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Out-Of-State Drug Traffickers Prosecuted in Federal Court

DOJ PressDecember 19, 20220

BOISE – Three out-of-state individuals were recently prosecuted in federal court for bringing illicit drugs into the Magic Valley area, announced U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit today. “These prosecutions reflect that the people of Idaho will not tolerate drug traffickers bringing their poisons into our communities,” said U.S. Attorney Hurwit. “The strong partnerships we have between federal, state, and local law enforcement are the backbone of our counter-drugs program and will continue to make a positive impact statewide.” According to court records, on December 14, 2022, Brian David Schroeder, 47, of Arizona, pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing large amounts

Brazil’s top court lifts Lula with ‘secret budget,’ social spending rulings

ReutersDecember 19, 20220

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva scored two key victories on Monday, after the Supreme Court granted an injunction allowing him to increase social investment, while also outlawing an opaque congressional spending program. In a decision late on Sunday, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes granted an injunction that removes a 600-reais monthly allowance for poor families from the constitutional spending cap, giving a temporary green light for the payment to be extended into next year. Then, in a Monday ruling, the full bench of the court ruled that the so-called “Secret Budget” program, which gives

UK court to rule if deportation flights to Rwanda can restart

ReutersDecember 18, 20220

By Andrew MacAskill and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – Judges at London’s High Court will rule on Monday whether the British government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is legal, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stakes his future on stopping a record number of migrant arrivals in small boats. Under a deal struck in April, Britain aims to send tens of thousands of migrants who arrive on its shores illegally more than 4,000 miles (6,4000 km) to Rwanda. The first planned deportation flight was blocked in June by a last-minute injunction from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)

New York Appeals Court Rules Yeshiva University Must Recognize LGBTQ Student Group

Op-ed ContributorDecember 17, 20220

by Kate Anderson NEW YORK NY – The New York Appeals Court ruled on Thursday that Yeshiva University must recognize the LGBTQ student organization, YU Pride Alliance. In September, the Supreme Court ruled that it had no jurisdiction to rule on the case without first going through the state courts. The appeals court upheld a previous ruling in June requiring the Jewish university to immediately recognize the YU Pride Alliance. The appeals court opinion argued that Yeshiva could not prevent the YU Pride Alliance from becoming an official student organization because it did not meet the criteria of a “religious

North Carolina high court rejects voter-identification law, electoral map

ReutersDecember 16, 20220

(Reuters) – The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday knocked down a 2018 voter-identification law it said discriminated against Black voters and ordered a state Senate map be redrawn due to Republican partisan gerrymandering. Both were 4-3 decisions along party lines, with all the court’s Democratic justices voting in the majority and all Republican justices dissenting. The decisions come just before the court flips to GOP control on Jan. 1, when there will be five Republican justices and two Democrats. The court upheld a lower court’s 2021 ruling that a 2018 law requiring voters to present photo ID was unconstitutional.

Two Tennessee Individuals Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Violating The Freedom Of Access To Clinic Entrances Act

DOJ PressDecember 16, 20220

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging BEVELYN BEATTY WILLIAMS and EDMEE CHAVANNES (together, the “Defendants”) with violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (the “FACE Act”) and conspiring to do the same in connection with a multi-year campaign to interfere with individuals seeking to obtain and provide lawful reproductive health services in New York and in several other states. WILLIAMS and CHAVANNES

Kentucky Supreme Court Dismantles State’s School Choice Program With Thursday Ruling

The Daily CallerDecember 16, 20220

Kentucky Supreme Court Dismantles State’s School Choice Program With Thursday Ruling Reagan Reese on December 16, 2022 The Kentucky Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Thursday against the state’s school choice program created in 2021. The Education Opportunity Accounts (EOA) Act created a privately funded needs-based assistance program for those seeking a private education. Those who donated to the program received a nearly “dollar-for-dollar” tax credit which the court ruled violated Kentucky’s Constitution which prohibits the collecting of a “sum” for “education other than in common schools.” “Applying the plain language of this section, the income tax credit raises money for nonpublic

Congress To Remove Bust Of Supreme Court Justice Responsible For Dred Scott Ruling

The Daily CallerDecember 16, 20220

Congress To Remove Bust Of Supreme Court Justice Responsible For Dred Scott Ruling Kate Anderson on December 15, 2022 The bust of former Chief Justice Roger Taney will be removed from the Capitol building due to his involvement in the Dred Scott decision in 1857 and replaced with Justice Thurgood Marshall, according to a House Bill passed Wednesday. Taney wrote the majority opinion for Dred Scott v. Sandford when the Supreme Court ruled that citizenship did not extend to enslaved people of African American descent. The bill was introduced to the House in 2020 by Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer and

