|
|
|
305 entries in 'Attorney News' |
2025/07/26
Immigration judges fired by Trump administration say they will fight back
2025/07/17
Man charged with killing Minnesota lawmaker plans to plead not guilty
2025/07/13
Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce
2025/07/03
International Criminal Court hit with cyber security attack
2025/06/19
Court blocks Louisiana law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments
2025/03/25
Turkish court orders key Erdogan rival jailed pending trial on corruption charges
2025/03/13
Austria’s new government is stopping family reunions immediately for migrants
2025/02/19
Trump’s tariffs expose Ukraine’s steel industry to another war
2025/02/14
Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case
2024/12/02
More than 3,000 fake Gibson guitars seized at Los Angeles port
2024/11/22
New Hampshire courts hear 2 cases on transgender girls playing girls sports
2024/10/24
Judicial panel recommends suspending Montana’s AG from practicing law for 90 days
2024/10/17
South Korean court acquits former police chief over deadly crowd crush
2024/08/20
Former Rep. George Santos pleads guilty in federal fraud case
2024/06/22
Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims
2024/06/02
Supreme Court gives homeowners another chance in escrow dispute
2024/05/15
TikTok content creators sue the US government over potential ban
2024/03/02
Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants
2024/02/21
Court rejects appeal from 3 GOP House members over $500 mask fines
2024/02/17
Ex-Illinois lawmaker abruptly pleads guilty to fraud and money laundering
2024/02/09
Republicans urge state Supreme Court to reject redistricting report’s findings
2024/01/11
What to know about arguments over Donald Trump's immunity claims
2023/12/06
Peru court orders imprisoned ex-President Fujimori's 'immediate' release
2023/11/25
Six teens in court in connection with beheading of French teacher
2023/10/04
Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina’s new abortion law
2023/10/01
Biden backs new offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
2023/07/24
Texas is using disaster declarations to install buoys and razor wire
2023/06/21
Convictions tossed in 2016 death of 16-year-old shot in minivan in Trenton
2023/06/16
Federal court sides with lobster fishers in whale protection case
2023/05/29
Tunisian court releases prominent radio director from prison
2023/05/28
Supreme Court limits regulation of some US wetlands
2023/05/02
US, Mexico agree on tighter immigration policies at border
2023/01/29
Court sets aside 2 of 4 Casey Anthony convictions
2023/01/05
South Carolina Supreme Court strikes down state abortion ban
2023/01/03
State seeks long prison term for accused NYC subway gunman
2022/12/20
Canada condo killer faced possible eviction before shooting
2022/12/10
US woman who killed UK teen in crash gets suspended sentence
2022/11/21
Man granted new trial in 2006 triple murder freed after plea
2022/11/11
Montana vote adds to win streak for abortion rights backers
2022/09/06
Kenya’s Supreme Court upholds Ruto’s narrow presidential win
2022/08/07
Probation for woman who wiped up blood after killing spouse
2022/07/06
Wisconsin Supreme Court disallows absentee ballot drop boxes
2022/05/30
German federal court mulls bid to remove antisemitic relic
2022/05/06
Tennessee, South Carolina extend health care for new moms
2022/04/23
Arizona judge nixes suit that wants Trump backers off ballot
2022/04/02
Erica S. Janton, ESQ. - East Greenwich, RI Family Law Office
2022/03/25
Naturopathic doctor sentenced for selling misbranded drugs
2021/08/24
Consumer Protection Law Attorney Website
2021/07/26
San Francisco Copyright Lawyers - Our Firm
2021/06/16
British lawyer Karim Khan sworn in as ICC’s chief prosecutor
2021/05/14
Judge: Pretrial release OK for man accused in Capitol riot
2021/04/08
NYC corruption case prompts dismissal of 90 drug convictions
2021/03/25
Judge tosses New Mexico rancher’s claim after he kills wolf
2021/03/16
Dinamo Zagreb coach quits after receiving prison sentence
2021/03/12
Kuwait court expels harsh government critic from parliament
2021/03/01
Anchorage companies, man fined for clean air violations
2021/02/20
Judge says lawyer who killed her son also tracked Sotomayor
2021/02/16
European court rejects case vs Germany over Afghan airstrike
2021/02/14
Man who broke ankle at farm obstacle course wins appeal
2021/01/25
Supreme Court ends Trump emoluments lawsuits
2021/01/14
Business as usual for high court, despite riot, impeachment
2021/01/06
Arizona Supreme Court upholds election challenge dismissal
2020/12/28
Trump made lasting impact on federal courts
2020/12/16
Senate confirms Barrett replacement on federal appeals court
2020/11/21
Court: Tennessee can enforce Down syndrome abortion ban
2020/11/18
Giuliani shows at Trump camp lawsuit hearing in Pennsylvania
2020/11/13
Republicans face court setbacks, Trump law firm steps down
2020/10/25
Trump, Biden lawyer up, brace for White House legal battle
2020/10/19
Supreme Court to review Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' policy
2020/10/04
Virus spreads on panel handling Supreme Court nomination
2020/09/23
