North Carolina Appeals Court allows votes from overseas citizens with no NC or US residence, dismissing GOP challenge.

North Carolina Appeals Court Rejects GOP Challenge – Will Allow Voters Who Never Lived in the US to Vote in the State, Rejects Request to Set Aside UOCAVA Votes A three-member appeals court rejected the GOP challenge to not process certain UOCAVA or overseas votes that come into the state this year. Republicans argued that …

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Nevada Supreme Court Rules Mail-In Ballots without Postmarks Can Be Counted Three Days After Election

Nevada’s Supreme Court on Monday ruled mail-in ballots without postmarks can be counted three days after Election Day. The Democrats use mail-in ballots to cheat so the Trump campaign and Nevada GOP filed a lawsuit against the Nevada Secretary of State arguing against the state’s law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted after the election. …

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Georgia Supreme Court Blocks Republican Push to Hand Count Ballots in Key Swing State

The Georgia Supreme Court blocked a Republican effort Tuesday to require poll workers to hand-count the number of ballots cast, upholding a lower court’s decision. A Georgia judge previously blocked a state election board rule that would have required counties to hand-count ballots on Election Day. The Republican National Committee (RNC) and Georgia GOP appealed …

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Brazil’s Supreme Court targets Congressman Van Hattem, raising concerns over parliamentary immunity and censorship.

Brazilian Congressman Marcel Van Hattem is now under investigation by the Federal Police for allegedly insulting an officer, sparking intense debate over the boundaries of parliamentary immunity. Known for his fierce criticism of corruption within President Lula’s government, Van Hattem’s legal troubles have raised alarms about the protection of lawmakers’ speech and its potential erosion. …

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Pennsylvania court ruled parental rights violated by teaching gender transition without consent.

A Pennsylvania court ruled in favor of three parents who sued the Mt. Lebanon School District, accusing the district of teaching first graders about gender transition without parental consent or the option to opt out. The court determined that the district violated the parents’ constitutional rights by not allowing them to remove their children from …

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Musk Loses Court Battle Against Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Ordered to Pay Fine

Elon Musk’s X Corp has suffered a significant defeat in the Australian Federal Court, being ordered to comply with a “safety notice” issued by the eSafety Commissioner. The court ruled that the company cannot avoid responsibility for a fine or daily penalty for non-payment and must also pay the Commissioner’s court costs. In October 2023 …

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Electric Grid Operators Warn U.S. Supreme Court That New EPA Rules Will Cause Widespread Blackouts

Organizations that manage, coordinate and monitor electricity service for 156 million Americans across 30 states are warning that the Biden-Harris administration’s power plant rule will be catastrophic for the nation’s grid. Four regional trade organizations (RTO), as they’re called, recently filed an amicus brief, also known as a friend of the court brief, in support …

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US appeals court upholds Maryland’s assault weapons ban

Aug 6 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected arguments by gun rights advocates that Maryland’s ban on assault-style rifles such as AR-15s was unconstitutional, despite a 2022 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that expanded gun rights. The Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on a 10-5 vote held, opens …

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Court rules nearly 98,000 Arizonans whose citizenship hadn’t been confirmed can vote the full ballot

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court unanimously ruled Friday that nearly 98,000 people whose citizenship documents hadn’t been confirmed can vote in state and local races, a significant decision that could influence ballot measures and tight legislative races. The court’s decision comes after officials uncovered a database error that for two decades mistakenly designated …

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Brazilian Supreme Court to Impose $1 Million a Day Fine to X as it Goes Back Online Despite Ban

The Brazilian Supreme Court is set to impose a fine of $1 million a day on two of Elon Musk’s companies, X and Starlink, after the former partially went back online on Wednesday despite being banned in the country. The social media platform became available on Wednesday after it switched third-party cloud providers, allowing users …