Analysis-Turkish court raises stakes in search for a challenger to Erdogan

ReutersDecember 15, 20220

By Birsen Altayli, Ece Toksabay and Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) – Six months from an election in which Turkey’s opposition has its best shot at unseating President Tayyip Erdogan in 20 years, a jail sentence against one of its brightest hopes has raised the stakes in the struggle to agree a presidential challenger. The six-party alliance, including the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has laboured for months to unite around joint policies ahead of next year’s vote. Several sources say they disagree on a candidate and have not even begun to openly discuss the issue, handing an advantage to

In a first, Turkish court arrests journalist under ‘disinformation’ law

ReutersDecember 15, 20220

By Huseyin Hayatsever and Ali Kucukgocmen ANKARA (Reuters) – A Turkish court ordered the arrest of a journalist in the country’s southeast for allegedly spreading “disinformation”, his lawyer said on Thursday, marking the first pre-trial detention under a new law that critics say threatens free speech. The arrest comes two months after parliament passed legislation that President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party said would protect the public. Critics say the law could be abused by authorities in order to stifle dissent. Sinan Aygul, a journalist in Kurdish-majority Bitlis province, was detained early on Wednesday after he wrote on Twitter that a

Tohatchi man appears in court on federal assault charges

DOJ PressDecember 14, 20220

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Eric Chandler Watson made an initial appearance in federal court on a criminal complaint charging him with assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country. Watson, 21, of Tohatchi, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, will remain in custody pending a preliminary and detention hearing scheduled for Dec. 16. According to the complaint, on Dec. 9, Watson allegedly was involved in argument with his grandfather at a residence in Tohatchi, on

Bankman-Fried seeks bail in Bahamas magistrate court

ReutersDecember 13, 20220

NASSAU (Reuters) – Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer on Tuesday requested bail for the one-time crypto magnate after Chief Magistrate JoyAnn Ferguson-Pratt ruled that Bankman-Fried had the right to apply for it. (Reporting by Jared Higgs in Nassau)

French court sentences eight over 2016 truck rampage in Nice

ReutersDecember 13, 20220

By Caroline Pailliez PARIS (Reuters) – A French court on Tuesday convicted seven men and one woman for their roles in a 2016 truck rampage in the Riviera city of Nice in which 86 people were killed, a verdict that seeks to close a bloody chapter in French history. Attacker Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel was shot dead by police on the spot after causing devastation and chaos on a two-km (1.2 mile) stretch of Nice’s seaside boulevard, where families had been celebrating Bastille Day, France’s national holiday. The attack, which came just eight months after a deadly Islamist militant assault on

Google asks court to toss out federal antitrust lawsuit

ReutersDecember 13, 20220

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google asked a federal court late on Monday to toss out the U.S. Justice Department’s 2020 lawsuit against it, which alleged that the search giant violated antitrust law to maintain dominance in its search business. Documents laying out Google’s reasoning for the summary judgment request were sealed. When it was filed, the company said the lawsuit was “deeply flawed” and “relies on dubious antitrust arguments.” It argued that its overwhelming market share, which allowed “google” to become a verb meaning “search,” is thanks to the quality of its search product, adding that its efforts to

Malaysia court lifts stay on deportation of 114 Myanmar nationals

ReutersDecember 13, 20220

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A Malaysian court on Tuesday lifted a stay on the deportation of 114 Myanmar nationals, raising concerns among rights groups they would be sent back to their strife-torn homeland amid threats to their safety. The court granted the request from the Malaysian government, which deported 1,086 Myanmar citizens just days after the Myanmar military seized power in a coup in February last year, despite a court-ordered stay on the deportation. It was unclear if the group of 114 people would be deported immediately. “We strongly urge the government to reconsider its plan,” Amnesty International Malaysia and

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Second Challenge To Biden’s Student Loan Plan

The Daily CallerDecember 12, 20220

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Second Challenge To Biden’s Student Loan Plan Alexa Schwerha on December 12, 2022 The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a second case challenging the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan. The case, which originally succeeded in blocking the administration’s plan to cancel up to $20,000 per borrower, will be heard in February, according to the court document. It was first filed in Texas by student loan borrowers Myra Brown and Alexander Taylor, who sued after not being included in the debt-forgiveness plan. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) appealed the decision by the Texas

Court allows New York to enforce limits on guns on private property

ReutersDecember 12, 20220

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Monday allowed New York to restrict the carrying of firearms on private property under a new law adopted in wake of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling that expanded gun rights. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put on hold a judge’s order from last month that barred officials from enforcing part of the new law making it a felony to carry a gun on private property without the property owner’s express consent. It marked the latest instance of the New York-based federal appeals court staying a ruling that

