Pennsylvania’s top court upholds provisional ballot ruling, in blow to GOP
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a 4-3 decision that the state must count provisional ballots for voters whose mail-in ballots were rejected or improperly filled out, making the state Thousands of voters could be given a second chance to vote. The ruling is the latest in a series of election-related court challenges for […]
Argentine Congress upholds Milei veto of pensions increase – Yahoo! Voices
Argentina's Congress on Wednesday upheld President Javier Milley's veto of a bill to increase pensions, sparking clashes outside parliament. Thousands gathered to protest Milley's veto, with police firing pepper spray and rubber bullets at a group of people, including pensioners, who destroyed barricades in anger after the vote. Milley, a Libertarian who advocates budget cuts, […]
Federal appeals court upholds ex-Capitol Police officer's conviction for deleting warning to Jan. 6 rioter
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the obstruction conviction of a former U.S. Capitol Police officer who urged Jan. 6 rioters to remove incriminating social media posts and then deleted evidence of his own actions in trying to warn the mob. Michael Riley, a 25-year veteran police officer who was on duty when the […]
Brazil Supreme Court upholds judge’s decision to block X across country
RIO DE JANEIRO — A chamber of Brazil's Supreme Court has upheld a judge's decision to block billionaire Elon Musk's social media platform “X” nationwide, the court's website said. The widespread support among the judges is a blow to Musk and his supporters, who have sought to portray Judge Alexandre de Moraes as a renegade […]
Utah Supreme Court upholds block on near-total abortion ban
The Utah Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an injunction blocking the state’s near-total abortion ban, upholding a law allowing abortions up to 18 weeks of pregnancy while litigation continues. The 4-1 decision by the female-majority Supreme Court is a blow to anti-abortion Republicans in the state Legislature, but it is not the final decision on […]
Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds Restrictions on Abortion, Transgender Procedures for Minors
The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of Planned Parenthood challenging the law’s restrictions on gender-reassignment procedures for minors and abortions after 12 weeks. Nebraska LB574The bill, which passed after a six-week abortion ban lost a filibuster, was passed by Republicans who added a less […]
Federal judge upholds FTC ban on noncompete agreements
A federal judge has rejected a tree-trimming company’s challenge to block the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) enforcement of a non-compete agreement. In April, the FTC issued rules banning all new non-compete agreements and requiring companies to inform current and former employees that they won’t enforce existing agreements, but made exceptions for senior executives who are […]
Supreme Court Upholds Law Allowing Confiscation of Firearms. Why All Is Not Lost.
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes After a string of consecutive victories at the Supreme Court, Second Amendment advocates suffered their first major setback Friday, failing for the first time since 2008’s landmark decision in D.C. v. Heller to convince the nation’s highest court to strike down a gun control law as unconstitutional. In an 8-1 […]
Italy court upholds convictions of 2 Americans in killing of Italian police officer, reduces sentences
An Italian appeals court has upheld the convictions of two American men for the 2019 killing of an Italian police officer in Rome during a botched drug deal, but reduced their sentences. Lee Elder Finnegan and Gabriele Natale Hjort were convicted at new trials after an Italian high court overturned their convictions in March. After […]
Supreme Court Upholds ‘Absolute Immunity’ for Presidents in Trump Case
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Donald Trump’s favor in the presidential immunity case, complicating at least two prosecutions against the 45th president. “Under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of presidential power entitles a former president to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive […]