18 women sue ex-USA Gymnastics doctor in sex-assault case

Story highlights Larry Nassar is already facing state and federal charges for sex assault, child pornography Michigan State University has launched an investigation CNN  —  Eighteen women and girls have filed a federal lawsuit against disgraced former USA Gymnastics and Continue reading 18 women sue ex-USA Gymnastics doctor in sex-assault case

Welp, This Witness Just Threw a Wrench in Fani Willis’s Trump Georgia Case

Things suddenly don’t look so good for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, whose statements on the duration of her relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade was directly contradicted by a friend taking the stand on Thursday. Robin Yeartie, a Continue reading Welp, This Witness Just Threw a Wrench in Fani Willis’s Trump Georgia Case

Jack Smith Hits Back at Judge Cannon’s Dangerous Order on Trump Case

Special Counsel Jack Smith on Thursday night warned that the judge in Donald Trump’s classified documents case has made a “clear error” that could put witnesses at risk. Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, ruled Continue reading Jack Smith Hits Back at Judge Cannon’s Dangerous Order on Trump Case

The Plaintiffs in the Supreme Court’s Big Chevron Case Moonlight as Anti–Offshore Wind Activists

As researchers at Brown University’s Climate and Development Lab illustrated in a recent study on East Coast anti–offshore wind advocacy, right-wing groups—often funded by fossil fuel interests—frequently offer material support to these typically grassroots opposition movements. Polluter-backed think tanks such Continue reading The Plaintiffs in the Supreme Court’s Big Chevron Case Moonlight as Anti–Offshore Wind Activists

The Scene at Trump’s Supreme Court Case Is Creepily Cultlike

Over the last several months, Republicans have worked overtime to make a crisis out of the border without actually working to solve it. Republican governors are going toe to toe with federal agents along the Rio Grande section of the Continue reading The Scene at Trump’s Supreme Court Case Is Creepily Cultlike

The Trump Disqualification Case Is the Supreme Court’s Most Consequential Moment

Trumpworld also challenged the disqualification by arguing that the former president has not been convicted of rebellion, insurrection, or any ancillary offenses. In their brief for the court, Trump’s lawyers go even further to argue he did nothing wrong on Continue reading The Trump Disqualification Case Is the Supreme Court’s Most Consequential Moment

Jack Smith Torches Trump’s Bizarre Defense in Classified Docs Case

“As [the National Archives and Records Administration] attempted to carry out its statutory responsibilities from 2021 into 2022, highly classified documents sat in a ballroom, bathroom, office space, and a basement storage room at a social club traversed by thousands Continue reading Jack Smith Torches Trump’s Bizarre Defense in Classified Docs Case

Trump’s Big Mouth Just Cost Him Big-Time in E. Jean Carroll Case

Donald Trump is probably kicking his past self, after E. Jean Carroll’s lawyers on Thursday used his previous testimony from a totally different legal trial to make their case for damages. The Carroll trial is just to set damages, because Continue reading Trump’s Big Mouth Just Cost Him Big-Time in E. Jean Carroll Case

“Sit Down”: Judge in Carroll Case Loses All Patience With Trump’s Lawyer

It’s clear what Smith’s aim is with his purchase of Maryland’s largest daily newspaper. His TV empire’s local Baltimore station has been keen on a series of coverage blaming the city’s Black, Democratic mayor, Brandon Scott, for a flurry of Continue reading “Sit Down”: Judge in Carroll Case Loses All Patience With Trump’s Lawyer

The Five Most Powerful Lines in the Israel Genocide Case at The Hague

South Africa has recognized the ongoing Nakba of the Palestinian people through Israel’s colonization since 1948, which has systematically and forcibly dispossessed, displaced and fragmented the Palestinian people, deliberately denying them the internationally recognized inalienable right to self determination and Continue reading The Five Most Powerful Lines in the Israel Genocide Case at The Hague