How Donald Trump's Court Confinement Is Hurting His Campaign Experts told Newsweek that having to attend court will hamper the Republican's ability to hit the campaign trail. 04/26/2024 - 9:10 am | View Link
Reality on abortion hits the Supreme Court Many of the male justices seemed comfortable keeping the argument at a level of abstraction, but the female justices pushed back. 04/26/2024 - 8:11 am | View Link
Supreme Court justices appear split over whether to protect abortion care during emergencies The U.S. Supreme Court debated this week whether a federal law applying to emergency medical treatment encompasses abortion care, even in states with strict abortion bans. But during the two hours of ... 04/26/2024 - 8:00 am | View Link
We Need Cameras in Court Now More Than Ever We have advocated for cameras in courtrooms in many editorials over many years. That need has now become urgent. 04/26/2024 - 4:29 am | View Link
Trump's week of split screen court moments, several legal issues | The Excerpt Plus: Protests continue on college campuses over the war in Gaza. NY appeals court has overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction. 04/26/2024 - 3:57 am | View Link
What Is A Kangaroo Court? Explaining Trump's Tweet : NPR What Is A Kangaroo Court? Explaining Trump's Tweet. October 9, 20195:11 PM ET. Heard on All Things Considered. 1-Minute Listen. Playlist. President Trump tweeted Tuesday that the U.S. House of... 04/26/2024 - 1:10 am | View Website
The saying 'Kangaroo court' What's the origin of the phrase 'Kangaroo court'? Kangaroo courts are sham legal proceedings which are set-up in order to give the impression of a fair legal process. In fact, they offer no impartial justice as the verdict, invariably to the detriment of the accused, is decided in advance. 04/25/2024 - 3:08 pm | View Website
Kangaroo court Definition & Meaning 1. : a mock court in which the principles of law and justice are disregarded or perverted. 2. : a court characterized by irresponsible, unauthorized, or irregular status or procedures. Did you know? A kangaroo court has never been a court by or for kangaroos, but beyond that, little is known for sure about the term's origins. 04/25/2024 - 9:18 am | View Website
Three Features of a Kangaroo Court As a general rule, a kangaroo court is any proceeding that attempts to imitate a fair trial or hearing without the usual due process safeguards including the right to call witnesses, the right to confront your accuser and a hearing before a fair and impartial judge. 04/24/2024 - 3:14 am | View Website
Kangaroo Court Definition of Kangaroo Court. Noun. A bogus court, the intention of which is to provide the illusion of a fair justice system where none exists. A mob, or self-appointed, tribunal that mocks society’s principals of law or human rights. Origin. 1850-1855 Americanism. What is Kangaroo Court 04/24/2024 - 2:02 am | View Website
(CHARLESTON, W. Va.) — West Virginia and North Carolina’s refusal to cover certain health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance is discriminatory, a federal appeals court ruled Monday in a case likely headed to the U. S. Supreme Court.
The Richmond-based 4th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 8-6 in the case involving coverage of gender-affirming care by North Carolina’s state employee health plan and the coverage of gender-affirming surgery by West Virginia Medicaid.
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“The coverage exclusions facially discriminate on the basis of sex and gender identity, and are not substantially related to an important government interest,” Judge Roger Gregory, first appointed by former President Bill Clinton and re-appointed by former President George W.
(SHERIDAN, Ind.) — U. S. Rep. Victoria Spartz, the first and only Ukrainian-born member of Congress, emerged early on as a natural advocate for supporting her native country in its war with Russia. But when $61 billion in additional support for the war effort came up for a vote in the House recently, she voted against it.
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Instead she has called for better oversight of U.
Colorado lawmakers are racing against the calendar — or, depending on one’s outlook — wielding time like a weapon against disfavored policies — to finish their business for the 2024 regular session of the General Assembly.
The legislature must adjourn by the end of the day on May 8, giving them 10 final days.
There are now just 10 days left in the 2024 Colorado legislative session. With a number of hefty bills still in the legislative pipeline, that means 10 days of long nights, voting marathons and hectic scrambling lie ahead of us.
Or, to paraphrase how one senator put it to The Denver Post last week: Go outside, touch grass, and kiss your families goodbye for a little while.
The bulk of Gov.