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Law (US)

19 July 2024

  • a campus building

    Judge throws out rightwing affirmative action lawsuit against Texas university

    Ruling in favor of University of Texas at Austin is setback for movement that ended race-conscious admissions
  • A woman cries as she holds a white sign reading 'Say HER Name' at a protest

    Illinois deputy charged with murder after shooting a Black woman

    Sonya Massey called 911 to report a prowler when Sean Grayson ‘aggressively yelled’ and fatally shot her in face
  • An immigration detention facility for children

    DoJ sues Texas-based child migrant shelter provider for rife sexual abuse

    Southwest Key, operating 29 shelters for unaccompanied minors, has received over $6bn in federal funds since 2008

18 July 2024

  • A middle-aged man in a suit looking glum.

    Hunter Biden asks for criminal cases to be thrown out, citing Trump case dismissal

    Biden says precedence established in Trump’s classified documents case should prevail in his own tax and gun cases
  • A supporter of Donald Trump carries a Confederate flag in the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.

    US prosecutors retool January 6 plea deals after supreme court ruling – report

    Rightwing-dominated court narrowed how prosecutors can charge rioters with obstructing an official proceeding
  • Moira Donegan

    American rule of law is vanishing at the tips of Trump-appointed judges’ pens

    Moira Donegan
    Judge Cannon acted like part of Trump’s defense team. Her dismissal of his documents case is predictable yet disturbing

17 July 2024

  • Man wearing suit and glasses looks at ground

    Bob Menendez denies reports he will quit Senate after bribery conviction

    Democratic US senator from New Jersey, 70, was found guilty of 16 federal charges, including accepting bribes
  • a man in a suit and tie speaks into a microphone

    Special counsel Jack Smith appeals dismissal of Trump classified files case

    Criminal case, tossed by Florida judge, accused ex-president of illegally stashing documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence

    • US supreme court grabbing ‘ultimate power’, Biden reform adviser says

    • After pressure, Georgia attorney general in Cop City case responds to motions

    • California woman pleads guilty to running $8m cosmetics retail theft ring

16 July 2024

  • a pregnant teenager lies down while waiting for an abortion

    A Trump-Vance administration would be ‘the most dangerous’ for abortion rights, say advocates

    Rights groups are vociferously condemning Trump’s VP pick of JD Vance, who has long opposed the procedure

15 July 2024

  • A man wearing a black robe and glasses stares ahead

    How Clarence Thomas helped thwart prosecution of Trump in classified documents case

  • trump and docs

    Donald Trump case tracker: where does each investigation stand?

  • a side-by-side image of Donald Trump, classified documents and Aileen Cannon

    Florida judge dismisses criminal classified documents case against Trump

  • The lights flashing on the top of a police patrol car.

    Police bodycams are supposed to be tools for accountability. Are they?

    Mike McClelland

11 July 2024

  • white man wearing blue suit and red hat clasps hands together

    Trump lawyers press judge to overturn hush-money conviction after supreme court immunity ruling

    Lawyers argue trial was ‘tainted’ by evidence that shouldn’t have been allowed and that jury’s verdicts ‘must be vacated’
  • people hold signs in support of and against abortion

    Arkansas rejects initiative seeking to ease abortion ban despite over 100,000 supporters

    Secretary of state claims paid canvassers who delivered signatures of support failed to submit sworn statements
  • Thomas speaks at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, in September 2021.

    How Clarence Thomas has provided a list of legal targets to ultra-right groups

    The US supreme court justice has set out course of action by signaling ‘in an appropriate case’ in concurring opinions

10 July 2024

  • a man in a suit and tie leaves court

    Giuliani may face defamation and sexual harassment lawsuits if bankruptcy is dismissed

    Judge says dismissal is likely, given difficulties the court has had in getting straight answers from Giuliani about finances
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