The Alabama Supreme Court sent shockwaves through the country in February when it ruled that frozen embryos created through in vitro fertilization are “unborn children” under wrongful death statutes. Afterward, several major fertility clinics shut down until the Alabama Legislature passed a law relieving them of legal liability for embryo destruction or damage. Now, the […]
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Senate GOPers Scoff At Trump’s Lawyers Arguing He Could Legally Kill A Political Rival
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s claim to total immunity is a bridge too far for Senate Republicans, even some who are normally willing to say or do anything to show their support for the former president who tried to overthrow democracy. Trump’s attorney last week argued before the Supreme Court that the presumptive 2024 GOP nominee […]
Hunter Biden asks judge to dismiss tax charges, arguing that prosecutors bowed to political pressure
Hunter Biden‘s attorneys filed nine motions on Tuesday asking a judge to dismiss tax-related charges filed by special counsel David Weiss in a California federal court last year. “The special counsel has gone to extreme lengths to bring charges against Mr. Biden that would not have been filed against anyone else,” said Hunter Biden’s attorney […]
New footage from Kansas City parade shooting shows teens arguing moments before gunfire
New video has emerged from the deadly shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade, which appears to show teenagers in a heated exchange just moments before shots were fired. In the footage, obtained by TMZ, a teen in the background wearing a red sweatshirt can be seen removing his backpack while arguing with […]
Hunter Biden’s lawyers press for dismissal of gun charges by arguing they are politically motivated
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden again asked a judge to dismiss the federal gun case against him on Tuesday, arguing it is politically motivated and key evidence was tested after charges were filed. Cocaine residue found on the pouch the president’s son used to hold his gun was only identified last year, after a scuttled […]
Judge blocks Trump lawyers from arguing about columnist’s rape claim at upcoming defamation trial
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge late Saturday said former President Donald Trump’s lawyers can’t present legal arguments to a jury assessing damages at a defamation trial on a jury’s conclusion last year that he didn’t rape a columnist in the mid-1990s. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan made the determination in an order in […]
Jack Smith responds to Trump legal team arguing for special counsel to be held in contempt
WASHINGTON — One day after attorneys for former President Donald Trump asked a judge to hold special counsel Jack Smith in contempt for filing motions ahead of deadlines, Smith’s team hit back in a new court filing Friday. Smith’s office argued that they did not violate a court order by providing discovery ahead of deadlines, […]
Opinion: This Thanksgiving, let Trump’s ‘best people’ do the arguing with your MAGA uncle
Last Thanksgiving, Donald Trump had just announced he was seeking reelection, yet his political stock was low. He was blamed for Republicans’ unexpectedly bad showing in the 2022 midterm elections. “Toxic Trump in MAGA Meltdown,” the Drudge Report headlined, while the front page of the Murdochs’ New York Post declared newly reelected Gov. Ron DeSantis […]