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The Trump administration violated the U.S. Constitution when it targeted non-citizens for deportation solely for supporting Palestinians and criticizing Israel, a federal judge said Tuesday in a scathing ruling directly and sharply criticizing President Donald Trump and his policies as serious threats to free speech. U.S. District Judge William Young …
Read More »Kneecap member’s terrorism case in U.K. ‘null and void,’ judge rules
A member of Irish rap group Kneecap was charged too late with a terrorism offence for allegedly displaying a flag of Iran-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah, a London court ruled on Friday, throwing out his prosecution. Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh — initially charged under the anglicized name Liam O’Hanna and whose stage name …
Read More »Google can keep Chrome but needs to give up some data, judge rules in antitrust case
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a shakeup of Google’s search engine in an attempt to curb the power of an illegal monopoly, but spared it from orders to break up the company and other restraints. The 226-page decision made by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, D.C., will likely ripple …
Read More »Judge halts 'Alligator Alcatraz' construction, prisoner intake
A U.S. federal judge has ordered a stop to new construction at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ and barred more detainees from being sent to the migrant detention centre in the Florida Everglades, which has been touted by U.S. President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. News Source link
Read More »Trump administration sanctions Canadian judge who sits on International Criminal Court
The Trump administration slapped a Canadian judge on the International Criminal Court (ICC) with sanctions as the U.S. State Department unleashes a new wave of restrictions against judges it said had been instrumental in a past decision to investigate U.S. officials and in efforts to prosecute Israeli leaders. The State Department says …
Read More »Judge Frank Caprio, known online as the ‘nicest judge in the world,’ dead at 88
Frank Caprio, a retired municipal judge in Rhode Island who found online fame as a caring jurist and host of the courtroom show ” Caught in Providence,” has died. He was 88. His official social media accounts said Wednesday that he “passed away peacefully” after “a long and courageous battle …
Read More »U.S. Senate confirms former Trump lawyer Emil Bove as federal judge, despite whistleblower concerns
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Emil Bove as a federal judge, installing a Trump loyalist who presided over a tumultuous period at the Justice Department on a crucial appeals court. The Republican-majority Senate voted 50-49 to confirm Bove, who has been serving as …
Read More »Judge dismisses Alec Baldwin lawsuit claiming malicious prosecution in fatal set shooting
A New Mexico judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by actor Alec Baldwin for malicious prosecution and civil rights violations in the 2021 fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the western movie Rust. The judge, in a ruling made public Wednesday, dismissed the case without prejudice for …
Read More »Judge authorizes Tim Hortons Roll Up to Win class action — but only for Quebec customers
Montreal Superior Court Justice Donald Bisson limited the class action to Quebec residents because the case hinges on that province’s consumer protection laws. In 2024, hundreds of thousands of customers were told via email they had won a boat, Montreal-based firm LPC Avocats says, in what Tim Hortons has called …
Read More »Nigerian judge convicts man of sextorting B.C. teen who died by suicide
WARNING: This article contains details of sexual extortion and may affect those who have experienced it or know someone affected by it. RCMP are hailing the conviction and sentencing of a man in Nigeria who tried to blackmail a Surrey, B.C., teenager by posting his intimate images online, saying “sextortions and …
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