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Texas AG Ken Paxton’s lawsuits stymie Biden agenda on immigration and health care

AUSTIN, Texas — Fresh off securing a third term, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton plans to keep up his relentless legal assault on President Joe Biden’s agenda that’s already hindered the Democrats' approach to immigration and health care.

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Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS begins December argument sitting

Welcome to the November 28 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

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Permission to bug Gerry Hutch sought under 'a culture of secrecy', defence argues

Defence barrister Brendan Grehan added “on its face” there had been an illegal operation of the Criminal Justice Surveillance Act 2009

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Hutch trial hears permission to deploy garda bugging device was sought under 'culture of secrecy'

Defence barrister Brendan Grehan completed his submissions today to the three-judge court on why the secret audio recording, which the State says is "part of the core" of their case, is inadmissible

Irish Mirror

Gerard Hutch told Dowdall that Kinahan Cartel 'wants to be biggest gang in Europe'

The non-jury Special Criminal Court was being played a bugged conversation between the 59-year-old and former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall.

Dublin Live

Editorial: DeSantis’ ‘dystopian’ idea of free speech

The hypocrisy of Florida’s freedom governor was on display again last week after a federal judge halted enforcement of a state gag order at Florida’s colleges and universities. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Mark Walker of the Northern District in Tallahassee called Florida’s new Stop WOKE Act, which restricts speech…

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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for felony fraud

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been sentenced to 135 months — or more than 11 years — in prison, following her conviction for felony fraud in one of the most closely and widely watched trials in Silicon Valley history.

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Man on trial accused of burning two-year-old WA girl using boiling water and cigarette lighter

Prosecutors tell the District Court in Perth that Jaycob Anfernee John Yarran held the hands of a toddler in boiling water, causing severe burns, and also held a cigarette lighter against her skin.

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A federal judge calls student loan relief unlawful, deepening limbo for borrowers

The program to erase student loan debts for millions of borrowers hit a brick wall Thursday when it was blocked by a U.S. District Court judge. The administration quickly appealed the decision.

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Abuse of public office charges dropped against former Renewal SA chief executive John Hanlon

Prosecutors drop their long-running case against former Renewal SA boss John Hanlon on the morning his jury trial was due to start — one day after a District Court judge threw out key evidence against him.

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Irish women dubbed 'Dubai two' argue they shouldn't be prosecuted after Covid quarantine breaches

The Dublin women refused to quarantine at a hotel after returning to Ireland from Dubai during Covid-19 restrictions in 2021

Irish Mirror

Four Irish food businesses slapped with closure orders after live rodent and rat droppings found

Three Closure Orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on O’Neills (public house), 2 Suffolk Street, Dublin 2, Nico’s (take away), 289 Richmond Road, Ballybough, Dublin 3 and Panda Chinese Take Away, Main Street, Clogheen, Tipperary.

Irish Mirror

Trump appointed judge denies Mike Lindell’s bid to get his phone back from the FBI

‘Premature disclosure of these materials would significantly undermine the Government’s ongoing criminal investigation,’ judge says

The Independent UK

Dublin dad tries to hire hitman to kill wife's online friends after discovering 'intimate' messages

Bryan Kennedy told a neighbour he felt "betrayed"

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Irishman tries to hire hitman to kill wife's online friends after finding 'intimate' messages

Hitman allegedly told him he could 'get it sorted'

Los Angeles Times

Ripples for years to come: What the Jan. 6 cases mean for the judicial system

WASHINGTON — The nearly 900 Capitol insurrection-related arrests moving their way through the court system make up an average of 40% of all appearances on the District of Columbia District Court calendar each week.

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US Woman Who Led Female ISIS Battalion in Syria Faces up to 20 Years in Prison

An American woman who grew up on a farm in Kansas and joined ISIS in Syria, where she led an all-female military battalion, is to be sentenced Tuesday for providing support to a foreign terrorist group. Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to…

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Accused rapist to face second trial after jury viewed alleged victim's social media posts

A man accused of rape in South Australia will face a second trial after a District Court judge discharged the first jury for doing their own research and then incorrectly delivering a verdict in the case.

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Families of men dismembered in Oklahoma file wrongful death suit against person of interest and his wife

‘There’s a lot of circumstantial evidence at this point that points to Joseph Kennedy as the perpetrator and causing the deaths’

Tribune News Service

Senate elections portend future of judiciary

WASHINGTON — Republicans are vowing to pressure President Joe Biden to nominate moderate judicial candidates if the GOP wins back control of the U.S. Senate in midterm elections.

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Court hears girl taken by SA Department for Child Protection after gluten intolerance diagnosis was sexually assaulted

Lawyers for two South Australian girls who were removed from their parents over a gluten intolerance tell the District Court that one of them was sexually assaulted while in state care.

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Replay: Epic Games and Apple to face off in second hearing. Here’s what to know

On Oct. 21 in a California courtroom, Cary’s Epic Games will resume its two-year showdown with the world’s richest tech company. That would be Apple, which Epic accuses of maintaining an illegal monopoly. Apple thinks otherwise.

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Robe & Gavel, October 11, 2022: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for Oct. 1

Welcome to the Oct. 11 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

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Texas lawsuit latest to target President Biden’s student loan-forgiveness program

FORT WORTH, Texas — The number of legal challenges to President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel millions of dollars of student debt continues to mount. The latest, a lawsuit by the Job Creators Network Foundation, was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Fort Worth.

Irish Mirror

Third man arrested in relation to the murder of Tommy Dooley at Tralee cemetery

Gardai arrested the man, aged in his 40s, on Monday evening

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