The working group, led by Georgia Representative Hank Johnson, is aimed at clamping down on what the lawmaker framed as a high court corrupted by conservative political interests.
Recent polls show the far-right National Rally winning about 32% of the vote, the highest of any party. Experts argue this is largely a vote of dissatisfaction with Macron.
Tensions are rising in Georgia as the government pushes ahead with a law targeting foreign-funded organizations. Tbilisi is coming under pressure from the West to scrap the law or face repercussions.
Researchers focused on ultra-cool dwarf stars, which will be the last thing to burn out in the universe, and found an Earth-sized exoplanet.
Researchers are sounding the alarm on declining bee and butterfly populations in North America that are vital for healthy ecosystems and ensuring future food security.
The EU projects continued but slowing inflation over the next two years.
Police arrested a 71-year-old poet in the shooting of Fico, a divisive figure whom critics call a pro-Russian populist.
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In addition to ethnic violence, aid agencies say the country could face a famine, with half of the population needing humanitarian assistance.
Officials said Nicaragua is profiting off illegal migration to the United States and is stifling human rights.
Courts & the Law
North Carolina is removing a provision that allowed members of the public to wear masks for health reasons as Republican lawmakers attempt to crack down on disruptive protesters.
Prosecutors are having witnesses read excerpts from Trump's books to paint him as a vindictive micromanager obsessed with his image.
Senator Bob Menendez, the highest-ranking Latino in the U.S. Congress, is standing trial on federal bribery and corruption charges that implicate him in a five-year conspiracy to accept gold bars and no-show jobs for his wife in exchange for official political acts.
The appellate court agreed with the Justice Department that there was no reason for them to get involved before there was a final judgment in the proceedings before a trial judge.
A lower court ruled in favor of the South African athlete last year in her fight against taking medication to artificially lower her testosterone levels, but Switzerland appealed the decision.
The nearly 2,000-mile river that divides Texas and Mexico, Texas deputy solicitor general Lanora Pettit told the judges, is no more than “a creek with an excellent publicist.”
Ventura County prosecutors presented evidence at a preliminary hearing that showed Paul Kessler's blood was on the megaphone used by Loay Alnaji.
California lawmakers debate energy bill a week after utility regulator’s major rate-structure change
The bill now advances to the California Assembly's Appropriations Committee.
In two lawsuits lodged on the same day, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes accuses the e-commerce giant of violating the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act and the Arizona Uniform State Antitrust Act.
The majority found simply including LGBTQ-inclusive books in curriculum doesn't burden religious freedoms.
Federal prosecutors say the pair of brothers manipulated Ethereum's blockchain to steal $25 million in cryptocurrency.
A group of restaurants appeared unlikely to get another shot at challenging a priority application process under a federal Covid-19 relief program.
An artist hired by the hockey organization to build a better relationship with American Indian groups claims she was the victim of fraud and sexual harassment before she was fired.
Police officers claim they were exposed to radioactive material and other hazards while working at Hunters Point.
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The measure, introduced by Florida Representative Byron Donalds, would do away with sentencing guidelines for the capital city allowing lighter penalties for younger offenders.
Requiring major political parties to hold conventions and to be governed by them passes constitutional muster, the Minnesota Supreme Court found — and the Legal Marijuana Now Party failed to meet those requirements.
The White House has requested lawmakers authorize more federal cash to cover the cost of replacing the collapsed bridge, but some in the GOP say such action could still be a long way off.
The appeals court panel ordered a federal judge to review the statutory scheme one requirement at a time to determine if any portion violates the ex post facto clause of the Constitution.
The New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty first helped a class of plaintiffs sue over delayed food and health care benefits eligibility determinations in 1988.
A jury in the Western District of Oklahoma last August ruled against the family, finding that Oklahoma County Sheriff Tommie Johnson III was not deliberately indifferent in the man's death.
The groups say the permitted project will introduce sediment and fertilizer-laden water from the Mississippi River into a vital swamp habitat.
The federal government claims Honolulu businessman Dennis Mitsunaga bribed ex-prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro to help him fabricate a case against a former employee, while the defendants say the campaign donations were politics as usual.
Rulings
The Ninth Circuit declined to rehear, en banc, a matter involving a nonprofit’s request for a preliminary injunction that would stop a land exchange allowing copper mining to commence on land that Apache tribes consider sacred.
A federal court in California granted Clovis Community College’s motion to dismiss two professors’ free speech discrimination claims, according to which the school’s anti-discrimination and harassment policies violated the First Amendment. One’s claims are based on “hypothetical and conclusory future and ongoing injuries,” and the other’s censorship claims are based on “self-inflicted injuries,” so they lack standing to sue.
A federal court in Illinois partially dismissed a consumer fraud class action brought by customers who say Walmart deceptively labeled its seafood products as “sustainably sourced,” when in reality its source fisheries both overfish and use unsustainable practices such as bottom trawling. The class representative lacks standing to bring claims over seafood products she did not personally buy. Her Illinois consumer fraud, consumer protection and unjust enrichment claims survive the motion.
A federal court in Pennsylvania granted New York Magazine’s motion to dismiss a self-described criminal profiler’s claims of false light and invasion of privacy after it published an article calling him a “fraud.” The man, who is often flown out to trials as a professional expert witness, says the magazine omitted several critical facts, but he identified no falsehoods in it and has not shown the journalist acted with actual malice.
A federal court in Illinois granted a parent’s motion to join some Nevada doctors as defendants to her complaint against Abbott Laboratories, a bellwether case for the hundreds of lawsuits filed against the baby formula manufacturer over its tainted formula. The product allegedly caused infants to develop necrotizing enterocolitis, and the doctors in Nevada may have been negligent in treating her own child with the condition. The case will be remanded to Cook County court.
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A public library's policy banning new books about sex — and stopping anyone under 17 from accessing current titles about gender and sexuality — violates kids' First Amendment rights, Read Freely Alabama says.
Port of Oakland commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to change the name of Oakland International Airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport — and slapped SFO with a counterclaim in their ongoing trademark dispute.
The Ridge Wallet Company, which sells plastic and metal wallets marketed to millennial and Gen Z men, accuses a company based out of Shenzhen, China, of selling knockoff "Ridge" wallets.
The U.S. Justice Department hit the Texas Department of Criminal Justice with a lawsuit after a prison clerk complained she was barred from wearing a head covering for religious reasons.
More than 250 people say the city of San Diego underfunded and neglected its storm drain system for years, causing their homes to flood on Jan. 22, 2024. They are asking for $100 million in damages.
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