SCOTUS siding with NCAA college athletes a ‘game-changer’: Jack Brewer Former college football and NFL player Jack Brewer applauds the ‘bi-partisan’ compensation decision from the Supreme Court, which will allow college players the opportunity to receive thousands of dollars in…
Read MoreU.S. Supreme Court rules against immigrants with temporary status
WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that thousands of people living in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons are ineligible to apply to become permanent residents. Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the court that federal immigration law prohibits people…
Read MoreU.S. Supreme Court won’t review men-only draft registration law
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday that for now it’ll be up to Congress, not the court, to decide whether to change the requirement that only men must register for the draft. It’s one of the few areas of…
Read MoreCable Bay Vineyards back in court to face Auckland Council noise prosecution
Auckland Council is prosecuting one of the country’s top vineyards, saying a rowdy function and live band breached noise limits and the company should be convicted and fined up to $600,000. But the swanky Waiheke Island winery has told a…
Read MoreAfter court nixes eviction ban, race is on for federal help – The Denver Post
BOSTON — The recent court ruling striking down a national eviction moratorium has heightened concerns that tenants won’t receive tens of billions of dollars in promised federal aid in time to avoid getting kicked out of their homes. A federal…
Read MoreSupreme Court dismisses bid for final appeal in Feltex Carpets shareholders’ claim
The Supreme Court has ended a more than decade-long legal battle for shareholders seeking compensation from the directors of a collapsed carpet company. The top court dismissed a final application for leave to appeal last week by Eric Houghton, who…
Read MorePaedo ‘battered in prison’ hours after admitting rape and kidnap of girl, 13
A paedophile who raped and kidnapped a 13-year-old girl was beaten up in jail hours after admitting his shocking crimes, according to reports. Sicko Kadian Nelson was reportedly battered after admitting to kidnap, rape and making a threat to kill…
Read MoreColorado Supreme Court rules 4-3 in favor of GOP in fight over speed-reading
The Democrats who run the Colorado legislature were wrong to use speed-reading computers to combat the GOP’s attempt to delay liberal legislation, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday. In a 4-3 decision issued three years to the week since unintelligible…
Read MoreColorado Supreme Court memo: Not all incidents are as serious as implied
The details behind allegations of misdeeds by judges and other high-ranking officials within Colorado’s Judicial Department indicate that not all of them are as serious as an internal memo implies. For example, a district court chief judge who warned the…
Read MoreCourt told Queensland pair were killed in toolbox over a photograph
A man and woman whose decomposed bodies were found locked in a toolbox in Queensland were allegedly lured to their deaths over a photograph taken of a New Zealand man, a court has heard. Chilling details about the final hours…
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