Tag: Judiciary
High court to hear Guantanamo prisoner’s state secrets case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will decide whether a Palestinian man captured in the wake of 9/11 and detained at the prison on the...
Ghislaine Maxwell’s sleep loss in jail concerns judges
<p>NEW YORK — Appeals judges hearing bail arguments seemed sympathetic Monday to claims that British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is unjustly kept awake at night...
Supreme Court rejects Texas suit over California travel ban
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider Texas' challenge to California's ban on state-funded business trips to Texas and other states...
Justices question California disclosure rule for charities
<p>WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared likely Monday to put a stop to California's practice of collecting the names and addresses of top donors...
Supreme Court declines to hear wrestlers’ brain damage cases
HARTFORD, Conn. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeals of several former pro wrestlers who claimed in lawsuits that...
US weighs policy on Venezuela as Maduro signals flexibility
MIAMI — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government is intensifying efforts to court the Biden administration as the new U.S. president weighs whether to risk...
Justices question California disclosure rule for charities
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared likely Monday to put a stop to California's practice of collecting the names and addresses of top donors...
Firm recounting Arizona ballots wants methods kept secret
PHOENIX — A contractor hired by Arizona's state Senate to oversee the recount of 2.1 million ballots from November's election in the county that...
Ghislaine Maxwell’s sleep loss in jail concerns judges
NEW YORK — Appeals judges hearing bail arguments seemed sympathetic Monday to claims that British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is unjustly kept awake at night...
Student’s Snapchat profanity leads to high court speech case
<p>WASHINGTON — Fourteen-year-old Brandi Levy was having that kind of day where she just wanted to scream. So she did, in a profanity-laced posting...