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The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) can withhold Bryne Program grant money from cities that refuse to comply with three immigration related conditions imposed by the DOJ. Congress created the Bryne Program Criminal Justice Assistance grants in 2006 to provide additional funding to crime [...]

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Utah’s House of Representatives on Wednesday approved SB 102, allowing consenting adults to engage in multiple romantic relationships simultaneously without penalty of law. The bill would make polygamy among consenting adults an infraction, a lesser offense than most traffic tickets. Currently, polygamy is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. Polygamy occurring [...]

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Incarcerated women are treated more harshly than incarcerated men, according to a report from the US Commission on Civil Rights released Wednesday. “Women in Prison: Seeking Justice Behind Bar” compares the treatment of women in prison by prison officials, and focuses on the fairness of that punishment compared to male inmates. The study found that [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that YouTube is not a “state actor” for First Amendment purposes and thus the platform can exercise control over the content its users post. The conservative nonprofit group Prager University (PragerU) had complained that YouTube’s terms of use worked to censor the group’s right [...]

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The US Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit on Wednesday upheld Texas’s winner-take-all system for awarding electoral college votes in presidential elections. The challengers, led by an organization called the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), had asserted that distributing all of Texas’s 38 electoral votes to the winner of the state’s popular vote, rather [...]

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The US Supreme Court oral arguments Wednesday in Lomax v. Ortiz-Marquez on prisoner legal complaints. In the oral argument, the petitioner argued that “ithout-prejudice dismissals for failure to state a claim are not strikes” under a statute which governs how many times prisoners may bring a claim that is then dismissed for failure to state [...]

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Donald J Trump for President, Inc. filed suit against the New York Times for libel Wednesday. The suit is in response to an article published by the Times titled “The Real Trump-Russia Quid Pro Quo” by Max Frankle. According to the complaint, the article claims that there was an “overreaching deal between the Putin Oligarchy [...]

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The US Department of Justice announced a new section of the Office of Immigration Litigation Wednesday to focus on denaturalization cases. The goal of the office is to denaturalize people who get their citizenship through illegal means. They will focus on terrorists, sex offenders, war criminals, and “other fraudsters.” Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt said, [...]

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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Tuesday announced a settlement agreement between state attorneys general, local subdivisions, and Mallinckrodt (MNK), its subsidiaries, and certain other affiliates. MNK, the largest generic opioid manufacturer in the US, agreed to pay $1.6 billion to a trust that will cover opioid addiction treatment costs. The manufacturer also agreed to additional [...]

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The New York state bar application will no longer ask questions inquiring into mental health, Chief Judge Janet DiFore announced Wednesday. DiFore made the announcement during her State of the Judiciary address. The goal is to protect law students seeking admission to the New York bar who are dealing with depression, anxiety and other mental health [...]

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