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Jury shown footage of murder accused begging dead wife to come home

Richard Satchwell, 58, from Grattan Street in Youghal, Co Cork, denies murdering his wife Tina Satchwell at the home they shared in March 2017.

Evening Standard

Police suspected something untoward in woman’s disappearance, murder trial told

Richard Satchwell, 58, from Grattan Street in Youghal, Co Cork, denies murdering his wife Tina Satchwell at the home they shared in March 2017.

The Independent UK

Justice Alito Dissents: "Both the Executive and the Judiciary have an obligation to follow the law."

Justice Alito also questions whether the Court even had jurisdiction to act.

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Supreme Court Rules Trump Administration Must "Facilitate" Return of Illegally Deported Salvadoran Migrant

Unanimous ruling is a big win for immigrant rights. But it does have unfortunate ambiguities.

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The Chief Justice "Facilitates" Another Shadow Docket Compromise In Noem v. Garcia

The Trump Administration didn't lose but it didn't quite win either.

Reason

Supreme Court Upholds Order Telling Trump Administration to "Facilitate" Return of Armando Abrego Garcia from El Salvador

Without any recorded dissent, the justices rebuke the Trump Administration's cavalier disregard for due process.

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SCOTUS to Inferior Courts: Review TROs That Function As Preliminary Injunctions

Moreover, challenges to spending belong in the Court of Federal Claims, not in Federal District Court.

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Important New Professional-Client Speech Decision from the Third Circuit

From Veterans Guardian VA Claim Consulting LLC v. Platkin, decided yesterday by Judge Stephanos Bibas, joined by Judges Anthony Scirica… The post Important New Professional-Client Speech Decision from the Third Circuit appeared first on Reason.com.

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AFL star loses three-year battle over speeding charge

Judges have knocked back a bid by a former AFL Brisbane Lions star to overturn his conviction for driving 40km/h over the limit.

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Why the Supreme Court's "Order" In The USAID Case Was An Advisory Opinion (Updated)

If the Court denies the writ or application, the Court cannot instruct the lower court.

Reason

Neutral Principles for the Emergency Docket

The lower courts, which are issuing unappealing rulings, are inverting the Article III hierarchy. This Inferior Court Supremacy cannot stand.

Reason

Trump Administration Appeals Special Counsel Case to SCOTUS—No, Not The Jack Smith Case.

There are two sides to the constitutional crisis coin: if the president seeks a timely appeal, courts should consider those appeals in a timely fashion.

Reason

Did the Truman Administration Disobey A Federal District Court Injunction In Youngstown?

The District Court injunction did not stay its ruling, but the Court of appeals did shortly thereafter.

Reason

Can You Appeal An Administrative Stay By A District Court?

The latest innovation in litigation is a district court administrative stay. Traditionally, circuit courts have issued administrative stays to pause… The post Can You Appeal An Administrative Stay By A District Court? appeared first on Reason.com.

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Montana Supreme Court Recognizes State Constitutional Right to a "Stable Climate System"

A state Supreme Court gives environmental activists an important symbolic victory that will not do much of anything to mitigate the threat of climate change.

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Making Sense of the 7-1-1-8 Split in Environment Texas Citizen Lobby v. ExxonMobile

Does a judge have an obligation to render a judgment to ensure that the court renders a judgment?

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Barrister remains banned from law over 'reckless' debts

A judge found a barrister with 33 years of experience was "not a fit and proper person" to practise law in part over debts and unpaid taxes totalling $640,000.

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Recent Political Candidate Is Public Figure for Libel Law Purposes

The allegedly libelous claims about the candidate were made three months after he lost the election; a Magistrate Judge had held the candidate was no longer a public figure, but the District Court disagreed.

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New Eleventh Circuit Amicus Brief In Special Counsel Appeal

"The District Court correctly dismissed the indictment. Amici advance four rationales to support the judgment below."

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Court Upholds Conviction for Threatening Attack on the FBI

From Friday's U.S. v. Miah, decided by Judge Felipe Restrepo, joined by Chief Judge Michael Chagares and Judge Arianna Freeman: In September 2020, FBI Special Agent Nick Edquist and an officer from the Joint Terrorism Task force went to Miah's apartment to interview him about his comments on several social…

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Judge faces cases ban after scathing watchdog report

A judge has been accused of being incompetent and vilifying a sexual assault complainant but a judicial watchdog has not suggested firing him.

Reason

Judge Ezra's Worrying Behavior in the Buoy Case

Judge Ezra boasted about knowing the judges on the Fifth Circuit, being sworn into the Texas Bar by the Chief Judge's husband, and threatened to have the Deputy Solicitor General's lawyer removed from the courtroom.

AAP

Historical abuse case stymied with elderly man's death

An 88-year-old man accused of the repeated sexual abuse of two underage girls decades ago has died before a court hearing into his alleged crimes.

Reason

Fifth Circuit Blocks Order Requiring Defendants' Lawyers "to Attend 'Religious-Liberty Training' as a Sanction"

From today's decision in Carter v. Southwest Airlines, Inc. (consolidated with Carter v. Local 556, Transport Workers Union of Am.), decided today by Judge Edith Brown Clement, Kurt Engelhardt, and Cory Wilson (for my earlier post on the case, see here): On August 7, 2023, the district court held Southwest…

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Fifth Circuit Judges Clash Over Venue and Judge Shopping

Judges Oldham and Higginson disagree about where a case belongs: NDTX or DDC.

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