New campaign finance records show that Donald Trump‘s political action committee paid the legal firm representing the former president’s longtime adviser Boris Epshteyn ahead of his pending criminal trial in Arizona. The leadership PAC, Save America, made two payments of $40,000 and $10,000 on May 14 to the Phoenix-based law firm Tully Bailey LLP. Named […]
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Texas age-verification law for pornography websites is going to the Supreme Court
Texas will be the main battleground for a case about porn websites that is now headed to the Supreme Court. The Free Speech Coalition, a nonprofit group that represents the adult industry, petitioned the top court in April to review a state law that requires websites with explicit material to collect proof of users’ ages. […]
She-Hulk star condemns ‘absurd’ law requiring parents to approve children’s pronoun changes
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’s Tatiana Maslany has criticized a new law, implemented in her native Saskatchewan, Canada, which requires school staff to obtain parental consent before using a student’s new name or gender identity. The Parents’ Bill of Rights was signed into effect in October 2023, making it the first provincial education law that could […]
UN experts say Russia violated international law by imprisoning US reporter
UN human rights experts say Russia violated international law by imprisoning Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and should release him “immediately”. The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, made up of independent experts convened by the UN’s top human rights body, said there was a “striking lack of any factual or legal substantiation” for spying […]
Giuliani loses New York law license after backing Trump’s false 2020 election claims
By Andrew Goudsward and Dietrich Knauth WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Rudy Giuliani lost his New York law license on Tuesday, after a state appeals court found he had lied in arguing that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from his client, former Republican U.S. President Donald Trump. The court found that Giuliani, 80, the former New York […]
Stripper says new Florida law violates her rights, sues attorney general
A 19-year-old stripper is now suing the state after she lost her job. >> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE
Is picking fruit from a neighbor’s yard legal? What NY law says
You know you’ve been tempted. You see a ripe piece of fruit overhanging from a tree on someone else’s property, you long to pluck it from the plant and sample the goods. But behind the allure of that sweet, delicious taste lies a legal question: Who owns the fruit hanging over public space or over […]
New law lets KS breweries sell directly to liquor stores
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Local beer makers and sellers are calling a new Kansas law a win. Starting Monday, July 1, microbreweries in the state can now self-distribute their own beer and allow licensees to sell hard cider. KSNT 27 News talked to the owner of Blind Tiger, Jay Ives, in Topeka on the new changes. […]
Stripper says new Florida law violates her rights, sues attorney general
A 19-year-old stripper is now suing the state after she lost her job. Serenity Bushey worked at Cafe Risqué outside Gainesville up until this month. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS In an over 50-page complaint, she claims a new law raising the age requirement for her profession lost her her job and is now […]
Fairmont State student worries about the other side of Campus Carry law
Jul. 1—FAIRMONT — It’s the last part of Gov. Jim Justice‘s earlier quote that was giving graduate student Taylor Tennant pause Monday on the campus of Fairmont State University. When Justice signed the Campus Carry bill into law this past March, he parsed it down in his trademark folksy manner. “For crying out loud, the […]
Biden slams Supreme Court immunity ruling, says it lets presidents ignore the law
President Joe Biden blasted the Supreme Court’s decision granting former and future presidents immunity from prosecution for official acts saying it gives the executive office, and possibly Donald Trump, the power “to do whatever he pleases, whenever he wants to do it.” Speaking from the Cross Hall in the White House Monday evening, Biden panned […]
Supreme Court keeps DeSantis social media law offline for now
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — One of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature legislative wins designed to rein in tech companies will remain in limbo for the upcoming election season. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped a legal challenge against Florida and Texas lawsdealing with social media platforms, although parts of the ruling supported by a majority […]