Senate GOP plans vote on Trump’s court pick before election
2020/09/11
Florida Supreme Court orders governor to pick new justice
2020/08/04
Court OKs extradition of man linked to Venezuela's Maduro
2020/07/24
Court denies AG's bid to halt initiative signature gathering
2020/06/20
New Mexico high court rules on privacy for banking records
2020/06/13
Wolf asks Pennsylvania Supreme Court to uphold shutdown
2020/06/07
Alaska Supreme Court justices call for system improvements
2020/06/02
Court to hear arguments on Dayton gunman's school records
2020/05/29
Supreme Court rules in FOIA case long delayed by lawmaker
2020/05/09
Blind justice: No visual cues in high court phone cases
2020/05/03
Wisconsin court sets argument date for stay-at-home lawsuit
2020/04/29
Blind justice: No visual cues in high court phone cases
2020/04/08
Justice delayed: Virus crisis upends courts system across US
2020/03/18
New Mexico courts deem hunter information as public record
2020/02/17
Walker appointee, judge, prof face off in high court primary
2020/02/15
Spanish court keeps former Mexican oil chief in detention
2020/02/06
WADA asks sports court to open Russia case to public hearing
2020/01/27
Fewer candidates seek WVa Supreme Court seats after scandal
2020/01/21
Supreme Court rejects fast-track review of health care suit
2020/01/18
German court may reject appeal to remove anti-Semitic relic
2019/12/26
Connecticut courts moving notices from newspapers to website
2019/11/30
Israeli held for illegally entering Jordan appears in court
2019/11/25
Court won’t revive suit against gun site over spa shooting
2019/11/24
Lawmakers asked to boost spending on New Mexico court system
2019/11/23
Justices question Alaska $500-a-year contribution limit
2019/11/14
Myanmar rejects court probe into crimes against Rohingyas
2019/11/09
Indian court rules in favor of Hindu temple on disputed land
2019/11/04
Woman accused of disorderly conduct outside Maricopa court
2019/10/25
Samsung heir Lee appears in court for corruption retrial
2019/10/21
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange loses bid to delay hearing
2019/10/08
Supreme Court takes up cases about LGBT people’s rights
2019/10/02
EU court: ‘Active consent’ required for cookie storage
2019/09/20
High Court overturns city mandate on construction projects
2019/09/17
Buffalo Chip takes quest to become town before Supreme Court
2019/09/04
‘The Supreme Court Is Not Well. And the People Know It.’
2019/09/02
Louisiana high court rejects ‘NOLA No-Call’ suit against NFL
2019/07/30
Democratic governor getting to shape Kansas' top court
2019/07/23
Louisiana judge orders man's mouth taped for interruptions
2019/07/11
Court to Trump: Blocking Twitter critics is unconstitutional
2019/07/02
Iowa Supreme Court takes a right turn under Gov. Reynolds
2019/06/23
Court tosses black man's murder conviction over racial bias
2019/05/27
Court: NFL's Bucs not entitled to damages from BP spill
2019/05/22
Russian court extends arrest for American accused of spying
2019/05/05
News attorneys: Opioid distribution data should be public
2019/04/25
Canada privacy watchdog taking Facebook to court
2019/04/18
Supreme Court asked to void Louisiana abortion clinic law
2019/04/10
South Korean court orders easing of decades-old abortion ban
2019/04/04
Spacey’s lawyers returning to court in bar groping case
2019/03/10
Court rejects Ghosn’s request to attend Nissan board meeting
2019/03/09
Demonstrators gather for Heathrow expansion court challenge
2019/03/04
Oregon's high court: Developers can't offset harm to farmers
2019/02/24
Court records reveal a Mueller report right in plain view
2019/02/16
Court: Constitutional ban on high fines applies to states
2019/02/03
Ginsburg makes 1st public appearance since cancer surgery
2019/01/16
No-cost birth control, now the norm, faces court challenges
2019/01/12
Supreme Court will hear Wisconsin drunk driving case
2018/12/28
Gun law, hurricanes added to Florida courts' workload
2018/12/26
Prominent Chinese rights lawyer tried in closed proceedings
2018/11/27
China court reduces sentence of American Wendell Brown
2018/11/23
Russian court challenges International Olympic Committee
2018/11/22
Court: Reds exempt from tax on promotional bobbleheads
2018/11/16
Mexico's high court tosses law on policing by military
2018/10/28
Condemned inmate's last meal includes pancakes
2018/10/21
EU court orders Poland to reinstate Supreme Court judges
2018/10/19
Maldives court overturns prison term for ex-president
2018/10/18
Supreme Court hopeful had DWI charge in 2009
2018/10/04
Indian court allows deportation of 7 Rohingya to Myanmar
2018/10/01
Trial set for 1 of 4 impeached W.Va. Supreme Court justices
2018/09/23
Supreme Court upholds hospital 'charity care' tax exemption
2018/09/16
It is important to have online marketing for lawyers
2018/09/14
EU backs ICC after US questions court's legitimacy
2018/08/29
Court may reconsider ruling on police deadly force measure
2018/08/23
Florida court clears way to release school shooting video
2018/08/18
Lawyers will seek to shift blame for warehouse fire at trial
2018/08/14
EU steps up action against Poland over supreme court law
2018/08/11
Nevada Supreme Court taking up execution case
2018/08/04
