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Trump New York trial: Testimony resumes as judge prepares gag order ruling

Donald Trump will be back in a New York criminal court on Tuesday, when a banker who played a role in the hush money payment to a porn star will resume testimony over his links to the former president’s ex-attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen. On Friday, testimony ended with Gary Farro, a senior managing director […]

There’s nothing woke about ruling against sleep deprivation in prison

Many of the court’s decisions are sleepwalking acts, but recent decisions are not. Court of Appeal Judgment Supporting a man in a Texas prison, saying the way he and others were deprived of sleep constituted cruel and unusual punishment. After all, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is widely known as “the […]

Federal judge rejects Trump’s latest bid to drop $83.3M E. Jean Carroll defamation ruling

A federal judge has upheld the verdict and $83.3 million in damages in the defamation case against author E. Jean Carroll, rejecting former President Trump’s recent attempt at a new trial. in written opinionU.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said Trump’s claims are “baseless.” “Mr. endangered,” Kaplan wrote. In January, a jury ordered Carroll to pay […]

Biden to speak on abortion in first Florida visit since state Supreme Court ruling

President Biden will deliver a speech focused on reproductive rights in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday, putting abortion front and center about a week before the state’s six-week ban takes effect. Mr. Biden is expected to squarely hold former President Donald Trump responsible for state abortion restrictions, having repeatedly taken credit for appointing the Supreme Court […]

Kari Lake tries to thread the needle on abortion after Arizona Supreme Court ruling

Senate Republican candidate Kari Lake is clarifying her stance on abortion while also pushing Republican lawmakers in Arizona to repeal a 19th-century restriction on abortion that was upheld by the state Supreme Court this week, shaking up the campaign in the critical battleground state.  After the court ruling on Tuesday that upheld an 1864 Civil […]

‘Women Could Die’ from Arizona 1864 Ruling ‘Enabled’ by Trump

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation” that the state’s 123-year-old law banning nearly all abortions except to save the mother’s life. said the woman could die. A partial transcription follows: MARGARET BRENNAN: I want to ask you about what’s going on in your home state of Arizona. As you know, […]