Judiciary

September 30, 2019 - 6:06 pm

Judge issues mixed ruling in Virginia abortion law challenge

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has issued a mixed ruling in a case that challenged four Virginia laws that opponents say restrict access to abortion in the state. The ruling Monday upheld a law requiring women to undergo an ultrasound and wait at least 24 hours before having an abortion. It...
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September 30, 2019 - 11:23 am

Senate Dems seek info on judicial nominee's impeachment role

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee want to know whether one President Donald Trump's judicial nominees figures in the whistleblower complaint at the center of a bid to impeach Trump. The panel's 10 Democrats, led by California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, say it is vital to...
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September 30, 2019 - 10:10 am

Intl court orders alleged Mali jihadi leader to stand trial

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court judges have ordered an alleged jihadi leader from Mali to stand trial on war crimes and crimes against humanity charges. A pretrial chamber issued a confidential decision Monday confirming charges including torture, rape, sexual slavery and...
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September 30, 2019 - 8:49 am

Collins expected to plead guilty in insider trading case

NEW YORK (AP) — Court records say a Republican congressman from western New York is expected to plead guilty in a criminal case accusing him of insider trading. A federal judge in Manhattan has scheduled a hearing Tuesday afternoon for U.S. Rep. Chris Collins to enter a guilty plea in a case...
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Aimee Stephens talks during in an interview in Ferndale, Mich., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. The Supreme Court will hear Stephens’ case Oct. 8 over whether federal civil rights law that bars job discrimination on the basis of sex protects transgender people. Other arguments that day deal with whether the same law covers sexual orientation. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
September 30, 2019 - 2:44 am

Transgender woman in Supreme Court case is 'happy being me'

FERNDALE, Michigan (AP) — Aimee Stephens lost her job at a suburban Detroit funeral home and she could lose her Supreme Court case over discrimination against transgender people. Amid her legal fight, her health is failing. But seven years after Stephens thought seriously of suicide and six years...
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Activists from political party Platform Pitit Desalin march briefly following an opposition press conference, before being dispersed by tear gas in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. Haitian opposition leaders are calling for a nationwide push Monday to block streets, paralyze the economy and push President Jovenel Moise from power, and tens of thousands of their dedicated young supporters are expected to heed their call. (AP Photo/Edris Fortune)
September 29, 2019 - 9:04 pm

Haiti braces for new protest, demands that leader resign

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Opposition leaders are calling for a nationwide push Monday to block streets and paralyze Haiti's economy as they press for President Jovenel Moïse to give up power, and tens of thousands of their dedicated young supporters are expected to heed the call. People stood in...
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September 28, 2019 - 9:10 am

Judge sorry for comment about tree falling on Texas governor

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A county administrator in Texas is apologizing for saying Texas Gov. Greg Abbott "hates trees because one fell on him." The Texas Tribune reports that the comment made Friday by Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt, a Democrat, during a panel discussion was first reported in a...
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September 27, 2019 - 10:41 pm

Judge blocks sole use of databases to detain immigrants

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge Friday blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement from relying solely on flawed databases to target people for being in the country illegally, the Los Angeles Times reported. U.S. District Court Judge Andre Birrote Jr. issued a permanent injunction barring ICE...
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FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2018 file photo, an asylum-seeking boy from Central America runs down a hallway after arriving from an immigration detention center to a shelter in San Diego. The Trump administration will make a case in court to end a longstanding settlement governing detention conditions for immigrant children, including how long they can be held by the government. A hearing is scheduled before a federal judge Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, in Los Angeles over the so-called Flores settlement. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
September 27, 2019 - 11:50 am

The Latest: Judge questions rules for detained migrant kids

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a court case over detention conditions for immigrant children (all times local): 11:35 a.m. A US judge has said rules issued by the Trump administration for the detention of immigrant children are inconsistent with a longstanding agreement that lays out conditions...
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September 27, 2019 - 2:37 am

Bulgarian court to eye revoking parole for Australian man

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria's highest court says it will look into a petition by the chief prosecutor to revoke the parole by a lower court to an Australian man convicted of fatally stabbing a Bulgarian student during a 2007 brawl. The Supreme Court of Cassation announced Thursday it will hold...
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