The justices seemed split over whether presidents need immunity protection from political prosecutors or if the country needs protection from criminally immune presidents.
The state's high appeals court ordered a new trial for Weinstein in part because a judge allowed women to testify about other uncharged sexual assaults and "prior bad acts" at his 2020 trial.
Wednesday’s ruling puts the kibosh on claims that the federal government ignored climate change when developing a 20-year plan for managing the Glen Canyon Dam.
HARRISBURG, Penn. — The Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld the sentencing of a criminal defendant who formed his hand in the shape of a gun and pointed it at a testifying witness during trial. The court had enough evidence to convict him of criminal contempt.
HONOLULU — The Hawaii Supreme Court upheld a tax court’s ruling in favor of Maui County, which was challenged by timeshare managers who say the county unfairly taxed visitors by creating a tax classification separate from existing hotel taxes. The creation of a timeshare tax classification is constitutional because it acts as a real property tax and does not actually tax individual timeshare unit users.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit granted the National Labor Relations Board’s application for enforcement of its order directing Starbucks to cease and desist from its failure and refusal to recognize and bargain with a union. The NLRB held that this refusal constitutes an unfair labor practice. Starbucks says the union conducted a mail-in vote instead of an in-person election, as it should have; the NLRB says this decision was an appropriate exercise of the union’s regional director’s discretion.
The Supreme Court appeared divided over whether states could deny emergency abortions to pregnant people facing severe health risks.
Advocates for Montana’s grizzly bear population are seeking a permanent prohibition on certain wolf and coyote traps in grizzly bear country.
The case centers on whether courts should use a more stringent test when weighing a National Labor Relations Board request for a temporary injunction.
The high court seemed unconvinced that marriage rights outweighed national security interests.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit denied a pilot’s petition for review of an order affirming the revocation of his pilot certificate. The pilot transported marijuana, which is legal in Alaska but a controlled substance under federal law, by aircraft within the state, which prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to revoke his pilot certificate. The FAA does not lack jurisdiction, as he says, on the theory that Congress cannot authorize an administrative agency to regulate intrastate commerce such as marijuana delivery within Alaska.
