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Judge finds Alex Jones in contempt for ‘willful’ failure to submit to deposition by Sandy Hook families

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Superior Court judge on Wednesday found conspiracy theorist and Infowars host Alex Jones in contempt of court and imposed a fine of up to $50,000 a day for what she called his “willful” violation of her orders that he submit to questioning at a deposition by…

Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 2022

California makes history with first openly transgender judge appointed to bench

LOS ANGELES — One of California's eight newest judges is the first openly transgender person to be appointed to the bench in the Golden State, officials said.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 26, 2022

New details released in case of Connecticut judge who hasn’t shown up for work for 2 years while collecting $350K in pay

HARTFORD, Conn. — Dozens of pages of new details became public Monday about the strange standoff between the state Judicial Branch and Superior Court Judge Alice Bruno, who has collected more than $350,000 in salary while missing nearly two-and-one-half years of work for what she describes as health-related reasons.

Tribune News Service · Mar 14, 2022

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North Carolina state court approves new congressional, legislative maps

North Carolina enacted new congressional and legislative districts on Feb. 23, 2022, after the Wake County Superior Court approved legislative maps that the General Assembly approved on Feb. 16 and 17. The court also adopted a new congressional map proposed by a panel of court-appointed special masters.

Ballotpedia · Feb 24, 2022

A Connecticut judge hasn’t shown up for work for 2 years while collecting $350,000 in salary. Now she’s being summoned to answer for her absence

HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Supreme Court has summoned a Superior Court judge to explain why she has been absent from the bench for more than two years while collecting more than $350,000 in salary.

Tribune News Service · Feb 12, 2022

Scientology Arbitration and the First Amendment: Some Questions About Bixler v. Superior Court

Last week, the California Court of Appeal (Bixler v. Superior Court) refused to apply a broad Scientology arbitration agreement to a lawsuit brought by ex-members who claimed they were mistreated in various ways after they left the Church: Individuals have a First Amendment right to leave a religion. We hold…

Reason · Jan 25, 2022

No Arbitration of Claims Against Scientology After Plaintiffs Had Left the Church

From Bixler v. Superior Court, decided Wednesday by the California Court of Appeal (Justices Laurence Rubin, Carl Moor, and Lamar Baker): Petitioners … are former members of the Church of Scientology who reported to the police that another Church member [Daniel Masterson] had raped them. They allege that, in retaliation…

Reason · Jan 22, 2022

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Lawyer Lin Wood Was Wrongly Faulted by Delaware Trial Court

So holds the state supreme court, vacating the trial court’s revocation of Wood’s temporary authorization to represent Carter Page in a Delaware libel case.

Reason · Jan 19, 2022

Delaware Supreme Court Rejects Carter Page's Lawsuit Against Yahoo!, HuffPost & Michael Isikoff

From today's majority opinion by Chief Justice Collins Seitz in Page v. Oath: Dr. Carter Page, a public figure with ties to President Trump's 2016 campaign, claimed that Oath Inc.'s online news organizations published eleven defamatory articles about him in 2016 and 2017. Michael Isikoff authored a Yahoo! News article…

Reason · Jan 19, 2022

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