SC Supreme Court to decide if elected sheriff is qualified
2018/07/25
Court: Release surveillance video in Florida school shooting
2018/07/17
Georgia officer charged in fatal shooting to appear in court
2018/07/17
Court says convicted serial rapist should be released
2018/07/13
Demonstrators force Fox crew from Supreme Court broadcast
2018/07/11
German court: Catalan politician can legally be extradited
2018/07/11
Audit: 'Pervasive lack of accountability' in Kentucky courts
2018/07/05
Drivers challenge license suspensions for unpaid court debt
2018/06/29
McConnell touts Thapar for Supreme Court seat
2018/06/27
Georgia officer to appear in court after deadly shooting
2018/06/14
Gamers in court for first time after Kansas 'swatting' death
2018/06/10
Court: Compliance reached in education funding case
2018/06/07
UK Supreme Court criticizes Northern Ireland abortion laws
2018/06/01
Suspect in vandalism to Jewish boundary heads to court
2018/05/08
Olivia de Havilland asks court to revive "Feud" lawsuit
2018/05/03
Raptors president fined $25K for walking on court to yell
2018/04/25
Trump travel ban is focus of Supreme Court's last arguments
2018/04/20
Constitutionality of murder conviction upheld by high court
2018/04/15
Court: Man can't be retried for murder after mistrial ruling
2018/04/02
Supreme Court rejects appeal from Middle East attack victims
2018/03/30
Lohan fails to convince court her image is in video game
2018/03/17
Arkansas wants court to dissolve stay for death row prisoner
2018/03/11
TransCanada doesn't have to pay landowner attorneys
2018/03/07
SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Kagan recalls clerking for Marshall
2018/03/06
Romania court nixes law allowing officials to own business
2018/03/01
Court: Nike logo of Michael Jordan didn't violate copyright
2018/01/31
Texas executes Dallas man for killing ex-girlfriend in 1999
2018/01/25
Judge to pick battlefield for court fight over Manson's body
2018/01/12
Women taking their right to go topless to state's high court
2018/01/12
Supreme Court takes the wheel in 2 cases of vehicle searches
2018/01/10
Democratic judge announces bid for Ohio Supreme Court seat
2018/01/07
North Carolina's altered legislative districts back in court
2018/01/06
Florida and Georgia taking water fight to Supreme Court
2017/12/12
Schimel asks Supreme Court to block Evers' request
2017/12/12
UK banker back in Hong Kong court for murder appeal
2017/11/28
Supreme Court rejects case over Mississippi Confederate emblem
2017/11/23
Court: Colorado county wrongly OK’d asphalt plant near homes
2017/11/18
Steve Mostyn, Houston attorney and major Dem donor, dies
2017/11/13
Kenya court set to hear petitions challenging repeat vote
2017/11/11
Trump choosing white men as judges, highest rate in decades
2017/11/01
US court bars Trump from reversing transgender troops policy
2017/10/29
Brazilian court revives case against Olympian Ryan Lochte
2017/10/16
Oregon Supreme Court denies request for information release
2017/10/05
DC house party the subject of Supreme Court argument
2017/10/02
European Court Asked to Rule on Facebook Data Transfers
2017/09/29
Elliott's fast start fades with Cowboys as court looms again
2017/09/01
Not guilty pleas entered in Lake Coeur d'Alene boat crash
2017/08/31
S. Korean court says worker's rare disease linked to Samsung
2017/08/29
Otter appoints new justice to Idaho Supreme Court
2017/08/28
Top NC court weighs lawmakers stripping of governor's powers
2017/08/25
South Korean court sentences Samsung heir to 5 years prison
2017/08/17
DJ says taking Taylor Swift to court was only option
2017/08/14
Mental health court established for offenders on probation
2017/08/14
Academic accused in Chicago killing due in California court
2017/07/31
Court: FAA must reconsider regulating airline seat size
2017/07/25
Top Vatican official to face Australian court on sex charges
2017/07/20
North Carolina Court to Rule on Law on Gov's Elections Role
2017/07/18
Pakistan's opposition calls on court to oust prime minister
2017/07/16
Parents of sick UK infant storm out of new court hearing
2017/07/08
Court: Detained immigrant children entitled to court hearing
2017/06/22
Supreme Court limits ability to strip citizenship
2017/06/18
Justices could take up high-stakes fight over electoral maps
2017/06/12
Court: Ignorance about allergy medicine crime no excuse
2017/06/10
With court victory, hand of Brazil's president strengthened
2017/05/25
Court of Appeals Judge Elmore won't seek re-election
2017/05/24
Finnish court releases Iraqi twins in IS-related killings
2017/05/20
Texas advances new abortion limits despite court defeats
2017/05/19
Court pauses criminal case against Texas' attorney general
2017/05/13
Appeal in boy's burp arrest case relies on Gorsuch dissent
2017/05/12
Judge rejects effort to block Confederate statue's removal
2017/05/02
Court: Gay couple's suit against Kentucky clerk can proceed
2017/05/01
Connecticut court takes up doctor-patient confidentiality
2017/04/24
Justices turn away GM appeal over ignition switches
2017/04/21
Court formally throws out more than 21K tainted drug cases
2017/04/17
High court sides with Goodyear in sanctions dispute
2017/03/31
