The New York County District Attorney’s Office requested on Monday that a New York state court place a gag order on former President Donald Trump. The order would bar Trump from making “prejudicial extrajudicial statements” during his upcoming falsified business records criminal case. In the 331-page request, District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. argues that the [...]
An Alabama Senate committee advanced a bill to define an individual’s sex based on reproductive anatomy. Senate Bill 92 “would define man, woman, boy, girl, father, mother, male, female, and sex for purposes of state law” and require state agencies to “identify each individual as either male or female at birth.” The bill, which passed through [...]
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Kentucky’s Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would automatically transfer children charged with certain violent felonies to adult court. The bill passed the chamber by a vote of 25-9. Senate Bill 20 stated that children age fifteen or older charged with a “Class A, B, or C felony” will face trial as adults if [...]
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Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday that it discovered a tunnel in Gaza linking two buildings belonging to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinians in the Near East (UNWRA). The IDF claims that the tunnel was used by “terrorist” in the ongoing war with Hamas. The 700-meter tunnel [...]
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced on Monday a review of whether the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinians in the Near East (UNRWA) is “ensur neutrality” and properly responding to allegations of possible breaches. The announcement came after Israel accused UNRWA of involvement in the October 7 Hamas attacks. The accusation caused several countries, [...]
A federal judge in Florida dismissed Disney’s lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Secretary of Commerce on Wednesday for lack of standing and failure to state a claim. Disney sued DeSantis, the Secretary and and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District (CFTOD) for alleged violations of the company’s First Amendment right to free [...]
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A defense lawyer for former US President Donald Trump filed a letter in US District Court on Monday that argued a judge in a recent defamation lawsuit should have recused himself from the case. The letter stated that Judge Lewis Kaplan had previous working relationships with author E. Jean Carroll’s lead counsels, and he showed [...]
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The People’s Republic of China (PRC) urged the US on Thursday to halt passage of military ships in the Taiwan Strait. A spokesperson for the PRC Ministry of National Defense stated that the US must “stop abusing international law,” and “cease all dangerous provocations.” The statement was in response to the recent passage of a [...]
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The Council of the European Union on Monday adopted economic sanctions against six entities involved in the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In its statement, the council stated that the newly sanctioned entities would have their EU-based assets frozen for their support of activities “undermining the stability [...]
![Maine appeals court delays ruling on removal of Trump from state ballot](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/06/Maine_State_House_Augusta_ME.jpg)
The Maine Superior Court temporarily delayed on Wednesday a decision from the Maine Secretary of State Shanna Bellows to exclude Trump from the state’s primary election ballot. Judge Michaela Murphy remanded Trump’s appeal of Bellows’ decision pending a ruling from the US Supreme Court on the constitutionality of Trump’s removal from Colorado’s ballot. The court [...]