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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 …
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 …
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 …
US Federal Judge Declares Google Search a Monopoly in Historic Court Ruling. Judge Amit Mehta says in his ruling that the company “is a monopolist” and has violated US antitrust law, specifically, Section 2 of the Sherman Act. A federal judge ruled on Monday that Google illegally maintained a monopoly in search, saying in the …
Zsolt Gyulay, President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (HOC), has called for urgent discussions with the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Director of Sport. The issue revolves around the presence of Imane Khelif, an Algerian boxer with a masculine appearance, in the women’s boxing quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics. Hungarian Conservative has reported this morning in …
View post on imgur.com Mr.WeRP “If Trump wins, no one here at DU is safe Trump has threatened his own supporters in campaign emails with punishment if they don’t donate enough or fail to vote for him, saying these records are public. While your specific vote may not be, your campaign donations are and election …
Former United States Attorney Brett Tolman laughed at and criticized Democrats on Monday for attacking the Supreme Court after its presidential immunity ruling. The Supreme Court on Monday found that presidents have immunity from criminal prosecution for “official acts” in office following former President Donald Trump’s appeal to dismiss special counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case against …
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that state and local officials may accept gifts and payments for past favors without violating federal anti-corruption laws. In a 6-3 decision, the justices overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor who received a $13,000 payment from a local truck dealership after helping them secure city contracts. The …
(Bloomberg) — The US Supreme Court signaled it will take the unusual step of extending its term into July as it finishes work on about a dozen cases, including Donald Trump’s bid for immunity from prosecution for attempting to overturn his 2020 election loss. The court, which had already scheduled Wednesday as an opinion day …
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called for legislation to outlaw bump stocks after the Supreme Court struck down a President Donald Trump-era ban on the gun accessory. A 6–3 opinion by the high court found that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) exceeded its authority when it interpreted a federal firearms …
Judge Arthur Engoron, who ordered Donald Trump to pay a $454 million judgment, is under investigation for allegedly receiving unsolicited advice from a prominent real estate lawyer, Adam Leitman Bailey, prior to the ruling. Bailey claims he urged Engoron to “get it right” but denies any influence or connection to Trump’s cases. The New York …
Ashleigh Merchant, lawyer for a Trump co-defendant, joins ‘Fox & Friends’ after initiating an emergency appeal to review the ruling on Fulton County DA Fani Willis.
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President Donald Trump has appealed the politically motivated ruling by radical Judge Arthur Engoron in the civil “fraud” case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. Trump’s legal team appealed Engoron’s ruling finding the 45th president liable for more than $350 million in so-called “damages.” With interest, the total amount Trump is currently on …
In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of former UBS analyst Trevor Murray, stating that UBS must provide back pay for his termination after he blew the whistle on alleged illegal pressure to alter research reports. The ruling carries broader implications, making it easier for whistleblowers to succeed in retaliation …
Former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy reacts to today’s D.C. appeals court decision against Trump’s immunity argument, what Trump should do next, and what it means to the Trump trials timing.
Israel has ignored the ruling by the U.N.’s top court last week by killing hundreds more civilians in a matter of days in Gaza, South Africa’s foreign minister said Wednesday, adding that her country has asked why an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not been issued in a case South Africa …
Jonathan Turley is fed up: "This country is a powder keg and this court is just throwing matches at it. This is hands down the most anti-democratic opinions I’ve seen in my lifetime.”pic.twitter.com/04TaVn1oat — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) December 20, 2023 John Bolton blows up CNN. 'Supreme Court will overturn the Colorado decision on Trump.'pic.twitter.com/UspoymzuAt …
The Colorado Supreme Court’s historic ruling deems Donald Trump ineligible for the 2024 presidential race due to the 14th Amendment’s insurrection ban. The 4-3 decision accuses Trump of engaging in the Capitol insurrection, upholding the trial judge’s findings. While confirming that the insurrectionist ban applies to the presidency, the ruling opens the path for Trump’s …
“If the Supreme Court rules in favor of the government, and allows it to redefine income to include any unrealized appreciation in any asset, then it will grant the Federal Government a new power to nationalize the entire asset stock of the nation. In hyperinflation, the only refuge people have is the ability to hold …
The recent ruling by the German constitutional court, declaring the government’s Climate Budget fund as illegal and unconstitutional, has delivered a sudden blow, tearing a significant 60-billion-euro hole in the budget virtually overnight. With an additional 200 billion euros at stake, intended for economic and societal stabilization amid escalating energy costs, the potential fallout casts …
Full article: https://nypost.com/2023/09/27/donald-trumps-mar-a-lago-worth-at-least-300m-sources/ h/t EuphoricTrilby
OUR DISGUSTING RULERS: Intelligence and law enforcement, which is, I come from CIA and the charisma of CIA doesn’t work for me because I know it as a big bureaucracy, but the FBI, which is a law enforcement agency for Americans, the CIA doesn’t have any writ to investigate Americans except in very special circumstances. …
Pete Buttigieg is just a symptom of a vastly larger crisis. “Make a note of how they aren’t ‘advocating for a complete erasure of cars.’ Instead, they want the government to ‘re-direct the U.S. from relying on private motor vehicles.’ The word ‘private’ is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence. In other words, they won’t …
via Mike Shedlock: Rents are rising at a record pace in Germany. Politicians turn to a price control gambit guaranteed to fail. https://twitter.com/kuzeypiyasasi/status/1695897569572913595 Rent Control Evidence Please a September 2019 Stanford Business Study on The Effects of Rent Control Expansion on Tenants, Landlords, and Inequality: Evidence from San Francisco Using a 1994 law change, we …
Progressive insurance has been sued for ‘patently unlawful’ racism by offering $25,000 grants to help black-owned businesses buy vehicles — but barring white, Asian, Latino, and other entrepreneurs from applying. The lawsuit was filed by the conservative group America First Legal (AFL) and others on behalf of Nathan Roberts, the owner of Ohio-based Freedom Truck …