Political fights over Supreme Court seats nothing new
2017/03/28
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Young announces retirement
2017/03/27
International court orders reparations for Congo attack
2017/03/25
Court: Wisconsin Bell discriminated against worker
2017/03/23
Houston, Texas Trust and Estate Litigation Attorney
2017/03/21
Court won’t hear appeal in senator’s corruption case
2017/03/14
High EU court: workplace headscarf ban not discriminatory
2017/03/05
NC governor, legislature head to court in power showdown
2017/03/02
California court expands endangered-species removal powers
2017/03/01
Joseph Wapner, star of 'The People's Court,' dead at 97
2017/02/18
Serbs warn Bosnian Muslim bid at UN court revives old wounds
2017/02/09
Travel ban decision in hands of federal appeals court judges
2017/02/06
Dylann Roof's mental state revealed in court records
2017/01/27
Court appeals temporarily delay Texas execution
2017/01/18
Court ponders mass murderer Breivik's prison conditions
2017/01/17
Supreme Court delays New Jersey sports betting decision
2016/12/04
Court: Asylum not automatic for former gang members
2016/12/04
Green Party taking bid for election recount to federal court
2016/12/02
Connecticut court to hear appeal in Newtown shooting case
2016/12/01
China court clears man 21 years after his execution
2016/11/02
Solar Advocates Ask Florida High Court to Invalidate Measure
2016/10/12
Dutch court: Wilders hate speech trial will go ahead
2016/10/11
Court fight over Ohio executions likely to focus on sedative
2016/10/01
Appeals court rules against Kansas in voting rights case
2016/09/17
Pakistan court adjourns case of British woman's murder
2016/09/05
Stepmom of scalded boy who died pleads guilty to murder
2016/08/28
Appeals court refuses to reconsider Wisconsin voter ID cases
2016/08/13
Court rejects Cosby's attempt to reseal testimony on affairs
2016/08/11
Egyptian lawyer, journalist released after prison sentence
2016/08/01
China releases prominent human rights lawyer on bail
2016/07/19
Arkansas court denies request for new execution law hearing
2016/05/19
Maryland high court issues opinion in Gray case
2016/05/06
Florida's high court urged to throw out death sentences
2016/05/05
Iran's president slams US court ruling on frozen assets
2016/04/04
California court mulls whether employers must offer seating
2016/03/21
Supreme Court will hear Samsung-Apple patent dispute
2016/03/17
White S.C. trooper pleads guilty in shooting of unarmed black man
2016/03/15
Lawyer: US citizen charged in UN case to plead guilty
2016/02/28
Mississippi court upholds Democratic primary ballot change
2016/02/12
Court rejects pay for woman sterilized at county's behest
2016/02/10
Court to weigh cocaine cases, could alter sentencing in Ohio
2016/02/05
NY court agrees to rehear Ex-Goldman board member's appeal
2016/02/03
Ohio court approves class action in speed camera case
2015/12/22
Court won't order immediate evaluation of mogul Redstone
2015/12/13
High court takes up challenges to drunken-driving test
2015/11/15
Kansas court's approval of death sentence not seen as shift
2015/10/31
Court rejects ACLU's request to stop phone record collection
2015/10/12
Georgia man accused in hot car death to appear in court
2015/09/28
Int'l court prosecutor extends preliminary Ukraine probe
2015/09/24
Court rejects ex-NY Fed employee's retaliation claim lawsuit
2015/09/17
Charleston church suspect's friend charged with lying to FBI
2015/08/25
Bangladesh court bans Rana Plaza movie because of terrifying scenes
2015/08/19
Appeals court won't reinstate 1990 arson-murder conviction
2015/08/17
Court rejects inmate's challenge in 5 Ohio prison slayings
2015/08/02
Brady lawsuit transferred from Minnesota to New York court
2015/07/21
Court suspends ex-Chad dictator trial to ready new lawyers
2015/07/15
Wisconsin court ends probe of presidential hopeful Walker
2015/06/29
Decisions in last 3 Supreme Court cases expected Monday
2015/06/23
Same-sex marriage opponents urge Supreme Court to go slow
2015/04/23
High court rejects Wisconsin appeal over tribal night hunts
2015/04/15
Man kills his lawyer, judge, co-defendant in Milan court
2015/04/15
Man run over by Suge Knight says he punched ex-rap mogul
2015/04/07
Ex-Premier Zia avoids arrest as Bangladesh court grants bail
2015/04/07
Protesters inside Supreme Court face harsher charges
2015/03/27
Amanda Knox murder conviction overturned by Italy high court
2015/03/27
Court upholds conviction of woman in Rwanda genocide case
2015/03/05
Justices pepper health care law opponents with questions
2015/03/05
Bankrupt Caesars unit gets court's OK to use cash, for now
2015/02/16
Court nixes faith-based birth control mandate challenge
2015/01/12
Court won't hear free speech challenge to metals dealers law
2015/01/05
Argentine court says US fugitive can be extradited
2014/12/11
Michigan Defense Lawyer
2014/11/07
Palm Beach Construction Law
2014/08/01
Insurance Litigation Law Firm Clark & Fox Launches New Website
2013/09/23
Mavroudis & Guarino, LLC. - Essex County Real Estate Lawyers
2012/09/14
Outgoing NC Sen. Stevens resigns, joins law firm
2012/06/01
New York Securities Fraud Lawyers
2012/02/25
Eugene Family Law Firm - MJM Law Office, P.C.
