Law
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.
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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 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.
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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.
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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 49:00Key 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.
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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 49:43Philadelphia 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 49:43Barr 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.
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Trump campaign sues to block Pennsylvania election result
A spokesperson for Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said Trump’s campaign was trying to “disenfranchise the record number of people who voted against him.”
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Federal judge dismisses Trump’s attempt to stop vote counting in Philadelphia
Trump had sued to stop a tallying process that has gradually eroded the advantage Trump held over Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
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