Law - Page 48

January 10, 2025

Montana AG asks Supreme Court to uphold law requiring parental consent for a minor's abortion

Montana AG Austin Knudsen petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a parental consent law for minors' abortions that his state's high court struck down last year.

January 10, 2025

'Anything but ordinary': Legal experts shred NY v. Trump as 'one of the worst' cases in history

Legal scholars and attorneys weighed in on New York Judge Juan Merchan sentencing Trump in the NY v. Trump case on Friday morning.

January 8, 2025

Seattle police officer fired for fatally hitting graduate student with car

A Seattle police officer who struck and killed a graduate student from India with his vehicle while responding to an overdose call in 2023 has been fired.

January 7, 2025

Trump blasts ongoing 'lawfare' in 1st public remarks since Congress certified his election

President-elect Donald Trump slammed "lawfare" against him during his first public address since Congress certified his 2024 election win on Monday.

January 7, 2025

Ex-Chicagoland police chief wants cop murder to be federal crime: 'Attacks on police officers' up since 2020

Retired Riverside, Illinois, Police Chief Tom Weitzel urges President-elect Trump to make cop killings a federal crime amid rising ambush attacks on officers since 2020.

January 7, 2025

Two federal death row inmates refuse Biden's commutation in continued fight to prove their innocence

Two men who were among the 37 federal inmates on death row whose sentences were commuted by President Biden are rejecting clemency.

January 6, 2025

Judge Merchan denies Trump's request to delay sentencing

New York Judge Juan Merchan denied President-elect Trump's request to delay sentencing in the New York case that found him guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records.

January 6, 2025

Trump files motion to stay 'unlawful sentencing' in New York case

President-elect Trump's legal team filed a motion to stay the Jan. 10 sentencing in the New York v. Trump case that found him guilty last year.

January 6, 2025

CNN heads to court for high-stakes defamation trial about Afghanistan segment

U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young alleges that CNN smeared him by implying he illegally profited when helping people flee Afghanistan on the "black market" in 2021. 

January 5, 2025

South Carolina scheduling executions again after a pause for the holidays

South Carolina is beginning to schedule executions again after a pause for the holidays, with Marion Bowman Jr. set to be put to death on Jan. 31.