NY v Trump: Judge threatens jail time for ‘possibly the next president’ for future gag order violations
Judge Juan Melchán said Monday he would consider a prison sentence for former President Trump if he continues to violate a gag order imposed in an unprecedented criminal trial. Marchan imposed a gag order on Trump before the trial began, prohibiting him from making public statements about potential participants, lawyers in cases other than Bragg, […]
Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as judge warns of possible jail time
NEW YORK — The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial fined him $1,000 for violating the gag order and issued a stern warning to the former president that further violations could lead to prison time. . The fine is Trump’s second sanction for incendiary comments directed at witnesses since the trial began last […]
JUDGE ANDREW P. NAPOLITANO: Are There Limits To Freedom Of Speech On College Campuses?
When James Madison was a member of Congress in 1791 and charged with drafting the Bill of Rights, he made two grammatical demands. One was that the word “the” precede “freedom of speech” in the First Amendment, and the other was a command in the Ninth Amendment that the “rights retained by the people,” rights […]
Federal judge warns married teacher of 3 previously charged with sexual abuse of mentally ill student is ‘danger to the community’
A former teacher allegedly violated the terms of his home confinement for allegedly sexually assaulting a mentally disabled underage student. A federal judge warned the married mother of three posed a “danger to the community.” As Blaze News previously reported, Sandy Carruthers-Pinnes was accused of engaging in multiple sexual acts with a 16-year-old boy in […]
Yankees’ Aaron Judge gets ejected for first time in career after ‘bulls–t’ call
For the first time in a generation, the New York Yankees captain was ejected from a game. Aaron Judge spiked the ball in the bottom of the seventh inning of Saturday’s Yankees-Tigers game after claiming a called strike three. This was Judge’s first ejection since entering the big leagues in 2016, considering no player in […]
State Commission Censures Judge For Shoving Cop In Struggle Caught On Bodycam
The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct (SCJC) voted Tuesday to censure State Supreme Court Justice Mark J. Grisanti after an altercation with police officials in 2020, bodycam footage shows. Grisanti, 59, was served with a formal written complaint by officials on August 30, 2021, containing three charges, which included his most recent altercation […]
Judge upholds hate crime charges against Navy veteran who toppled satanic statue — but a jury will have the final word
A Christian Navy veteran toppled a satanic statue at the Iowa State Capitol just before Christmas. Democratic prosecutors then slapped him with hate crime charges. This week, a judge ensured the charges would be finalized. The Satanic Temple and Democratic prosecutors may want Michael Cassidy to end up behind bars, but his fate will be […]
Prosecutors repeatedly reference Trump’s Access Hollywood scandal after judge ruled tape itself ‘prejudicial’
New York City prosecutors on Friday again referenced the leaked Access Hollywood tape in which former President Donald Trump made crude comments, but the judge reiterated that jurors could not hear or see the comments. Ta. Judge Juan Melchán ruled that while the tape itself was unduly biased against Trump, the same was not true […]
Judge Jeanine: This could ‘deliver the final punch’ to Biden
‘The Five’ co-hosts weigh in on new polls finding President Biden is trailing former President Trump in six out of seven key states. source
Trump accuses judge of making hush money trial ‘as salacious as possible’
Former President Trump said Friday that the judge in charge of his hush money case will make the trial “as despicable as possible” even as Trump’s own lawyers tried to bring up celebrity scandals to harm witnesses. He claimed that he had done so. “This corrupt and highly inconsistent New York judge, Juan Marchan, will […]