The US Supreme Court late Friday denied the motion for leave to file a complaint in Texas v. Pennsylvania, which had sought to invalidate election results in four swing states that President Donald Trump lost in the November 2020 presidential election, namely Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin and Michigan. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had claimed there was rampant [...]

The US Supreme Court declined Thursday to delay the execution of 40-year-old Brandon Bernard, who was subsequently pronounced dead by legal injection at the Federal Correctional Center in Terre Haute, Indiana at 9:27 PM local time. Bernard had filed an emergency request seeking a stay of execution. Bernard was one of five adolescents convicted for [...]

The US Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld an Arkansas law setting prescription drug reimbursement rates for pharmacies. The decision in Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association was made 8-0, with Justice Clarence Thomas issuing a concurring opinion and Justice Amy Coney Barrett not taking part in the decision. The 2015 Arkansas law requires pharmacy [...]

The states of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin filed separate briefs on Thursday urging the US Supreme Court to reject Texas’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a complaint with the Supreme Court Tuesday against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, seeking to overturn their 2020 presidential election results. On Wednesday [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in United States v. Briggs that the rape convictions of three military members were timely under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). Justice Samuel Alito authored the opinion. He noted that a plain reading of the UCMJ would suggest that the former service members’ convictions were untimely. However, he [...]

The US Supreme Court held Thursday that a Delaware political independent lacked standing to challenge the state’s “bare majority” and “major party” requirements because he was not “able and ready” to apply for a judicial vacancy. This decision was unanimous, with newly-confirmed Justice Amy Coney Barrett abstaining from participation. The case challenged a Delaware constitutional provision [...]

Facebook is facing antitrust lawsuits initiated Wednesday by the US Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of attorneys general from 46 states, Washington, DC, and Guam. The lawsuits allege that Facebook has abused its position as the “world’s dominant online social network” by acquiring companies to maintain its monopoly over its rivals. The issue arose [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-0 Thursday in Tanzin v. Tanvir Thursday that federal officials can be personally sued for violating a person’s First Amendment right to religious freedom under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). The case concerned two Muslim respondents whom federal agents placed on the no-fly list after the men refused to [...]

The US Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sanctions Wednesday on former Kyrgyz Customs Service deputy Raimbek Matraimov for his role in a $700 million money-laundering scheme. The Treasury also announced sanctions on two other individuals and three companies. According to the department, Matraimov was involved in a company’s evasion of custom fees [...]

The Nevada Supreme Court Tuesday confirmed a lower court’s dismissal of US President Donald Trump’s suit to overturn the state’s presidential results. Joe Biden won the presidential election vote in Nevada, which has six votes in the Electoral College, by 33,596 votes in the November 3 election. The president’s legal team challenged the results in [...]