Courts & Law
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Trump hails 'big win' after SCOTUS lets him fire executive agency officials
"Subordinates who exercise the President’s power are subject to removal by him. Then, and only then, can they remain accountable to the President, and the President to the people," they added.
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Supreme Court lets Trump fire FTC commissioners
In January of last year, Trump fired FTC Commissioners Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, without citing causes for termination.
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Supreme Court rejects Trump admin's bid to lift stay on Fed Board director's firing
The court found that the administration had not shown it was likely to prevail on the merits of the case while Cook's termination moved through the appeals process.
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Anti-ICE protest ‘terrorized’ Minnesota church, left kids scared, parents blocked: DOJ says
DOJ says Minnesota churchgoers were "intimidated, harassed, oppressed, and terrorized" by anti-ICE agitators. They also added that at least one woman was hurt in the confrontation.
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Supreme Court to consider reviewing Trump's appeal of E. Jean Carroll verdict next month
The high court will review the president's petition at a closed-door meeting on Feb. 20.
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Virginia Democrats appeal redistricting ruling
The appeal comes after Tazewell County Circuit Judge Jack Hurley Jr. blocked the map on Tuesday on procedural grounds.
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Virginia judge blocks Democrats’ redistricting push ahead of midterms
Tazewell County Circuit Judge Jack Hurley Jr. ruled that the state legislature did not follow the right procedure to approve the proposed constitutional amendment that would allow it to redraw state congressional lines.
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Instagram, YouTube face trial over deliberately addicting, harming youth claims
Jury selection begins this week in Los Angeles County Superior Court
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Federal judge orders ICE chief to appear in court over alleged denial of detainees' due process
"The extent of IC'’s violation of court orders is likewise extraordinary, and lesser measures have been tried and failed," Judge Patrick J. Schiltz wrote
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Appeals court declines to reimpose limits on federal agents' responses at Minnesota protests
“A wrong call could end in contempt, yet there is little in the order that constrains the district court’s power to impose it,” the panel wrote
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Google settles lawsuit for $68 million over claims its virtual assistant secretly recorded users
Google said in the filing late Friday that it was settling to avoid the “uncertainty, risk, expense, inconvenience and distraction” of a lengthy court battle and did not admit to any wrongdoing.
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Republicans and Democrats switch jerseys on guns at protests after Minneapolis shooting
A number of Republicans suggested carrying a gun to a protest is an indicator of violence, while Democrats suddenly claim to care about Second Amendment rights they had sought to ban.
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Federal appeals court declines to reconsider Alina Habba disqualification case
The appeals court said in a short order that the judges who gave the ruling last month did not ask to rehear the case, and the majority of judges in the 3rd Circuit voted against putting the matter in front of the full court.