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Experts dismiss undercover Alito, Roberts recordings as 'pretty unexceptional'

Legal experts are weighing in on recently released undercover audio recordings of two Supreme Court justices, calling the recordings not “much of anything.” Liberal filmmaker Lauren Windsor recorded Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito and his wife Martha-Ann Alito without their knowledge at a dinner event on June 3. The audio files were later published by Rolling Stone. …

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Oklahoma's high court tosses reparations lawsuit over 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Oklahoma’s highest court tossed a lawsuit seeking reparations for two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of violence involving race that saw more than 300 Black people killed by a White mob and the destruction of Black Wall Street, a thriving Black district. The nine-member Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed the lawsuit of the last …

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Fani Willis files 'last ditch effort' to dismiss the appeal to have her disqualified from Trump's Georgia case

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal by former President Trump and co-defendants in his case to have her disqualified from litigation over her romantic affair with a subordinate counsel. In the motion filed Wednesday, Wills argued that Fulton Superior Court found there was no sufficient evidenceto support their claims that Willis has …

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Winners and losers emerge following Hunter Biden's guilty verdict in gun trial

A handful of winners and losers have emerged following Hunter Biden’s guilty conviction on all three counts he faced in a federal gun case in Delaware. The president’s son was found guilty on all charges in his historic criminal case focused on his purchase of a firearm in 2018. Hunter Biden faced a trial this month that lasted more than …

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Jury likely considered Hunter Biden’s own words in memoir as ‘powerful’ evidence to convict: experts

Following the historic conviction of a sitting president’s son, some legal experts pointed to Hunter Biden’s own memoir of his drug addiction recovery as “powerful” evidence for the jury to convict him. Hunter Biden was found guilty on Tuesday of making a false statement in the purchase of a gun, making a false statement related to information required to be …

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Texas federal court strikes down Biden admin protections for LGBTQ students

A federal judge on Tuesday struck down federal protections for LGBTQ students, saying the Biden administration attempted to rewrite the federal law. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth, Texas, said officials tried to re-write federal law barring sex discrimination in schools, applying it to LGBTQ students, Reuters reported. The ruling came amid a lawsuit filed by Texas’ Republican …

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Princess Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, hires same divorce attorney King Charles used: report

Charles Spencer hired the same attorney his former brother-in-law, King Charles III, used in his divorce from Princess Diana. The Times of the U.K. reported the 9th Earl Spencer and younger brother of the late Princess of Wales had hired Fiona Shackleton to represent him in his divorce from his third wife, Karen Spencer. According to the outlet, Shackleton is …

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Former ESPN star Sage Steele sues talent agency over handling of COVID vaccine dispute: report

Sage Steele, who spent more than a decade and a half at ESPN, is suing the talent and sports agency that represented her. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Steele was not pleased with the way her representatives advocated on her behalf during her dispute with ESPN. She filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming Creative Artist Agency …

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OJ Simpson trial 30 years after killings: Where are key players now?

The decision to televise O.J. Simpson’s infamous 1995 trial for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman rocketed the “Dream Team,” his group of star-studded defense attorneys, into household names that continued to represent high-profile clients.Thirty years after Brown and Goldman’s deaths on June 12, 1994, here is where Simpson’s team and key legal figures in the case …

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Los Angeles socialite Rebecca Grossman gets 15 years to life for crash that killed 2 boys

A rich and powerful Los Angeles socialite was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison Monday for the deaths of two boys as they were crossing the street with their mother and younger brother. Rebecca Grossman was sentenced after being convicted of second-degree murder and other charges stemming from the Sept. 29, 2020 crash that killed Jacob Iskander, 8, …

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