North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s orders during the COVID-19 pandemic that directed standalone bars to remain shuttered for safety while restaurants that serve alcohol got to reopen were “illogical” and violated the state constitution, an appeals court ruled on Tuesday.
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) - The Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled against a member of the Perry County Council who was suing the Board of Commissioners after he was excluded from group health insurance provided by the county. Councilman Keith Huck alleged the Board of Commissioners excluded certain employees from group health insurance coverage on []
Houston Mayor John Whitmire says the city, already facing a budget crunch, will appeal Tuesday's decision, which was the latest development in a years-long legal battle over the implementation of a voted-approved charter amendment.
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The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that all participants in the January 6, 2021 siege of the U.S. Capitol can be charged with disorderly or disruptive conduct — even if they were personally not destroying property or acting violently.According to Politico, the D.C. appellate court's ruling is a big win for the U.S. Department of Justice, which had assigned that charge to nearly all of the 1,200-plus defendants in its ongoing prosecution of the deadly insurrection.The three-judge...
A North Carolina appeals court says Gov. Roy Cooper's executive orders to keep bars closed during the COVID-19 pandemic while allowing restaurants that also serve alcohol to reopen were “illogical.”
On Monday, the US Supreme Court dismissed Elon Musk’s appeal about a 2018 SEC settlement regarding his infamous “funding secured” tweet. Ars Technica reports that the conservative-majority court took a break from weighing whether US Presidents should be above the law to pass on Musk’s attempt to throw out the agreement, which required him to pay fines, step down from Tesla’s board and have his tweets pre-screened by a lawyer. The justices denied Musk’s petition without commenting. Their...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has issued another ruling striking down a West Virginia law, this time the state Medicaid Program's decision not to cover certain surgeries for the purpose of gender affirmation.
The state's attorney general and Alliance Defending Freedom plan to keep fighting to protect women and girls.
Chief Justice John Roberts expressed concern about language in the appeals court's presidential immunity ruling that he says directs that "a former president can be prosecuted because he's being prosecuted."
(OSV News) — A New York state appeals court has found that an insurer for the Archdiocese of New York is not required to cover costs for settling hundreds of sex abuse claims — a ruling the archdiocese has called “extremely disappointing” and “wrongly decided.” On April 23, five justices of the First Judicial Department […] The post New York appeals court rules insurer doesn’t have to pay out for Archdiocese of New York abuse claims first appeared on OSV News.
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