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Ringleader in plot to kidnap Michigan governor sentenced to 16 years in prison

The leader of a foiled plot by members of right-wing militia groups to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Tuesday in a U.S. District Court, prosecutors said.

Reuters · Dec 27, 2022

Three Jan. 6 cases with Georgia defendants head to trial in 2023

ATLANTA — In the nearly two years since a mob of angry Trump supporters overran and ransacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, authorities have arrested and charged nearly 900 people with various crimes ranging from illegal protesting to seditious conspiracy against the federal government.

Tribune News Service · Dec 26, 2022

Supreme Court Issues Stay of District Court's "Title 42" Order

Chief Justice Roberts has issued a stay of the district court's order in Arizona v. Mayorkas. The bottom line is that the vacatur of the "Title 42" immigration order is on hold for now, with a very tight deadline for a response from the federal government. You can read more…

Reason · Dec 20, 2022

Ty George Martain sentenced to at least four years in jail over fatal 2019 McLaren Vale crash

The District Court judge said the 25-year-old knew he had drunk too much but decided to drive the 60-minute journey back to Adelaide anyway.

ABC News · Dec 7, 2022

Texas AG Ken Paxton’s lawsuits stymie Biden agenda on immigration and health care

AUSTIN, Texas — Fresh off securing a third term, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton plans to keep up his relentless legal assault on President Joe Biden’s agenda that’s already hindered the Democrats' approach to immigration and health care.

Tribune News Service · Dec 3, 2022

Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS begins December argument sitting

Welcome to the November 28 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

Ballotpedia · Nov 28, 2022

Permission to bug Gerry Hutch sought under 'a culture of secrecy', defence argues

Defence barrister Brendan Grehan added “on its face” there had been an illegal operation of the Criminal Justice Surveillance Act 2009

Dublin Live · Nov 26, 2022

Hutch trial hears permission to deploy garda bugging device was sought under 'culture of secrecy'

Defence barrister Brendan Grehan completed his submissions today to the three-judge court on why the secret audio recording, which the State says is "part of the core" of their case, is inadmissible

Irish Mirror · Nov 25, 2022

Gerard Hutch told Dowdall that Kinahan Cartel 'wants to be biggest gang in Europe'

The non-jury Special Criminal Court was being played a bugged conversation between the 59-year-old and former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall.

Dublin Live · Nov 25, 2022

Editorial: DeSantis’ ‘dystopian’ idea of free speech

The hypocrisy of Florida’s freedom governor was on display again last week after a federal judge halted enforcement of a state gag order at Florida’s colleges and universities. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Mark Walker of the Northern District in Tallahassee called Florida’s new Stop WOKE Act, which restricts speech…

Tribune News Service · Nov 23, 2022