Tag: court
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Appeals court hears arguments in fight between 2 tribes over Alabama casino built on ‘sacred’ land
ATLANTA — An appeals court on Wednesday heard arguments in a long-running dispute between two federally recognized tribes over one’s construction of a casino on Alabama land that the other says is a sacred site. The dispute involves land, known as Hickory Ground, that was home to the Muscogee Nation before removal to Oklahoma on the Trail…
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Trump seeks to derail court filing in election interference case
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are pushing back against efforts by federal prosecutors to streamline arguments and potential appeals in his 2020 election interference case, arguing they could improperly influence the 2024 race for the White House. In papers filed Monday in federal court in Washington, defense attorneys contended that special counsel Jack Smith’s…
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Apparent Trump plot suspect Ryan Routh wrote ‘This was an assassination attempt,’ court filing shows
The man charged in connection with an apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump in Florida this month dropped off a box at a person’s home that included a letter that declared, “This was an assassination attempt,” a court document revealed Monday. The note came to light in a U.S. District Court filing asking that Ryan…
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Arizona Supreme Court decides nearly 100,000 voters will get full ballot access after clerical error
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that roughly 98,000 Arizonans whose voter registration status was in limbo will be able to participate in the full ballot in November. The uncertainty regarding the voters’ fate came after the Maricopa County Recorder’s office discovered a clerical error from 2004 that granted the nearly 100,000 Arizonans voting registration…
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Jordan Chiles appeals to Swiss supreme court to reclaim Olympic bronze medal
American gymnast Jordan Chiles has appealed to Switzerland’s supreme court to reclaim her bronze medal from the Paris Olympics, her attorneys announced Monday. During the women’s floor exercise final in Paris, Chiles was moved up to third place — and awarded bronze — after she challenged the judges’ score for one of the elements in…
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Judge denies Mark Meadows’ effort to move Arizona case to federal court
A federal judge Monday rejected an effort by former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his Arizona indictment to federal court in a case focused on efforts to overturn Donald Trump‘s 2020 electoral defeat. U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi said Meadows missed a deadline to file his request and “has failed…