2012/02/20
Indianapolis Construction Law Firm - Riley Bennett & Egloff, LLP
2012/02/07
Eugene, Oregon Stalking Order Attorneys
2012/01/16
Michigan Law Firm Adds Top Rated Malpractice Attorney
2011/10/26
Dyer & Berens LLP Files Class Action Lawsuit
2010/08/23
Shapiro & Fishman accuses McCollum of grandstanding
2010/05/24
Eugene, Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyer
|
|
|
|
Immigration judges fired by Trump administration say they will fight back
Attorney News |
2025/07/26 21:30
|
Federal immigration judges fired by the Trump administration are filing appeals, pursuing legal action and speaking out in an unusually public campaign to fight back.
More than 50 immigration judges — from senior leaders to new appointees — have been fired since Donald Trump assumed the presidency for the second time. Normally bound by courtroom decorum, many are now unrestrained in describing terminations they consider unlawful and why they believe they were targeted.
Their suspected reasons include gender discrimination, decisions on immigration cases played up by the Trump administration and a courthouse tour with the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat.
“I cared about my job and was really good at it,” Jennifer Peyton, a former supervising judge told The Associated Press this week. “That letter that I received, the three sentences, explained no reason why I was fired.”
Peyton, who received the notice while on a July Fourth family vacation, was appointed judge in 2016. She considered it her dream job. Peyton was later named assistant chief immigration judge in Chicago, helping to train, mentor and oversee judges. She was a visible presence in the busy downtown court, greeting outside observers.
She cited top-notch performance reviews and said she faced no disciplinary action. Peyton said she’ll appeal through the Merit Systems Protection Board, an independent government agency Trump has also targeted.
Peyton’s theories about why she was fired include appearing on a “bureaucrat watchdog list” of people accused by a right-wing organization of working against the Trump agenda. She also questions a courthouse tour she gave to Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois in June.
Durbin blasted Peyton’s termination as an “abuse of power,” saying he’s visited before as part of his duties as a publicly-elected official.
The nation’s immigration courts — with a backlog of about 3.5 million cases — have become a key focus of Trump’s hard-line immigration enforcement efforts. The firings are on top of resignations, early retirements and transfers, adding up to 106 judges gone since January, according to the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, which represents judges. There are currently about 600 immigration judges.
Several of those fired, including Peyton, have recently done a slew of interviews on local Chicago television stations and with national outlets, saying they now have a platform for their colleagues who remain on the bench.
“The ones that are left are feeling threatened and very uncertain about their future,” said Matt Biggs, the union’s president.
Carla Espinoza, a Chicago immigration judge since 2023, was fired as she was delivering a verdict this month. Her notice said she’d be dismissed at the end of her two-year probationary period with the Executive Office for Immigration Review. |
|
|
|
|
|
Man charged with killing Minnesota lawmaker plans to plead not guilty
Attorney News |
2025/07/17 02:27
|
A Minnesota man plans to plead not guilty to charges he killed the top Democratic leader in the state House and her husband after wounding another lawmaker and his wife, his attorney said.
Vance Boelter, 57, is due in federal court for his arraignment on Sept. 12 under an order issued late Tuesday, hours after a grand jury indicted him on six counts of murder, stalking and firearms violations. The murder charges could carry the federal death penalty.
At a news conference Tuesday, prosecutors released a rambling handwritten letter they say Boelter wrote to FBI Director Kash Patel in which he confessed to the June 14 shootings of Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. However, the letter doesn’t make clear why he targeted the couples.
Boelter’s federal defender, Manny Atwal, said in an email that the weighty charges do not come as a surprise.
