Recent Updates
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Supreme Court rejects Trump plea to enforce asylum ban
Breaking Stories 12/27/2018A divided Supreme Court won’t let the Trump administration begin enforcing a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Chief Justice John Roberts joined his four more liberal colleagues Friday in ruling agains...
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Pakistani court set to announce verdict against ex-PM Sharif
Breaking Stories 12/26/2018An anti-corruption court is set to rule on two cases against Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.Sharif, who was removed from office last year after being disqualified from serving his third stint as prime minister, could be sentenced to pr...
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Spain court grants $1.7 billion compensation for oil spill
Breaking Stories 12/24/2018Spain's Supreme Court has ruled that the captain and the insurer of the Prestige oil tanker must pay more than 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion) in compensation for Spain's biggest environmental disaster, when the vessel sank in 2002. The court s...
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NC court: Counties not responsible for school underfunding
Legal Compliance 12/22/2018North Carolina's top court says the state is responsible, not the counties, when schools are so underfunded that some children don't get the constitutionally required sound basic education.In a decision issued Friday, the state Supreme Court ruled ag...
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Appeals court agrees to hear case involving Trump DC hotel
Legal Compliance 12/20/2018A federal appeals court agreed Thursday to take up a case accusing Donald Trump of profiting off the presidency in violation of the U.S. Constitution, giving the president's legal team its first major victory in the case.The order issued by the U.S. ...
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Human rights court rules against Greece in Sharia law case
National Court News 12/17/2018Greece violated a prohibition on discrimination by applying Islamic religious law to an inheritance dispute among members of the country's Muslim minority, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Wednesday.The court, based in the eastern French city...
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Spanish court gears up for high-stakes trial of separatists
Breaking Stories 12/16/2018A preliminary hearing in a rebellion case against Catalan separatists Tuesday displayed some of the dynamics between defense and prosecutors expected during a trial that is likely to dominate Spanish politics.Altogether, 18 former politicians and act...
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The Latest: Macron: No new Brexit accord, ball in UK court
U.S. Court Watch 12/14/2018French President Emmanuel Macron says the withdrawal deal on Brexit cannot be renegotiated and that it’s now up to the British Parliament to make the next move.Macron spoke Friday after an EU summit and a one-on-one meeting with British Prime M...
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Palestinian court extends detention of Palestinian-American
Breaking Stories 12/07/2018A Palestinian court on Thursday extended the detention of a hunger-striking Palestinian-American activist who claims she was tortured in captivity. Suha Jbara, 31, a U.S. citizen born in Panama, shuffled into the Jericho courtroom with her head down,...
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Court deadlines set stage for more Russia probe details
Breaking Stories 12/07/2018Robert Mueller is set to reveal more details about his Russia investigation on Friday as he faces court deadlines in the cases of two men who worked closely with President Donald Trump.The special counsel and federal prosecutors in New York will have...
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Trial starts for Hong Kong businessman in bribery case
Breaking Stories 11/27/2018The New York trial of a prominent Hong Kong businessman charged in a United Nations-linked bribery conspiracy is set to begin with jury selection Monday.The trial of Dr. Chi Ping Patrick Ho begins a year after he was arrested on charges accusing him ...
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European court orders Turkey to free ex-Kurdish party leader
Breaking Stories 11/20/2018The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday called on Turkey to release the former head of Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition from detention. Turkey's president responded by claiming his country was not bound by the court's rulings.In its ruling on Tu...