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Courts & Law

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Government Accountability

Justice Alito accepted Alaska resort vacation from GOP donors, report says

A story published Wednesday by ProPublica states that in July 2008 Alito flew to a remote corner of Alaska aboard the private plane of businessman and GOP donor, Paul Singer.

3 years ago

Matt Platkin speaking at a podium
Gun Violence
New Jersey

Court temporarily allows part of New Jersey’s handgun carry law to remain in effect

The decision means handguns cannot be carried in places such as zoos, public parks, public libraries and museums, bars, and health care facilities.

3 years ago

Chapman School of Law professor John Eastman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 16, 2017.
Elections
Government
Law
National

Trump adviser faces possible disbarment over his efforts to overturn 2020 election

Disciplinary proceedings began Tuesday for John Eastman.

3 years ago

onathan Majors Assault Case
Law
Movies
TV

Actor Jonathan Majors’ domestic violence trial scheduled for Aug. 3

A Manhattan judge issued the schedule Tuesday, casting the star in a real-life courtroom drama as his idled Hollywood career hangs in the balance.

3 years ago

Hunter Biden
Crime
Taxes

Hunter Biden will plead guilty in a deal that likely avoids time behind bars in a tax and gun case

The deal ends a long-running Justice Department investigation into Biden’s second son, who has acknowledged struggling with addiction.

3 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing
Public Safety

New report finds evidence of racial disparity in Philadelphia police stops and sentencing

The DA’s report shows Black and brown Philadelphians are much more likely to be stopped by police and charged.

3 years ago

A demonstrator holds a sign saying
NPR
Elections
Government
Law

Voting rights advocates welcomed a Supreme Court win. But the fight isn’t over

Many voting rights advocates and legal scholars are bracing for new efforts to dismantle the law.

3 years ago

Nusrat Chadoury
Law
Politics

Nusrat Chowdhury confirmed as the first Muslim female federal judge in U.S. history

She will assume her lifetime appointment in Brooklyn federal court after a 50-49 vote on Thursday along party lines.

3 years ago

Closeup of Donald Trump's face
Government Accountability
Politics

Trump’s promise of payback for prosecution follows years of attacking democratic traditions

Trump's attacks on the justice system are the latest step in a now eight-year campaign by the former president and his allies.

3 years ago

Memorial outside of the synagogue
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania
Religion
Social Justice

Truck driver guilty of killing 11 at Pittsburgh synagogue in deadliest attack on Jews in US history

Jurors must now decide whether the 50-year-old should be sent to death row or sentenced to life in prison without parole as the federal trial shifts to a penalty phase.

3 years ago

Former President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight
Crime
Government Accountability

How much prison time could Trump face? Past cases brought steep punishment for document hoarders

How much prison time the former president could face in the event of a conviction is impossible to say, with such a decision ultimately up to the trial judge.

3 years ago

Demonstrators stand outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, as the court hears arguments over the Indian Child Welfare Act on Nov. 9, 2022, in Washington.
Government
Kids
Law
Race & Ethnicity

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Native American child welfare law

The justices rejected a broad attack from Republican-led states and white families who argued that the system is based on race.

3 years ago

Daniel Penny in handcuffs
Black Lives Matter
Social Justice

Grand jury indicts Daniel Penny in chokehold death of New York City subway rider Jordan Neely

If convicted, Penny could face years in prison.

3 years ago

Police officers are pictured outside the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Courthouse before the arraignment of former President Donald Trump in Miami on Tuesday
NPR
Criminal Justice
Government Accountability
National

Here are the legal next steps in the Trump documents case

While special counsel Jack Smith wants a speedy trial, Trump's lawyers could file motions that would delay it.

3 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives for his sentencing hearing
Crime

Bill Cosby sued by 9 more women in Nevada for alleged decades-old sexual assaults

A lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Nevada alleges that the women were individually drugged and assaulted between approximately 1979 and 1992.

3 years ago

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