“The indictment starts the process of receiving discovery which will allow me to evaluate the case,” Atwal said Tuesday. She did not immediately comment Wednesday on any possible defense strategies.
At his last court appearance, Boelter said he was “looking forward to the facts about the 14th coming out.”
While the scheduling order set a trial date of Nov. 3, Atwal said it was “very unlikely” to happen so soon.
Investigators have already gathered a huge amount of evidence that both sides will need time to evaluate. The scheduling order acknowledges that both sides may find grounds for seeking extensions. And the potential for a death sentence adds yet another level of complexity.
The acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota, Joe Thompson, reiterated Tuesday that they consider the former House speaker’s death a “political assassination” and the wounding of Sen. John Hoffman an “attempted assassination.”
But Thompson told reporters a decision on whether to seek the death penalty “will not come for several months.” He said it will ultimately be up to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, with input from the capital case unit at the Department of Justice, local prosecutors and the victims.
Minnesota abolished its state death penalty in 1911, but the Trump administration says it intends to be aggressive in seeking capital punishment for eligible federal crimes.
Boelter’s motivations remain murky. Friends have described him as an evangelical Christian with politically conservative views who had been struggling to find work. Boelter allegedly made lists of politicians in Minnesota and other states — all or mostly Democrats — and attorneys at national law firms. In an interview published by the New York Post on Saturday, Boelter insisted the shootings had nothing to do with his opposition to abortion or his support for President Donald Trump, but he declined to elaborate on that point.
“There is little evidence showing why he turned to political violence and extremism,” Thompson said.
Prosecutors say Boelter was disguised as a police officer and driving a fake squad car early June 14 when he went to the Hoffmans’ home in the Minneapolis suburb of Champlin. He allegedly shot the senator nine times, and his wife, Yvette, eight times, but they survived.
Boelter later allegedly went to the Hortmans’ home in nearby Brooklyn Park and killed both of them. Their dog was so gravely injured that he had to be euthanized.
Investigators found Boelter’s letter to the FBI director in the car he abandoned near his rural home in Green Isle, west of Minneapolis. He surrendered the night after the shootings following what authorities have called the largest search for a suspect in Minnesota history. |
|
|
|
|
|
Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce
Attorney News |
2025/07/13 16:03
|
The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce despite warnings that critical government services will be lost and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be out of their jobs.
The justices overrode lower court orders that temporarily froze the cuts, which have been led by the Department of Government Efficiency.
The court said in an unsigned order that no specific cuts were in front of the justices, only an executive order issued by Trump and an administration directive for agencies to undertake job reductions.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only dissenting vote, accusing her colleagues of a “demonstrated enthusiasm for greenlighting this President’s legally dubious actions in an emergency posture.”
Jackson warned of enormous real-world consequences. “This executive action promises mass employee terminations, widespread cancellation of federal programs and services, and the dismantling of much of the Federal Government as Congress has created it,” she wrote.
The high court action continued a remarkable winning streak for Trump, who the justices have allowed to move forward with significant parts of his plan to remake the federal government. The Supreme Court’s intervention so far has been on the frequent emergency appeals the Justice Department has filed objecting to lower-court rulings as improperly intruding on presidential authority.
The Republican president has repeatedly said voters gave him a mandate for the work, and he tapped billionaire ally Elon Musk to lead the charge through DOGE. Musk recently left his role.
“Today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling is another definitive victory for the President and his administration. It clearly rebukes the continued assaults on the President’s constitutionally authorized executive powers by leftist judges who are trying to prevent the President from achieving government efficiency across the federal government,” White House spokesperson Harrison Fields said in a statement.
Tens of thousands of federal workers have been fired, have left their jobs via deferred resignation programs or have been placed on leave. There is no official figure for the job cuts, but at least 75,000 federal employees took deferred resignation and thousands of probationary workers have already been let go.
In May, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston found that Trump’s administration needs congressional approval to make sizable reductions to the federal workforce. By a 2-1 vote, a panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to block Illston’s order, finding that the downsizing could have broader effects, including on the nation’s food-safety system and health care for veterans.
Illston directed numerous federal agencies to halt acting on the president’s workforce executive order signed in February and a subsequent memo issued by DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management. Illston was nominated by former Democratic President Bill Clinton.
The labor unions and nonprofit groups that sued over the downsizing offered the justices several examples of what would happen if it were allowed to take effect, including cuts of 40% to 50% at several agencies. Baltimore, Chicago and San Francisco were among cities that also sued.
“Today’s decision has dealt a serious blow to our democracy and puts services that the American people rely on in grave jeopardy. This decision does not change the simple and clear fact that reorganizing government functions and laying off federal workers en masse haphazardly without any congressional approval is not allowed by our Constitution,” the parties that sued said in a joint statement.
