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    Trump legal news brief: Trump appeals Judge McAfee's ruling allowing Fani Willis to stay on Georgia case

    Lawyers for former President Donald Trump file an emergency appeal challenging Judge Scott McAfee’s ruling that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can continue to prosecute Trump and 18 others on election interference charges now that lead prosecutor Nathan Wade has stepped down.

  • Undocumented Immigrants Have Right to Own Guns, Judge Rules

    A judge this month dropped gun charges against an illegal migrant in Illinois, sparking further debate about the rights associated with the Second Amendment.U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Coleman of the Northern District of Illinois referenced lower court rulings in dismissing firearm possession charges against Heriberto Carbajal-Flores, who was illegally or unlawfully in the United States when he possessed a handgun in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago on June 1, 2020."The Court...

  • Illegal immigrants have 2nd Amendment rights, judge rules

    'Outnumbered' panel discusses whether illegal immigrants should be allowed

  • Former Prosecutor on What Georgia Judge’s Ruling Could Mean for Trump

    A judge in Fulton County, Georgia, heard arguments Thursday on pretrial motions in the court case alleging that then-President Donald Trump interfered in the state’s Read More

  • John Eastman, Trump's former lawyer, should be disbarred, judge rules

    John Eastman, the former Orange County law school dean who helped forge Donald Trump’s legal strategy for retaining power after the 2020 election, should be disbarred, a State Bar Court judge ruled Wednesday. "It is true that an attorney has a duty to engage in zealous advocacy on behalf of a client," wrote the judge, Yvette Roland. "However, Eastman's inaccurate assertions were lies that cannot be justified as zealous advocacy." Roland's recommendation to yank the 63-year-old Eastman’s license...

  • Judge Allows Trump and Co-Defendants to Appeal Fani Willis Ruling

    Judge Scott McAfee ruled Wednesday that former President Donald Trump and eight other co-defendants can seek review of his decision not to disqualify Fulton County Read More

  • Illegal Immigrants Can Carry Guns, Obama-Appointed Judge Rules

    An Obama-appointed judge decreed this month that foreign citizens can use guns while illegally present on U.S. property.

  • Judge rules illegal immigrants have gun rights protected by 2nd Amendment

    A federal judge in Illinois has found that the Constitution protects the gun rights of noncitizens who enter the United States illegally. U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman on Friday ruled that a federal prohibition on illegal immigrants owning firearms is unconstitutional as applied to defendant Heriberto Carbajal-Flores. The court found that while the federal ban is "facially constitutional," there is no historical tradition of firearm regulation that permits the government to deprive...

  • Trump hush money trial postponed until mid-April, judge rules

    The trial in the New York hush money case against former President Donald Trump has been delayed until the middle of April, Judge Juan Merchan ruled Friday. Merchan said the trial — originally scheduled to begin March 25 — would be pushed back 30 days from Friday. He also scheduled a hearing for the trial's initial start date, to discuss a motion filed by Trump's attorneys regarding document production in the case. Merchan said he will set a new trial date “if necessary” when he rules on that...

  • California Judge Rules that Trump Laywer John Eastman Should Lose Law License

    Judge Yvette Roland ruled Wednesday that former Trump attorney John Eastman be stripped of his law license, saying that he had “exhibited gross negligence by making false statements about the 2020 election” and breached “his ethical duty as an attorney to prioritize honesty and integrity.” More from the New York Times: The disciplinary case against Mr. […]

  • Mexico's lawsuit against Arizona gun dealers can proceed, US judge rules

    (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Monday ruled that the Mexican government could move forward with a lawsuit accusing five Arizona gun dealers of participating in the trafficking of weapons and ammunition to drug cartels across the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez in Tucson rejected arguments that a U.S. law that provides the firearms industry broad protection from lawsuits over their products' misuse precluded Mexico's claims against the gun dealers. Those dealers -...