Recent Updates
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Turkey formally asks to join the genocide case against Israel at the UN court
Legal Events 08/05/2024Turkey on Wednesday filed a request with a U.N. court to join South Africa’s lawsuit accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, the foreign minister said.Turkey’s ambassador to the Netherlands, accompanied by a group of Turkish legislators, sub...
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Mexican drug cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada makes a court appearance in Texas
Legal Events 08/02/2024A powerful Mexican drug cartel leader on Thursday made his second appearance in federal court in Texas after being taken into U.S. custody last week.Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, 76, used a wheelchair for the hearing before U.S. District Judg...
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Trump election subversion case returned to trial judge following Court opinion
Litigation Reports 07/29/2024The criminal case charging former President Donald Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election was returned Friday to the trial judge in Washington after a Supreme Court opinion last month that narrowed the scope of the prosecution...
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Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
U.S. Supreme Court News 07/26/2024An Iowa judge has ruled the state’s strict abortion law will take effect Monday, preventing most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant.The law passed last year, but a judge had blocked it from be...
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Court dismisses lawsuit over Tennessee’s anti-drag show ban
Legal Events 07/21/2024Court dismisses lawsuit over Tennessee’s A federal appeals court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows, reversing a lower court ruling that deemed the statute unconstit...
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Albania’s supreme court leaves ethnic Greek ex-mayor in prison
Court Watch 07/17/2024Albania’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld a verdict of the lower courts keeping a former elected mayor from the country’s Greek minority in prison after he was convicted of buying votes.A Supreme Court statement said that it upheld the ver...
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New York’s top court allows ‘equal rights’ amendment to appear on November ballot
U.S. Courts Newsroom 07/14/2024A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution to bar discrimination over “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes” will appear on the ballot this November, the state’s high court ruled Thursday.The decision from...
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Special Education Lawyers in Connecticut - Maya Murphy, P.C.
Legal Events 07/10/2024Parental awareness of a child’s special needs is the best way for the child to exceed expectations and achieve maximum potential. Special education laws and regulations are designed to protect and provide for students with disabilities and ensu...
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Giuliani Disbarred in N.Y. for Wrongdoing During Trump’s 2020 Campaign
U.S. Supreme Court News 07/07/2024Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, federal prosecutor and legal adviser to Donald Trump, was disbarred in New York on Tuesday after a court found he repeatedly made false statements about Trump’s 2020 election loss.The Manhattan app...
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What to know about the Supreme Court immunity ruling
U.S. Court News 07/02/2024The Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case makes it all but certain that the Republican will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election.The Supreme Court did not d...
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Israel’s high court orders the army to draft ultra-Orthodox men
Legal Events 06/26/2024Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for compulsory service, a landmark decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coal...
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Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims
U.S. Supreme Court News 06/22/2024The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal gun control law that is intended to protect victims of domestic violence.In their first Second Amendment case since they expanded gun rights in 2022, the justices ruled 8-1 in favor of a 1994 ban on firear...