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UK Court Delays Decision On Julian Assange's Extradition To US
Two UK judges on Tuesday delayed a decision on whether to grant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a last-ditch appeal against extradition to the United States, giving Washington three weeks to provide "assurances" in the case.
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Trump Asks Appeals Court To Throw Out 2020 Election Subversion Charges: Report
Former US President Donald Trump has urged a federal appeals court to throw out the federal election subversion criminal case in Washington, DC, arguing that he is protected under presidential immunity, CNN reported.
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UK Court To Hear Bail Plea For WikiLeaks' Julian Assange
Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will on Wednesday argue he should be released from a British prison on bail, pending Washington's appeal against a decision not to extradite him to the United States.
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Trump Says He May Pick Indian-American As Judge For Washington Top Court
US President Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate Indian-American Vijay Shanker as a judge to the highest court in the nation''s capital.
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US Appeals Court Orders Dismissal Of Case Against Ex-Trump Aide Michael Flynn
The Washington appeals court ordered false-statement charges against President Donald Trump's former national security advisor Michael Flynn to be dropped Wednesday, handing the White House a victory in a case that was central to the Russia meddling investigation.
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Deutsche Bank Tells Court It Does Not Have Donald Trump's Tax Returns
US President Donald Trump's biggest lender has told an appeals court it does not have in its possession Trump's personal tax returns, according to a ruling released Thursday in a legal battle between Congress and the president.
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Man Going Through Divorce Wins $80 Million Jackpot. Court Has A Plan
How much credit can a person take for good luck? That was the question at the center of a high-stakes divorce case that came before a Michigan appeals court last week. Michigan appeals court
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"Yelling Expletive At Cop Free Speech, Not Grounds For Arrest": US Court
The mere act of yelling an expletive at a police officer is constitutionally protected speech and not grounds for arrest, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
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Australian Man Sues "Stinky" Ex-Boss For Farting Behind Him
A case of a form of schoolyard squabbling arrived at a Court of Appeal in Australia on Monday. The court is tasked with deciding whether flatulence is a form of bullying.
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All-Woman Judges' Panel Decided She Was Too 'Masculine' To Be Raped
An Italian appeals court - a panel of three female jurists - acquitted two men of rape in 2017, in part because the judges agreed with the defendants argument that the victim looked like a man, and therefore they could not have been attracted to her. Now that ruling has been overturned and a retrial has been ordered.
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"I Am Sorry," Says Trump Nominee Neomi Rao For College Writings On Rape
Neomi Rao, President Donald Trump's nominee to replace Brett Kavanaugh on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, apologized Monday for her controversial writings from college about date-rape victims, which had come under scrutiny from at least one GOP senator.
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Public Officials Cannot 'Block' People on Social Media: US Appeals Court
The ruling is the first from an appeals court to answer the question of whether free speech protections prevent public officials from barring critics from their social media feeds.
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Trump Interviews Indian-American To Replace Brett Kavanaugh in US Court
US President Donald Trump has interviewed an Indian-American woman to replace Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the powerful federal appeals court in Washington, DC, according to a report.
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Amid Tensions, Turkey Court Rejects Another Appeal To Free US Pastor: Lawyer
A Turkish court on Friday rejected another appeal to free US pastor Andrew Brunson, whose detention has sparked a major crisis in Ankara's ties with Washington, his lawyer said.
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'Turn The Plane Around': US Judge Halts Mother-Daughter Deportation
A federal judge in Washington halted a deportation in progress Thursday and threatened to hold Attorney General Jeff Sessions in contempt after learning that the Trump administration started to remove a woman and her daughter while a court hearing appealing their deportations was underway.
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UK Court Delays Decision On Julian Assange's Extradition To US
Two UK judges on Tuesday delayed a decision on whether to grant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a last-ditch appeal against extradition to the United States, giving Washington three weeks to provide "assurances" in the case.
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Trump Asks Appeals Court To Throw Out 2020 Election Subversion Charges: Report
Former US President Donald Trump has urged a federal appeals court to throw out the federal election subversion criminal case in Washington, DC, arguing that he is protected under presidential immunity, CNN reported.
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UK Court To Hear Bail Plea For WikiLeaks' Julian Assange
Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will on Wednesday argue he should be released from a British prison on bail, pending Washington's appeal against a decision not to extradite him to the United States.
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Trump Says He May Pick Indian-American As Judge For Washington Top Court
US President Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate Indian-American Vijay Shanker as a judge to the highest court in the nation''s capital.
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US Appeals Court Orders Dismissal Of Case Against Ex-Trump Aide Michael Flynn
The Washington appeals court ordered false-statement charges against President Donald Trump's former national security advisor Michael Flynn to be dropped Wednesday, handing the White House a victory in a case that was central to the Russia meddling investigation.
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Deutsche Bank Tells Court It Does Not Have Donald Trump's Tax Returns
US President Donald Trump's biggest lender has told an appeals court it does not have in its possession Trump's personal tax returns, according to a ruling released Thursday in a legal battle between Congress and the president.
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Man Going Through Divorce Wins $80 Million Jackpot. Court Has A Plan
How much credit can a person take for good luck? That was the question at the center of a high-stakes divorce case that came before a Michigan appeals court last week. Michigan appeals court
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"Yelling Expletive At Cop Free Speech, Not Grounds For Arrest": US Court
The mere act of yelling an expletive at a police officer is constitutionally protected speech and not grounds for arrest, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
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Australian Man Sues "Stinky" Ex-Boss For Farting Behind Him
A case of a form of schoolyard squabbling arrived at a Court of Appeal in Australia on Monday. The court is tasked with deciding whether flatulence is a form of bullying.
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All-Woman Judges' Panel Decided She Was Too 'Masculine' To Be Raped
An Italian appeals court - a panel of three female jurists - acquitted two men of rape in 2017, in part because the judges agreed with the defendants argument that the victim looked like a man, and therefore they could not have been attracted to her. Now that ruling has been overturned and a retrial has been ordered.
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"I Am Sorry," Says Trump Nominee Neomi Rao For College Writings On Rape
Neomi Rao, President Donald Trump's nominee to replace Brett Kavanaugh on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, apologized Monday for her controversial writings from college about date-rape victims, which had come under scrutiny from at least one GOP senator.
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Public Officials Cannot 'Block' People on Social Media: US Appeals Court
The ruling is the first from an appeals court to answer the question of whether free speech protections prevent public officials from barring critics from their social media feeds.
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Trump Interviews Indian-American To Replace Brett Kavanaugh in US Court
US President Donald Trump has interviewed an Indian-American woman to replace Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the powerful federal appeals court in Washington, DC, according to a report.
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Amid Tensions, Turkey Court Rejects Another Appeal To Free US Pastor: Lawyer
A Turkish court on Friday rejected another appeal to free US pastor Andrew Brunson, whose detention has sparked a major crisis in Ankara's ties with Washington, his lawyer said.
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'Turn The Plane Around': US Judge Halts Mother-Daughter Deportation
A federal judge in Washington halted a deportation in progress Thursday and threatened to hold Attorney General Jeff Sessions in contempt after learning that the Trump administration started to remove a woman and her daughter while a court hearing appealing their deportations was underway.
