Criticising laws or chanting anti-government slogans can be enough to jail someone for sedition in Hong Kong, an appeal court has ruled in a landmark case brought under a colonial-era law increasingly used to crush dissent. Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal upheld a 40-month sentence for pro-democracy activist Tam Tak-chi, the first person to be […]
Mar. 6—THOMASVILLE — The N.C. Court of Appeals upheld on Tuesday an admitted longtime drug dealer’s 2023 convictions on several drug charges. Nicholas Tito Lawson, 51, was convicted of possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine and of being a habitual felon, but Lawson’s attorney argued on appeal that the trial court improperly allowed […]
Russia’s Supreme Court upheld Monday a ruling barring liberal politician Boris Nadezhdin from running in the upcoming presidential election. Nadezhdin, a city council member in the town of Dolgoprudny near Moscow, was nominated by the Civic Initiative party to run in an election President Vladimir Putin is all but set to win. He has been […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge in Nashville on Monday dismissed a challenge to a Tennessee law aimed at making sure primary voters are “bona fide” members of the party they are voting for. Former Ambassador to Poland and longtime Tennessee Republican politician Victor Ashe sued state election officials in November, claiming the law […]
Russia’s Supreme Court has upheld a ruling barring liberal politician Boris Nadezhdin from running in the upcoming presidential election. Mr Nadezhdin, a city council member in the town of Dolgoprudny near Moscow, was nominated by the Civic Initiative party to run in an election President Vladimir Putin is all but set to win. He has […]
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A federal judge in Delaware on Friday upheld a law that requires some drugmakers to negotiate prices with Medicare, one of President Joe Biden‘s signature initiatives, rejecting a challenge by AstraZeneca. U.S. District Judge Colm Connolly‘s decision comes the day before the British drugmaker is due to respond to the U.S. […]
DALLAS (AP) — A judge has upheld a decision requiring Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to take a paternity test as part of a legal dispute with a 27-year-old woman who claims the billionaire is her biological father. A Texas judge on Wednesday rejected an appeal from Jones of a 2022 ruling in a paternity […]
DALLAS (AP) — A judge has upheld a decision requiring Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to take a paternity test as part of a legal dispute with a 27-year-old woman who claims the billionaire is her biological father. A Texas judge on Wednesday rejected an appeal from Jones of a 2022 ruling in a paternity […]
TYLER, Texas (KETK) – State Senator Bryan Hughes helped create a Texas law that restricts social media companies from moderating certain content and now the Supreme Court is debating to uphold it. Henderson County investigating saloon fire as arson “That’s where people go to express their first amendment views,” Hughes said. On Monday, the Supreme […]
Feb. 26—A Rockingham County Superior Court judge has upheld a previous ruling finding the state’s current levels of funding for public schools falls short, directing officials to adequately fund education for all New Hampshire public schools students. Last week, Superior Court Judge David Ruoff rejected the state’s request for reconsideration of his November ruling that […]
ALLEGAN COUNTY — The Michigan Court of Appeals has rejected an Allegan County man’s argument that a criminal sexual conduct conviction violated his due process rights. Nathan Daniel Gilliam, 56, appealed his conviction by jury trial of two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and subsequent sentencing of 262 months to 540 months — 21 […]
Attorney Chuck Hatfield makes an argument on state Senate voting districts before the Missouri Supreme Court, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Jefferson City, Mo.. A divided Missouri Supreme Court upheld voting districts used for state Senate elections on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, rejecting a legal challenge that claimed mapmakers should have placed a greater emphasis […]