California court battle over gun magazines shows U.S. divide
Late last month, a coalition of 19 U.S. states and the District of Columbia came together to support California’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines. In…
Nepal court finds former cricket captain Sandeep Lamichhane guilty of rape | Cricket News
Court in Nepal finds Lamichhane guilty of raping an 18-year-old woman at a Kathmandu hotel in 2022. A court in Nepal has found the country’s…
US appeals court allows California to ban guns in most public places | Gun Violence News
A federal appeals court put on hold a judge’s ruling that declared the law, set to take effect in 2024, unconstitutional. A federal appeals court…
Prosecutor Jack Smith urges appeals court to throw out Trump immunity claim
Special counsel Jack Smith on Saturday asked an appellate court to reject former's President Donald Trump's claim of immunity for allegedly interfering in the 2020…
Court locks in Georgia’s new map that draws Rep. Lucy McBath out of her district
The new map includes five congressional districts where Black voters made up a majority or near-majority, up from the previous map’s four, creating a new…
In filing to U.N. world court, South Africa accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza
A Palestinian man mourns over the shrouded bodies of loved ones who have been killed in Rafah during Israel's ongoing bombardment in Gaza on Friday.…
Russian court hands Navalny ally long prison sentence | Vladimir Putin News
Since the invasion of Ukraine, nearly all of the Kremlin’s critics have been jailed or gone into exile. A Russian court has handed a nine-and-a-half-year…
Judge orders publisher of ‘Feminism Debunked’ YouTube channel to appear in court over videos of Bruce Lehrmann hearing
The judge in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case has ordered the publisher of a YouTube channel to appear in Federal Court to show cause as…
Assemblymember Vince Fong can run for Kevin McCarthy’s House seat, court rules
Bakersfield Republican Assemblymember Vince Fong can run in a Central Valley congressional race to replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield), a Sacramento County judge…
Elon Musk’s X loses court bid to block California content moderation law | Social Media News
US District Judge William Shubb rules that legislation’s disclosure rules are not ‘unjustified or unduly burdensome’. Elon Musk’s X has lost a bid to block…
McCarthy protege can run for Congress after court win
Fong issued a celebratory statement soon after the ruling was handed down. “Today’s ruling is a victory for the voters of the 20th Congressional District,…
U.S. Supreme Court officially asked to take up Trump’s 14th Amendment issue
The party is represented by the American Center for Law and Justice, a conservative Christian law group. Jay Sekulow, who defended Trump during his first…
Colorado GOP appeals to U.S. Supreme Court to keep Trump on state ballot
Colorado Republicans have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a recent state court ruling that disqualifies former President Donald Trump from appearing on the…
Michigan Supreme Court keeps Donald Trump on 2024 primary ballot | Donald Trump News
US state’s top court refuses to hear appeal seeking to keep the ex-president from appearing on primary ballot. Michigan’s Supreme Court is keeping former President…
Opinion: 2023 sucked, but Washington saw some accountability
In the spirit of the season, how about a glass-half-full view of our parlous politics as 2023 ends? Whatever else it’s been, 2023 was a…
Michigan Supreme Court will keep Trump on state’s 2024 ballot
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s Supreme Court is keeping former President Trump on the state’s primary election ballot. The court said Wednesday it will not hear an…
Appeals court throws out ex-Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry’s conviction
An appeals court has reversed former Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry's conviction, permitting him to be retried, if deemed necessary. Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Fortenberry/Facebook Dec. 27…
Appeals court reverses conviction against former Nebraska Rep. Jeff Fortenberry
Fortenberry and his wife praised Tuesday’s decision. In a statement to The Associated Press, Fortenberry said “we are gratified by the Ninth Circuit’s decision,” and…
Pakistan court restores jailed ex-PM Imran Khan’s party election symbol | Imran Khan News
Khan’s party claimed the election body’s move was aimed at preventing him from contesting the February 8 polls. A court in Pakistan has ruled that…
Trump asks appeals court to block 2020 election prosecution
But Trump’s attorneys insist all the steps he took to have himself declared the victor in the 2020 presidential contest amounted to acts he took…