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  • Federal court's agenda has topics that draw Trump's ire

    Federal court's agenda has topics that draw Trump's ire

    Political and Legal 08/07/2017

    The nation’s largest federal court circuit has clashed repeatedly with President Trump over the past six months, and the agenda for its annual meeting is not shying away from topics that have stoked the president’s ire.Immigration, fake n...

  •  Idaho Supreme Court upholds grocery tax veto

    Idaho Supreme Court upholds grocery tax veto

    Tax Law 08/07/2017

    The Idaho Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's contentious veto of legislation repealing the state's 6 percent sales tax on groceries.The high court's decision comes after 30 state lawmakers filed a lawsuit claiming Otter took to...

  • Vietnamese activist sentenced to 9 years in prison

    Vietnamese activist sentenced to 9 years in prison

    International 08/05/2017

    A Vietnamese court on Tuesday sentenced an activist to nine years in prison on charges of producing videos that defamed the country’s leadership, in the latest crackdown on dissent.Tran Thi Nga was convicted of spreading propaganda against the ...

  •  Ohio’s high court strikes down traffic camera restrictions

    Ohio’s high court strikes down traffic camera restrictions

    Legal Business 08/05/2017

    The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld cities’ use of traffic camera enforcement for a third time, striking down as unconstitutional legislative restrictions that included requiring a police officer to be present.The ruling was 5-2 in suppo...

  • Bill Cosby arrives in court ahead of sexual assault trial

    Bill Cosby arrives in court ahead of sexual assault trial

    Court Watch 08/03/2017

    Bill Cosby arrived at the suburban Philadelphia courthouse for the start of his sexual assault trial Monday. The 79-year-old Cosby showed up at the Montgomery County courthouse at about 8:40 a.m. amid a large media presence.Arriving with the disgrace...

  • High court limits seizure of assets from drug conspiracies

    High court limits seizure of assets from drug conspiracies

    U.S. Supreme Court 08/03/2017

    The Supreme Court is limiting the government's ability to seize assets from people who are convicted of drug crimes but receive little of the illegal proceeds.The justices ruled Monday that a Tennessee man convicted for his role selling iodine water ...

  • Supreme Court deadline nears for suit over wetland loss

    Supreme Court deadline nears for suit over wetland loss

    Business Law 08/03/2017

    A Louisiana flood board is nearing a deadline for asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review its lawsuit seeking to make oil and gas companies pay for decades of damage to coastal wetlands.Federal district and appeals courts have rejected the lawsuit, w...

  • Hearing In San Diego Unified Suit Against The College Board

    Hearing In San Diego Unified Suit Against The College Board

    Court Watch 08/03/2017

    Judge Michael M. Anello will hear San Diego Unified's motion for a temporary restraining order in federal court 4 p.m. Friday, according to court records. The district filed a lawsuit Friday against the College Board and Educational Testing Services,...

  • Court ends hearing into corruption charges against PM

    Court ends hearing into corruption charges against PM

    International 08/03/2017

    Pakistan’s supreme court on Friday concluded its hearing into a high-profile case involving allegations of corruption against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family, but it wasn’t immediately clear when a verdict would be announced, d...

  • US Supreme Court denies stay of execution for Ohio convict

    US Supreme Court denies stay of execution for Ohio convict

    Court Watch 08/03/2017

    A condemned child killer was scheduled to die on Wednesday in the state's first execution in more than three years after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his requests for more time to pursue legal challenges.Ronald Phillips was transported to the death ...

  • Court raises chances of diesel bans in German city

    Court raises chances of diesel bans in German city

    Business Law 08/03/2017

    A court opened the door on Friday for possible bans on older diesel cars in the German city of Stuttgart, a major auto industry center, upholding a complaint by an environmental group.The city's administrative court ordered the state government in Ba...

  • Court: Violence law unfair to gay South Carolina couples

    Court: Violence law unfair to gay South Carolina couples

    Court Watch 08/03/2017

    People in same-sex relationships in South Carolina should get the same legal protections against domestic violence as heterosexual couples, the state's highest court ruled Wednesday, deeming a portion of the state's domestic violence law unconstituti...