An Australian federal judge has swooped in to defend free speech by siding with Elon Musk in the tech billionaire’s latest spat with Australia’s Ministry of Truth. On May 13, Federal Court Justice Geoffrey Kennett blocked the application for the extension of an injunction issued by Australia’s e-Safety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant. The injunction ordered X to censor a video depicting an Australian Bishop being stabbed while delivering Mass in Sydney. It is expected that the Justice will...
An Australian federal judge has swooped in to defend free speech by siding with Elon Musk in the tech billionaire’s latest spat with Australia’s Ministry of Truth. On May 13, Federal Court Justice Geoffrey Kennett blocked the application for the extension of an injunction issued by Australia’s e-Safety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant. The injunction ordered X to censor a video depicting an Australian Bishop being stabbed while delivering Mass in Sydney. It is expected that the Justice will...
Judge Aileen Cannon has indefinitely postponed former President Donald Trump’s classified documents trial in Florida, citing significant issues around classified evidence that would need to be worked out before the federal criminal case goes to a jury. In an order Tuesday, Cannon cancelled the May trial date and did not set a new date. This is a developing story and will be updated.
New York’s first-in-the-nation plan to levy a hefty toll on drivers entering much of traffic-choked Manhattan was the focus of a legal battle that played out in federal court Friday.
U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles overturned the portion of the law mandating that mifepristone be prescribed only by doctors and only in person, as well as a requirement that patients have an in-person follow-up appointment.
New York’s first-in-the-nation plan to levy a hefty toll on drivers entering much of traffic-choked Manhattan is the focus of a legal battle set to play out in federal court Friday. A Manhattan judge will hear arguments in a series of lawsuits from unionized public school teachers, local Republican officials and other New Yorkers seeking […]
HAMMOND — A federal judge ordered the Tangipahoa Parish school system to replace the principal at a Hammond elementary school, saying the district failed to adhere to anti-discrimination policies during the hiring process. Over objections from Superintendent Melissa Stilley, Hammond Eastside Elementary School will be led by Sharon Walker beginning in two weeks. Walker will replace Jenna Vial, a statement from the district said.A review panel looking into hiring practices at the...
The government’s new rule that would limit credit card late fees has been blocked by a federal judge in Texas. In a Friday (May 10) decision, Judge Mark Pittman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District granted an injunction that halts the restrictions. The restrictions had been adopted by the Consumer Financial Protection […]
A federal judge says a plan to close a troubled prison in California where female inmates suffered sexual abuse by guards was “ill-conceived and, like Swiss cheese, full of holes.”
Thirteen federal judges signed a letter sent to Columbia University's president Minouche Shafik stating that they would no longer hire law clerks from Columbia College or Columbia Law School.
WASHINGTON — Atop the minds of all six U.S. House members from Louisiana is a Monday status conference that is expected to chart a path out of the morass created
A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that a tactic used by federal immigration agents in Southern California to arrest people in their homes without a judicial warrant is unconstitutional and must end. The judgment — issued Wednesday against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency — involves so-called knock and talk practices. ICE didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Advocates argued that the immigration agency rarely obtains judicial warrants and instead counts...