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Debt Collectors Are Leveraging the Court System More Than Ever—and This May Have Significant Consequences for Americans
A new report from Pew Charitable Trusts finds that the number of debt collection cases has risen significantly, but getting consumers to fight these cases in court is uncommon. Many people are unaware of the lawsuits and fail to respond, which can have major consequences.
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Trump's Impact on Courts Likely to Last Long Beyond His Term
Enemies and allies of President Donald Trump agree about his legacy on courts: Americans will be feeling the impact of Trump’s judicial appointments for decades to come
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Trump Loses Lawsuit That Sought to Block Pennsylvania Win for Biden
The judge’s decision is a crippling blow to Trump’s long-shot bid to invalidate enough ballots in multiple states to reverse Biden’s victory.
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Judge Blocks Federal Executions; Administration Appeals
A U.S. district judge has ordered a new delay in federal executions, hours before the first lethal injection was scheduled to be carried out at a federal prison in Indiana
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Lawyers, Judges Push to Close Immigration Courts Amid Virus
Attorneys and judges in U.S. immigration courts are trying to protect themselves from the coronavirus with borrowed masks and hand sanitizer.
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Court Sides With Trump in ‘Sanctuary Cities' Grant Fight With NYC, 7 States
The Trump administration can withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement grants to force states to cooperate with U.S. immigration enforcement, a federal appeals court in New York ruled Wednesday in a decision that conflicted with three other federal appeals courts. The ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan overturned a lower court’s decision ordering...
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Opioid Settlement Still Elusive as Some Lawyers Criticize It
Lawyers for some state and local governments say the deal being offered by companies in a sweeping national settlement over the toll of opioids isn’t enough
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Court Rules Dems Can't Sue Trump Over Foreign Govt. Payments to Business
A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed Democratic lawmakers’ lawsuit against President Donald Trump alleging he has violated the emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution on technical grounds, NBC News reported. In their unsigned ruling, the judges cited Supreme Court precedent, noting the 215 lawmakers on the lawsuit are not the majority of Congress, and that they might have had standing...
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Ex-Pharmaceutical Exec Sentenced to 5 1/2 Years for Pushing Opioids
The founder of an Arizona pharmaceutical company was sentenced in Boston’s federal court Thursday for his role in a bribery and kickback scheme that prosecutors said helped fuel the opioid crisis.