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Judge in ‘kids for cash’ case wants his conviction tossed
A former Pennsylvania judge serving a 28-year prison term for a scandal that became known as "kids for cash" is trying to have some of his convictions overturned. Former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. says in Thursday's court filings that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision established a new rule that he wants to retroactively apply to a motion seeking to throw out his corruption conviction and sentence.
Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin is shown in this file photo.
Canada's top judge is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to hurry up and fill the soon-to-be empty seat at the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin said it is taking too long to name a replacement for Justice Thomas Cromwell, who retires next month.
Ventura plans to take defamation case to US Supreme Court
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura says he plans to take his defamation fight against the estate of slain Navy SEAL Chris Kyle to the U. S. Supreme Court. In June, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out a $1.8 million verdict awarded to Ventura against Kyle, the author of "American Sniper."
Candidate Strickland apologizes for remarks about Justice Scalia
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Ted Strickland of Ohio is apologizing for remarks appearing to celebrate the death of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. In audio of an appearance Monday before the AFL-CIO in Cleveland, the former Ohio governor is heard saying he didn't "wish anyone ill" but Scalia's death "happened at a good time" for union workers.
Eldridge: Trump remark about Clinton, 2nd Amendment ‘no laughing matter’
Democratic senatorial candidate Conner Eldridge has issued a statement blasting Donald Trump' s comment yesterday suggesting a "Second Amendment " solution to avoiding Hillary Clinton appointees to the U.S. Supreme Court. "Donald Trump's reference yesterday to individuals taking violent action against Hillary Clinton is astounding.
Pressure mounts to reject Trump
Pressure from high-profile Republicans and rank-and-file voters is mounting to reject Donald Trump's candidacy amid fallout from him saying gun rights activists could stop Hillary Clinton nominating liberal US Supreme Court justices. Nearly one-fifth of 396 registered Republicans in a Reuters/Ipsos August 5-8 poll released on Wednesday want Trump to drop out of the race for the White House and another 10 per cent "don't know" whether the Republican nominee should or not.
Poll: 20 Percent of Republicans Want Trump to Quit
Nearly one-fifth of registered Republicans want Donald Trump to drop out of the race for the White House, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Wednesday, reflecting the turmoil his candidacy has sown within his party. The "drop out" response more than doubles to 44 percent when voters of all parties are included.
Trump: Here’s what my gun remarks about Clinton really meant
TRENTON - Donald Trump insisted Tuesday night he didn't suggest Second Amendment advocates could use violence against Hillary Clinton to stop her from nominating justices to the U.S. Supreme Court as president. Instead, the Republican presidential nominee stressed what he meant was that pro-gun supporters could use their "political power" to try and derail Clinton, his Democratic opponent.
Some Fundamental Legal Issues
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Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks to the Trask …
Weeks after one of his advisers begged for Hillary Clinton to be shot, Donald Trump told 'the Second Amendment people' that they could take action against President Clinton. Donald Trump just suggested that "Second Amendment" diehards might be the only ones who can stop Hillary Clinton, if she makes it to the White House.
Shocked Media Figures Condemn Trump’s “Second Amendment People” Remark
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said at a rally that if Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton "gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people maybe there is, I don't know."
Judge imposes same 14-year prison term for Blagojevich at resentencing
A lawyer for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says now that a judge has declined to lighten Blagojevich's 14-year prison sentence, he may again appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Defense attorney Leonard Goodman said Tuesday the decision of whether to appeal will be up to Blagojevich, adding "I don't see why he wouldn't."
Trump suggests ‘2nd Amendment people’ could stop Clinton Read Story Eliza Collins, Usa Today
Donald Trump on Tuesday seemed to imply that people with guns could stop Hillary Clinton as president from appointing anti-gun judges.. Trump, who was speaking at a rally in Wilmington, N.C., on Tuesday, warned that Clinton opposes the Second Amendment and would appoint Supreme Court justices who would block gun rights..
Westerman: For picks of justices, Trump right
U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman on Monday said he's comfortable allowing Donald Trump to fill U.S. Supreme Court vacancies, but said voters will have to decide whether the Republican presidential nominee can be trusted to handle the nation's nuclear arsenal.
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A condemned Ohio killer who survived a 2009 botched execution is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to declare that a secon
Panel sends Alabama chief justice’s ethics case to trial
" A state judicial panel on Monday refused to dismiss an ethics complaint against Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, saying that Moore will go to trial in September on accusations that he urged 68 probate judges to defy the federal courts on same-sex marriage. The Alabama Court of the Judiciary, a state panel that disciplines judges, refused dueling requests to either dismiss the complaint against Moore outright or go ahead and remove him from office.
Who Are the Most Successful Harvard Law Graduates?
Harvard Law has topped numerous Best Of lists, and now Business Insider has created a new ranking-of the most famously successful Harvard Law alumni. From the President of the United States to the CEO of Goldman Sachs, Business Insider thinks these 14 alums are the cream of the crop.
Former Iran president writes to Obama over $2B court ruling
This Oct. 23, 1983 file photo shows the scene around the U.S. Marine Base near Beirut Airport following a massive bomb blast that destroyed the base and caused a huge death told rising to 239, in Beirut, Lebanon. Iran's former hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written a letter to President Barack Obama, that was posted Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, on a website associated with the former president's office, asking him to "quickly fix" a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could cost Iran some $2 billion.
Court to consider future of Alabama chief justice
A court is considering whether suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore should lose his job for an order on gay marriage. The Alabama Court of the Judiciary scheduled a hearing for Monday on judicial investigators' request to remove Moore from office.