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Law

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Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Piles of records and months of reporting lead to eye-opening report on Pa. district judges

In 2019, many of the state’s roughly 500 district judges only had courtroom appearances scheduled a few days a week.

5 years ago

A resident is pictured using a wheelchair inside a nursing home.
Health

Nursing home industry: Pennsylvania illegally withheld COVID-19 funds

Across Pa., about 40,000 residents of more than 1,300 nursing and personal care homes have contracted the virus to date. About 7,000 have died, more than 60% of Pa.'s total.

5 years ago

Supporters of President Trump attend pro-Trump marches outside the Supreme Court building in Washington on Nov. 14.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump’s legal losses come fast and furious

The Trump campaign and allied Republicans had sought to overturn results in six states. "We don't need courts," Rudy Giuliani told Fox News.

5 years ago

In this Friday, March 22, 2019, file photo, a marijuana plant is visible at Compassionate Care Foundation's medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level

Supporters say the pot bill would help reverse adverse effects of the decades-long “war on drugs.”

5 years ago

Ivanka Trump holds out her arms in front of a mic
NPR
Politics & Policy

Ivanka Trump deposed In inauguration fund lawsuit

The District is suing the Trump inaugural committee, charging it with "grossly overpaying" for event space as a way of funneling money to the Trump family.

5 years ago

The Justice Department building in DC
NPR
Politics & Policy

Justice Department investigating possible bribery-for-pardon scheme

A document filed in federal court seems to show a probe into lobbying for a pardon and a related scheme to offer payment. Large swaths of the document are redacted.

5 years ago

Photo released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry, military personnel stand near the coffin of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a nuclear scientist who was killed on Friday, in a funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Ending Trump’s Pa. legal challenges; restarting US-Iran relations

We discuss the end of Trump's election challenges in Pa. Then, we look at the future of U.S.-Iran relations after the assassination of their top nuclear scientist.

Air Date: December 1, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Bill Cosby arrives for his sentencing hearing
Courts & Law

Key question in Cosby appeal: Does defendant’s past matter?

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to hear Bill Cosby's appeal of his sexual assault conviction on Tuesday, Dec. 1.

5 years ago

Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Trump continues to challenge election results

A look at the latest on Trump's legal challenges to the election results, and a discussion about the effects of his defiance on the American people.

Air Date: November 24, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:43
Diana Cortes
Courts & Law

Philadelphia appoints first-ever Latina city solicitor

Cortes will succeed Marcel Pratt in overseeing the city's 330-employee law department. She currently chairs its litigation group.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump
Politics & Policy

Trump campaign retreats from key claim in Pennsylvania suit

More than 2.6 million mail-in ballots were reported received by counties, and there has been no report by state or county election officials or a prosecutor of fraud.

5 years ago

Marijuana buds are seen in a prescription bottle
Courts & Law

N.J. weed bill on hold as social justice advocates push for ‘justice’

All that was left was to set up the marketplace for recreational marijuana. Many say they were dismayed by lawmakers’ first try at enabling legislation.

5 years ago

A woman wears a Trump flag as a cape as supporters of President Donald Trump protest outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center, where vote counting continues, in Philadelphia, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, two days after the 2020 election was called for Democrat Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Politics & Policy

Law firm withdraws from key Trump election lawsuit in Pa.

Attorneys with Pittsburgh’s Porter Wright Morris & Arthur moved to withdraw from the suit they helped file in U.S. District Court just days earlier.

5 years ago

Demonstrators demanding for officials to
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Deciphering Trump’s legal challenges to the election

President Trump has been filing lawsuits and alleging fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Today, we discuss the merit of these suits and claims.

Air Date: November 12, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:43
Attorney General Bill Barr leaves the U.S. Capitol after meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Monday.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Barr wades into Trump’s false voting claims, allowing prosecutors to investigate

Former DOJ officials criticized the memo as partisan and as validating Trump's false claims that there are substantial voter irregularities.

5 years ago

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