Among the agencies affected by the order are the departments of Agriculture, Energy, Labor, the Interior, State, the Treasury and Veterans Affairs. It also applies to the National Science Foundation, Small Business Association, Social Security Administration and Environmental Protection Agency. |
|
|
|
|
|
International Criminal Court hit with cyber security attack
Attorney News |
2025/07/03 00:31
|
The International Criminal Court has been targeted by a “sophisticated” cyberattack and is taking measures to limit any damage, the global tribunal announced Monday.
The ICC, which also was hit by a cyberattack in 2023, said the latest incident had been contained but did not elaborate further on the impact or possible motive.
“A Court-wide impact analysis is being carried out, and steps are already being taken to mitigate any effects of the incident,” the court said in a statement.
The incident happened in the same week that The Hague hosted a summit of 32 NATO leaders at a conference center near the court amid tight security including measures to guard against cyberattacks.
The court declined to say whether any confidential information had been compromised.
The ICC has a number of high-profile investigations and preliminary inquiries underway in nations around the world and has in the past been the target of espionage.
In 2022, a Dutch intelligence agency said it had foiled a plot by a Russian spy using a false Brazilian identity to work as an intern at the court, which is investigating allegations of Russian war crimes in Ukraine and has issued a war crimes arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of personal responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine.
Arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, over Israel’s campaign against Hamas in Gaza have also drawn ire. U.S. President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, in February and earlier this month also sanctioned four judges at the court.
The court is still feeling the effects of the last cyberattack, with wifi still not completely restored to its purpose-built headquarters.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Court blocks Louisiana law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments
Attorney News |
2025/06/19 19:48
|
A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s public school classrooms is unconstitutional.
The ruling Friday marked a major win for civil liberties groups who say the mandate violates the separation of church and state, and that the poster-sized displays would isolate students — especially those who are not Christian.
The mandate has been touted by Republicans, including President Donald Trump, and marks one of the latest pushes by conservatives to incorporate religion into classrooms. Backers of the law argue the Ten Commandments belong in classrooms because they are historical and part of the foundation of U.S. law.
“This is a resounding victory for the separation of church and state and public education,” said Heather L. Weaver, a senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union. “With today’s ruling, the Fifth Circuit has held Louisiana accountable to a core constitutional promise: Public schools are not Sunday schools, and they must welcome all students, regardless of faith.”
The plaintiffs’ attorneys and Louisiana disagreed on whether the appeals court’s decision applied to every public school district in the state or only the districts party to the lawsuit.
“All school districts in the state are bound to comply with the U.S. Constitution,” said Liz Hayes, a spokesperson for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which served as co-counsel for the plaintiffs.
The appeals court’s rulings “interpret the law for all of Louisiana,” Hayes added. “Thus, all school districts must abide by this decision and should not post the Ten Commandments in their classrooms.”
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said she disagreed and believed the ruling only applied to school districts in the five parishes that were party to the lawsuit. Murrill added that she would appeal the ruling, including taking it to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary.
The panel of judges reviewing the case was unusually liberal for the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In a court with more than twice as many Republican-appointed judges, two of the three judges involved in the ruling were appointed by Democratic presidents.
The court’s ruling stems from a lawsuit filed last year by parents of Louisiana school children from various religious backgrounds, who said the law violates First Amendment language guaranteeing religious liberty and forbidding government establishment of religion.
The ruling also backs an order issued last fall by U.S. District Judge John deGravelles, who declared the mandate unconstitutional and ordered state education officials not to enforce it and to notify all local school boards in the state of his decision.
Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed the mandate into law last June.
Landry said in a statement Friday that he supports the attorney general’s plans to appeal.
“The Ten Commandments are the foundation of our laws — serving both an educational and historical purpose in our classrooms,” Landry said.
Law experts have long said they expect the Louisiana case to make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, testing the court on the issue of religion and government.
Similar laws have been challenged in court.
A group of Arkansas families filed a federal lawsuit earlier this month challenging a near-identical law passed in their state. And comparable legislation in Texas currently awaits Gov. Greg Abbott’s signature.
In 1980, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Kentucky law violated the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which says Congress can “make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” The court found that the law had no secular purpose but served a plainly religious purpose.
And in 2005, the Supreme Court held that such displays in a pair of Kentucky courthouses violated the Constitution. At the same time, the court upheld a Ten Commandments marker on the grounds of the Texas state Capitol in Austin. |
|
|
|
|
|
Turkish court orders key Erdogan rival jailed pending trial on corruption charges
Attorney News |
2025/03/25 12:38
|
A court formally arrested the mayor of Istanbul, a key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Sunday and ordered him jailed pending the outcome of a trial on corruption charges.
Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was detained following a raid on his residence earlier this week, sparking the largest wave of street demonstrations in Turkey in more than a decade. It also deepened concerns over democracy and rule of law in Turkey.
His imprisonment is widely regarded as a political move to remove a major contender from the next presidential race, currently scheduled for 2028. Government officials reject the accusations and insist that Turkey’s courts operate independently.