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IT’S ABOUT TIME: The Supreme Court Gets a Defense

via WSJ: “As political attacks on the Supreme Court become more heated, the institution could use more defenders. Most of the press and the professoriate are hostile. So it’s welcome that a leading member of the appellate bar is speaking up to defend the Court and urging his colleagues to do the same. “I believe …

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Pennsylvania court reverses ruling allowing misdated mail-in ballots

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled on Friday that mail-in ballots with incorrect dates will not be counted in November, reversing a previous ruling from a lower court in the battleground state. The decision from last month named only Philadelphia and Allegheny Counties, which the state’s Supreme Court argued the lower ruling lacked jurisdiction. “HUGE election …

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Dr. Robert Epstein Says His Research Team Has Produced ‘Court Admissible’ Evidence Showing That Google is Able to Sway Elections

“We’ve shown in controlled experiments that by manipulating search suggestions, you can turn a 50/50 split among undecided voters into a 90/10 split…And this always goes a very specific way…We’re actually collecting evidence that’s court admissible.” Full episode: 100% certainty of it being rigged. This is not a democracy. — HealthRanger (@HealthRanger) September 12, 2024

Court Dismisses 2 J6 Charges against Trump

A U.S. court has dismissed two charges against Donald Trump in the case concerning the alleged attempt to interfere with the 2020 presidential election The court ruled to exclude two of the 10 charges against former U.S. President and presidential candidate Donald Trump in the case related to the attempt to overturn the results of …

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Apple loses EU court case on €13 billion tax bill in Ireland, while Google’s €2.4 billion fine stands in EU antitrust ruling.

Europe’s top court on Tuesday ruled against Apple in the tech giant’s 10-year court battle over its tax affairs in Ireland. The pronouncement from the European Court of Justice comes hours after Apple unveiled a swathe of new product offerings, looking to revitalize its iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPod line-ups. CNBC has reached out to …

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Trump blocked from moving hush money case to federal court by judge

A federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday rejected an effort by former President Donald Trump to remove his criminal hush money case to the federal courts, saying there is “nothing” in the Supreme Court‘s recent immunity decision that should allow for such a move. “Nothing in the Supreme Court’s opinion affects my previous conclusion that …

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A Trump judge ruled there’s a Second Amendment right to own machine guns!

A machine gun possession charge was dismissed by a district court in Kansas yesterday on Second Amendment grounds. The court found that machine guns are clearly bearable arms, and in this case at least, the government failed to show a historical tradition to justify their ban. pic.twitter.com/tCou5USFmE — Kostas Moros (@MorosKostas) August 22, 2024 Lots …

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The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down the Biden-Harris administration’s plan to use taxpayer funds to pay off student loans.

Just pandering for votes! pic.twitter.com/mrwPX09cPv — Donna Marie (@sabback) August 28, 2024 View post on imgur.com WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday rebuffed a Biden administration plea seeking to revive the latest plan to tackle federal student loan debt. The court in a brief order denied an emergency request filed by the administration seeking …

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Bikinis, surfboards and battle-axes? Hawaii loosens long-strict weapons laws after court ruling…

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s tourist hotspot of Waikiki is known for bikinis, shopping and surfboards. But resident Andrew Roberts has recently introduced a different item on evening walks through his neighborhood: a long-poled battle-axe. Roberts, director of the nonprofit Hawaii Firearms Coalition, has been taking the 15th-century-style European halberd on strolls since May. That’s when …

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Ketanji Jackson — ‘Supreme Court has to be prepared to respond to election dispute.’

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in a new interview said she is “prepared as anyone can be” for the possibility that this year’s presidential election could end up before the high court. “I think there are legal issues that arise out of the political process,” Jackson said during an interview with CBS’s Norah O’Donnell. …

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Judge Rules RFK Jr. Can Sue Biden Admin Over Censorship After Supreme Court Rejects Challenge From States

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can continue to pursue his lawsuit against the Biden administration over censorship at the direction of the government. The decision comes after a June ruling by the Supreme Court, which established who can sue the Biden administration for violating their First Amendment rights when government officials pressured social …

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