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Supreme Court poised to weigh legal battle over federal gun ban for drug users

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Washington — The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Monday in a Second Amendment dispute over a federal law that bars unlawful drug users from possessing firearms. The case, United States v. Hemani, is the second involving gun rights that the high court is hearing in its current term, joining a legal battle over … Read more

Trump touted support for gun rights but has defended restrictions in court

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WASHINGTON — Soon after President Donald Trump took office last year, he issued an executive order proclaiming his steadfast support for the right to bear arms, but a year later, gun rights advocates say the administration has failed to live up to his promises. Even as the administration has challenged some state firearms laws, it … Read more

Trump floats Ted Cruz for Supreme Court, jokes he’d get ‘100%’ bipartisan vote to ‘get him out of there’

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Friday floated the idea of putting Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on the Supreme Court, joking he is the only nominee who would receive “100% of the Democrat vote, 100% of the Republican vote” because lawmakers would want to “get him out” of Congress. … Read more

A chief judge warns Minnesota’s top prosecutor and ICE: Obey court orders or face contempt

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — The chief federal judge for Minnesota issued a stern warning Thursday to the chief federal prosecutor for the state, as well as to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, warning them that they must comply with court orders or they risk criminal contempt charges. Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz, who was appointed to … Read more

Kilmar Abrego Garcia returns to court in bid to have criminal case dropped on grounds of vindictive prosecution

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Washington — Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia appeared in federal court Thursday as they seek to have human smuggling charges brought against him dismissed on grounds that his prosecution is vindictive. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who was mistakenly deported to a supermax prison in his home country last year, has argued that he has … Read more

Trump admin asks Supreme Court to end temporary protected status for Syrian migrants

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump’s administration is pushing for the U.S. Supreme Court to allow it to nix temporary protected status for Syrians. “This application marks the third time that the government has been compelled to seek a stay from this Court after lower Courts have baselessly blocked the … Read more

Supreme Court litigator convicted of tax evasion

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A top Supreme Court litigator and co-founder of the website SCOTUSblog was convicted by a federal jury after being charged with failing to pay taxes on millions of dollars in gambling income stemming from his lifestyle as an ultra-high-stakes poker player.  Thomas Goldstein, who once was part of … Read more

Supreme Court litigator convicted of tax evasion over income from high-stakes poker

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WASHINGTON — A prominent Supreme Court litigator who also published a popular blog about the nation’s highest court was convicted Wednesday of tax evasion and related charges stemming from his secretive lifestyle as an ultra-high-stakes poker player. A federal jury found SCOTUSblog co-founder Thomas Goldstein guilty of 12 of 16 counts after a six-week trial … Read more

Hong Kong court overturns fraud conviction for pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai

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HONG KONG — A Hong Kong appeals court on Thursday overturned Jimmy Lai’s 2022 fraud conviction and sentencing in a rare legal victory for the pro-democracy activist. Lai, 78, a media tycoon and longtime critic of China’s ruling Communist Party, remains in prison under a 20-year sentence he received this month in a separate national … Read more