Tag: Courts
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NCLA Says Spending Clause Clear Statement Rule Would Justify Reversing Title IX Girls’ Sports Case
Washington, DC, Sept. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus curiae brief today in West Virginia v. B.P.J. at the U.S. Supreme Court. NCLA asked the Justices to respect the well-established rule that requires Congress to clearly state in advance any conditions it imposes on States for receiving federal…
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Acosta stands by Epstein’s ‘sweetheart deal’ during congressional hearing
WASHINGTON — Alexander Acosta, the former U.S. attorney in Miami who gave Jeffrey Epstein and an untold number of his co-conspirators immunity for sex trafficking dozens of underage girls, defended his decision not to prosecute Epstein during a closed-door congressional hearing Friday. The hearing, held by the House Oversight Committee, is the latest in a…
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Mizzou denied pro-Palestine group in parade. They must allow it now, judge rules
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A federal judge on Friday ordered the University of Missouri to allow a pro-Palestinian student group to participate in the school’s homecoming parade, finding the university likely violated the group’s First Amendment rights. The order from U.S. District Judge Stephen Bough grants the group, Mizzou Students for Justice in Palestine, a…
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Suspect recorded killings of 2 Israeli Embassy staffers on a body camera, prosecutors say
Federal prosecutors say a man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington was wearing a body camera that captured video of the killings from his perspective
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strip legal protections from Venezuelan migrants
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court for an emergency order allowing it to strip legal protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants
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This Mills man police say was the ringleader of the recent funny money scheme in Casper has copped a plea. Here’s the deal
The Mills man who paid for goods from Facebook Marketplace with bogus bills pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit forgery. Gavin Pfrimmer, 25, entered the plea during his Sept. 10 arraignment. As part of a deal, prosecutors agreed to drop a charge of conspiracy to commit felony theft. The judge ordered a…
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Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow him to enforce transgender and nonbinary passport policy
President Donald Trump’s administration is asking the Supreme Court to let it enforce a passport policy for transgender and nonbinary people requiring male or female sex designations based on birth certificates
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National Guard deployment could overwhelm Baltimore courts, state’s top public defender warns
BALTIMORE — Baltimore’s courts are already busy. But if President Donald Trump deploys the National Guard in the city to address crime, as he has said he might, a surge of arrests could overwhelm the courts, Maryland Public Defender Natasha Dartigue said. Pointing to a barrage of cases during the federal deployment in Washington, D.C.,…
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Celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos claims victory after $100K malpractice verdict is overturned
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles jury said this summer that attorney Mark Geragos — famous for representing entertainers and Erik and Lyle Menendez — must pay $100,000 to a youth basketball coach over the lawyer’s role in a 2018 scheme to extort money from Nike. But this week, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge…