Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. A blockbuster case in the U.S. Supreme Court. Today, the justices heard arguments over whether Donald Trump has absolute immunity from criminal charges that he plotted to subvert the 2020 election. The final decision will be a major statement on the scope of presidential power. But, Trump couldn’t attend that hearing because he faces other legal […]
Gov. Evers sued over Joint Finance Committee's actions to hold up stewardship funds.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has suffered another legal setback — this time from the Supreme Court, which rejected his request to hear an appeal over the FBI’s seizure of his cellphone. In September 2022, FBI agents approached Lindell at a Hardee’s drive-thru in Minnesota and confiscated his phone as part of an investigation into possible voting machine tampering in Colorado in 2020. (Lindell was not charged in the case.) At the time, Lindell accused the FBI of being “weaponized” against him and...
Decision on immunity question could impact what charges Trump faces, and whether they go to trial before November presidential election
Imagine a large group of activists assembled outside the White House, peacefully protesting a recent decision by the president. They are waving signs denouncing the new policy, holding banners demanding change and chanting slogans about that president. As their numbers begin to swell, as their voices grow louder, the president issues an order to military commanders: Take them out. Our military leadership would then be faced with an impossible choice. They’d either have to follow the clearly...
Victorian woman faces three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder after hosting a lunch at her Leongatha houseFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastErin Patterson, the woman accused of murdering and attempting to murder her relatives by serving them a meal laced with deadly mushrooms, may spend 15 months in custody before she faces a committal hearing, a court has heard.Patterson, 49, was...
BATON ROUGE - The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday a Baton Rouge police officer's trial against Black Lives Matter activist Deray Mckesson may proceed, but justices wouldn't weigh in on what they thought of Mckesson's claim that he enjoyed First Amendment protection for his actions.Former BRPD officer Brad Ford was hit in the face with a piece of asphalt thrown by protesters in the days after the shooting of Alton Sterling. Ford says Mckesson is responsible because he summoned a crowd to Baton...
In a case that could have far-reaching impact, the Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday on whether the city of Grants Pass, Oregon can punish homeless people for camping in public spaces.
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Two of former President Trump’s legal cases collided Thursday, as the Supreme Court held a hearing on his broad claims of immunity from criminal prosecution while his trial continued in New York over a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. The Supreme Court case has the capacity to derail Trump’s other three
The justices must decide whether Idaho doctors can terminate a pregnancy to save a woman’s health or only if her life is at riskThe supreme court heard its second abortion rights case of the term on Wednesday, this one focused on how states can regulate emergency abortions – exceedingly rare procedures that often save a woman’s life or her future fertility.The case may seem technical because it focuses on a small subset of emergency abortions and federal law that governs emergency room care....
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In Grants Pass V. Johnson, a lawyer made opening arguments, saying, “In 35 suits