trial on April 14th. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has scheduled a bench trial, meaning the case will not go to a jury and a judge will decide the outcome of the case. The case has been poised […]

Menendez brothers resentencing pushed back, judge eyes late January

A California judge has sentenced Beverly Hills brothers Eric and Joseph “Lyle” Menendez to life in prison without parole for killing their parents with a shotgun in 1989. The long-awaited retrial has been postponed. Outgoing Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon asked the court to commute his sentence less than two weeks before Election Day, […]

Judge rejects 2nd Amendment argument from illegal immigrant living in Ohio

A federal judge denied a request to dismiss firearms charges against an illegal immigrant from Ohio who had been in the United States for more than 15 years, rejecting the man's argument that he had a right to bear arms. Carlos Serrano Restrepo was indicted earlier this year and subsequently charged in the United States […]

American judge rules ‘cursed’ 840-pound emerald may return to Brazil

A giant emerald smuggled into the United States more than 20 years ago will soon be returned home, according to a recent ruling handed down by a US judge. The gem, which weighs more than 840 pounds, was mined in 2001 in the Brazilian state of Bahia and is known as the Bahia Emerald. The […]