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SCOTUS Ends February Sitting With Oral Arguments in Six Cases

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Supreme Court held oral arguments in six cases to end its February sitting. A pair of cases challenging Texas and Florida’s controversial social media laws took center stage. In the Florida case, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that S.B. NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton and Moody v. McIntosh v. Coinbase, Inc.

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Smith is No Longer in a Hurry: Special Counsel Moves To Slow Down District Court Judge

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Chutkan, who virtually turned her court into a rocket docket to try Trump. After the mandate in the case was returned to her, Judge Chutkan immediately resumed her high-speed scheduling to look at the pre-trial issues after the Court reversed her earlier rulings on the basis of presidential immunity. United States. United States.

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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

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It is a curious call for a governor to make after he ran ads in Florida calling on people to “join us in California.” to be charged criminally for transporting 36 people to Sacramento. California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.”

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Aged Out at 17? Prince Andrew Raises Surprising Defense to Giuffre Lawsuit

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Florida Southern District Court. He argues that the court is allowed to take “judicial notice” of the agreement in light of the fact that it has been used previously in court, including the voluntary dismissal of her battery claims against Epstein’s former attorney, Alan Dershowitz in a parallel case.

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Justice Department Opposes Any Special Master and Alleges That “Obstructive Conduct Occurred” at Mar-a-Lago

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Last night, Department of Justice Tuesday filed in opposition to the appointment of a Special Master in Florida. ” The Justice Department told the court that it was vindicated in its suspicions and that. The main point of the filing was to address the court’s indication that it wanted a special master appointment.

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Fani Willis Fights for a Mass Trial As the Georgia Defendants Scatter

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Not only are defendants scattering, but some are seeking to go to federal court where the trial would not likely be televised, as the Georgia prosecutors reportedly want. Regardless of the ruling of the court, it is likely to be appealed. However, Willis is trying to hold together a case to try them en masse and in state court.

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Special Counsel Jack Smith Demands a New Gag on Trump

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Special Counsel Jack Smith followed this practice this week in quietly filing a motion to gag former president Donald Trump in his Florida case. The New York courts have upheld the order. Now Smith would like to radically expand the gag with a new order out of Florida.