The prosecutor’s office said the court decided to jail Imamoglu on suspicion of running a criminal organization, accepting bribes, extortion, illegally recording personal data and bid-rigging. A request for him to be imprisoned on terror-related charges was rejected although he still faces prosecution. Following the court’s ruling, Imamoglu was transferred to Silivri prison, west of Istanbul.
The Interior Ministry later announced that Imamoglu had been suspended from duty as a “temporary measure.” The municipality had previously appointed an acting mayor from its governing council.
Alongside Imamoglu, 47 other people were also jailed pending trial, including a key aide and two district mayors from Istanbul, one of whom was replaced with a government appointee. A further 44 suspects were released under judicial control.
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Sunday that 323 people were detained the previous evening over disturbances at protests.
Largely peaceful protests across Turkey have seen hundreds of thousands come out in support of Imamoglu. However, there has been some violence, with police deploying water cannons, tear gas, pepper spray and firing plastic pellets at protesters in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, some of whom hurled stones, fireworks and other missiles at riot police.
The formal arrest came as more than 1.5 million members of the opposition Republican People’s Party, or CHP, began holding a primary presidential election to endorse Imamoglu, the sole candidate.
The party has also set up symbolic ballot boxes nationwide to allow people who are not party members to express their support for the mayor. Large crowds gathered early Sunday to cast a “solidarity ballot.”
“This is no longer just a problem of the Republican People’s Party, but a problem of Turkish democracy,” Fusun Erben, 69, said at a polling station in Istanbul’s Kadikoy district. “We do not accept our rights being so easily usurped. We will fight until the end.”
Speaking at a polling station in Bodrum, western Turkey, engineer Mehmet Dayanc, 38, said he feared that “in the end we’ll be like Russia, a country without an opposition, where only a single man participates in elections.”
In a message posted on social media, Imamoglu called on people to show “their struggle for democracy and justice to the entire world” at the ballot box. He warned Erdogan that he would be defeated by “our righteousness, our courage, our humility, our smiling face.”
“Honestly, we are embarrassed in the name of our legal system,” Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavas, a fellow member of Imamoglu’s CHP, told reporters after casting his vote, criticizing the lack of confidentiality in the proceedings.
CHP leader Ozgur Ozel said Imamoglu’s imprisonment was reminiscent of “Italian mafia methods.” Speaking at Istanbul City Hall, he added: “Imamoglu is on the one hand in prison and on the other hand on the way to the presidency.”
The Council of Europe, which focuses on promoting human rights and democracy, slammed the decision and demanded Imamoglu’s immediate release.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Austria’s new government is stopping family reunions immediately for migrants
Attorney News |
2025/03/13 10:41
|
The new Austrian government said Wednesday that family reunion procedures for migrants will be immediately halted because the country is no longer able to absorb newcomers adequately.
The measure is temporary and intended to ensure that those migrants who are already in the country can be better integrated, Chancellor Christian Stocker from the conservative Austrian People’s Party said.
“Austria’s capacities are limited, and that is why we have decided to prevent further overloading,” Stocker said.
The new measure means that migrants with so-called protected status — meaning they cannot be deported — are no longer allowed to bring family members still living in their home countries to Austria.
The new three-party coalition made up of the People’s Party, the center-left Social Democrats and the liberal Neos, has said that curbing migration is one of its top issues and vowed to implement strict new asylum rules.
Official figures show that 7,762 people arrived in Austria last year as part of family reunion procedures for migrants. In 2023 the figure was 9,254. Most new arrivals were minors.
Migrants who are still in the asylum process or have received a deportation order are not allowed in the first place to bring family members from their countries of origin.
Most recent asylum seekers came from Syria and Afghanistan, the Austrian chancellery said in a statement. The European Union country has 9 million inhabitants.
Stocker said the measure was necessary because “the quality of the school system, integration and ultimately the security of our entire systems need to be protected — so that we do not impair their ability to function.”
The government said it had already informed the EU of its new measures. It denied to say for how long it would put family reunions on hold.
“Since last summer, we have succeeded in significantly reducing family reunification,” Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said. “Now we are creating the legal basis to ensure this stop is sustainable.”
All over the continent, governments have been trying to cut the number of migrants. The clamp-down on migrants is a harsh turnaround from ten years ago, when countries like Germany and Sweden openly welcomed more than 1 million migrants from war-torn countries such as Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Many communities and towns in other countries, such as Germany, also say they no longer have capacities to find shelter or homes for migrants.
The EU is trying to keep more migrants from entering its 27-country bloc and move faster to deport those whose asylum procedures are rejected.
On Tuesday, the EU unveiled a new migration proposal that envisions the opening of so-called “return hubs” to be set up in third countries to speed up the deportation for rejected asylum-seekers.
So far, only 20% of people with a deportation order are effectively removed from EU territory, according to the European Commission.
|
|
|
|
|
Headline Legal News for You to Reach America's Best Legal Professionals. The latest legal news and information - Law Firm, Lawyer and Legal Professional news in the Media. |
|
|