U.S. court hears testimony on diplomatic status of ally of Venezuela’s Maduro

ReutersDecember 12, 20220

By Brian Ellsworth MIAMI (Reuters) – A U.S. court on Monday began hearing testimony from Venezuelan officials on the diplomatic status of Alex Saab, an ally of President Nicolas Maduro who is in a Miami jail awaiting trial on a charge of money laundering. Saab’s attorneys have asked U.S. District Judge Robert Scola to dismiss the charge, arguing Saab was on a diplomatic mission to Iran to buy fuel and humanitarian supplies when he was arrested while his plane refueled in Cape Verde islands in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. prosecutors said Saab, a Colombia-born businessman who was extradited in 2021

U.S. Supreme Court takes up second Biden appeal in student debt plan fight

ReutersDecember 12, 20220

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear President Joe Biden’s appeal of a judge’s ruling that found his plan to cancel billions of dollars in student debt unlawful, taking up the matter alongside another challenge to the policy that the justices are due to hear in the coming months. The justices will consider the Biden administration’s appeal of Texas-based U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman’s decision in a challenge backed by a conservative advocacy group, the second of two rulings by lower courts that have put Biden’s debt relief policy on ice. The Supreme

Danske Bank investors appeal court clearance of ex-CEO Borgen – report

ReutersDecember 12, 20220

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A group of investors has appealed a November verdict by a Danish court which cleared former Danske Bank CEO Thomas Borgen of any liability for shareholder investment losses, media outlet Finanswatch reported on Monday, citing Borgen. “We are surprised and sorry. We had of course hoped that the case would now be over, with such a clear verdict from three unanimous judges,” Borgen said, according to Finanswatch. Borgen was not available for comment when contacted by Reuters. Belgian consultancy firm Deminor, which filed the complaint on behalf of the investors in 2020, did not immediately respond to

Judge Denies DOJ Effort To Hold Trump Team In Contempt Of Court Over Classified Docs

The Daily CallerDecember 11, 20220

Judge Denies DOJ Effort To Hold Trump Team In Contempt Of Court Over Classified Docs Trevor Schakohl on December 9, 2022 A federal judge rejected the Justice Department’s (DOJ) request to hold former President Donald Trump’s team in contempt of court for not fully complying with a May subpoena for every document with classification markings that he possessed, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Trump’s team had not yet designated a custodian of records to sign a document assuring that all classified materials were handed over to the federal government, despite the DOJ seeking a sworn, written statement

Pakistan’s top court endorses Barrick Gold’s $10 billion mining investment

ReutersDecember 9, 20220

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s Supreme Court endorsed on Friday a settlement for Barrick Gold to resume mining at the Reko Diq project, one of the world’s largest underdeveloped sites of copper and gold deposits, it said in an order. The endorsement was a condition of the settlement for Barrick to resume work on the project in the southwestern province of Balochistan, bordering Afghanistan and Iran, in which it will invest $10 billion. Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, the head of a five-judge panel, read out the operative part of the brief order in court. “The agreements … have

U.S. jurist Alan Dershowitz troubled by proposed Israel court reforms

ReutersDecember 9, 20220

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A U.S. legal scholar who has advised several Israeli leaders opposes judicial reforms sought by members of Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming hard-right government, warning the country’s democratic credentials could suffer. A focus of the proposed overhaul is the Israeli Supreme Court, whose independence from the fractious Knesset parliament and occasional interventions in legislation Harvard University professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz has cited in his pro-Israel advocacy. Some members of both Netanyahu’s Likud party and of his religious-nationalist coalition allies want more government and parliamentary involvement in selecting justices. They also want Knesset powers, they

U.S. court weighs novel issue of crypto ownership in bankruptcy

ReutersDecember 7, 20220

By Tom Hals and Dietrich Knauth WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) – A U.S. judge this week is considering for the first time the question of who owns bitcoin and other tokens in frozen accounts at a bankrupt digital asset exchange in a case that could shape customer protections in the cryptocurrency industry. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn in New York City will sort through who owns cryptocurrencies held in accounts at the Celsius Network LLC exchange, which suspended withdrawals and then fell into Chapter 11 during this year’s crypto crash. Glenn’s eventual rulings will help shape the treatment of crypto in

JASON SNEAD: The Left Is Melting Down Over An Election Case About To Be Heard By The Supreme Court

The Daily CallerDecember 7, 20220

JASON SNEAD: The Left Is Melting Down Over An Election Case About To Be Heard By The Supreme Court Jason Snead on December 7, 2022 This week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case called Moore v. Harper, and the left is having a meltdown. Vox calls the case “deranged.” Mother Jones says the Court is preparing to “rig” the next election. And Marc Elias, the Democrat’s leading election lawyer, whines continuously that the Court is about to upend democracy by embracing a “fringe” legal theory. Just what is this “fringe” theory? Progressives call it the Independent State Legislature