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CNN —Special counsel Jack Smith said Wednesday that he is appealing a judge’s decision to throw out the indictment against Donald Trump concerning his handling of classified documents. This means the shock ruling would be reviewed by judges from the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals based in Atlanta. Cannon in her ruling on Monday had said that Smith’s appointment as special counsel was unconstitutional, warranting the dismissal of the case against Trump. Her decision was at odds with the rulings of judges across the country that rejected attacks on the legality of special counsel appointments. Absent a move to speed the appeal in the Trump documents case, it will likely take several months for the appeal to play out in the Atlanta-based appeals court.

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☆ What dismissal of ‘Rust’ case against Alec Baldwin could mean for convicted film armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Ramon Sanchez | Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The dramatic dismissal of the involuntary manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin over withheld evidence could mean the release of convicted “Rust” movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed from a New Mexico state prison, legal experts say. But the Baldwin case imploded on Friday – just two days after the trial began – with the sudden and shocking twists and turns of a nail-biting legal thriller. “I fully expect Hannah Gutierrez Reed to make the same argument for her conviction to be overturned,” Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor, told CNN. Her ruling regarding the failure to disclose the ammunition should carry significant weight in the Gutierrez Reed case, CNN legal analyst Joey Jackson said. Hannah Gutierrez Reed will go free as well.

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☆ After Homelessness Ruling, Cities Weigh Whether to Clear Encampments
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Shawn Hubler | Mike Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Alvey treads carefully when she and her dog, Stuart, walk the dappled trail behind their apartment in Folsom, Calif. Since the pandemic, her neighbors have included homeless campers along a brook known as Humbug Creek. There’s the man who periodically emerges from the brush, yelling in fear and tearing at tree limbs. Until recently, federal appellate courts limited how far cities could go to clear encampments. But late last month, the Supreme Court ruled that they could remove homeless residents sleeping outdoors, a decision that has already begun to reshape how they deal with homelessness.

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☆ ‘Show the violated work’: Artist requests vandalized sculpture remains on view
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A controversial statue by Pakistani-American sculptor Shahzia Sikander — one of a handful of public pieces by the celebrated artist — has been beheaded at the University of Houston. The intact work of art, seen while on display in Madison Square Park in 2023. The university cancelled an opening celebration of Sikander’s work along with a scheduled talk from the artist. “And I hold the University of Houston accountable for their inadequate response and failure to protect the art. I have asked the university to remove the tarp and show the violated work.

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☆ Trump's hush-money sentencing will still happen in September despite his new immunity superpowers, New York legal experts predict
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

It could help former President Donald Trump's hush-money conviction survive the US Supreme Court immunity opinion. Trump's lawyers are about to file what's known as a 330.30 motion to set aside the verdict. The Supreme Court presidential immunity opinion bars official-act evidence. US Supreme Court/BITrump's lawyers now say there were at least four times that the judge improperly let Manhattan prosecutors show official-act evidence to the jury. Trump's hush-money conviction appeal will take years and could even lead back to the US Supreme Court.

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☆ Just 1 piece of evidence could scuttle Trump's hush-money conviction and force a time-sucking retrial
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In fact, a single piece of evidence could be Trump's handiest monkey wrench of all. Manhattan district attorney's office/BIDays before closing arguments, Business Insider highlighted People's 81 as one of ten pieces of incriminating "smoking gun" evidence. SCOTUS/Business InsiderIt took less than a day for defense lawyers to use this ban on "official act" evidence to challenge Trump's May 30 conviction. "Under Trump," defense lawyer Todd Blanche wrote Monday, referring to the SCOTUS decision, "this official-acts evidence should never have been put before the jury." Why People's 81 may be Trump's best monkey-wrenchIn hopes of setting aside Trump's verdict, Trump's lawyers raised other instances where they say "official acts" were improperly used at trial against him.

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☆ A Major Part of Biden’s Student Loan Repayment Plan Is Restored
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Tara Siegel Bernard | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Major components of President Biden’s student loan repayment plan can continue to operate as lawsuits challenging it wind through the legal system, a federal appellate court ruled on Sunday. That frees the administration to cut certain borrowers’ payments by as much as half, a benefit that had been previously scheduled but blocked. The order, from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in Denver, is the latest twist in a saga that began to unfold last week after two federal judges temporarily suspended parts of the plan known as SAVE. That program, which has about eight million enrollees, ties borrowers’ monthly payment amounts to their income and household size. The judge in Missouri blocked new debt cancellation through the SAVE program, though legal experts initially said it wasn’t clear how widely that ruling should be interpreted.

Persons: Biden’s Organizations: U.S ., Appeals, Circuit, Republican, SAVE Locations: Denver, Kansas, Missouri

☆ Trump gag order partially lifted in hush money case ahead of Biden debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A New York judge on Tuesday lifted parts of a gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump in his criminal hush money case, but kept some restrictions in place until Trump is sentenced. While he lifted that piece of the gag order, the judge ruled that a prohibition on disclosing juror information will remain in effect until further notice. Trump raged against the gag order when it was first imposed on March 26, about three weeks before the trial began. Trump violated the gag order 10 times during the historic trial. Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung in a statement Tuesday criticized Merchan for declining to lift the entire gag order.

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☆ Hunter Biden’s DC law license suspended due to gun case conviction
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Tierney Sneed | Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Washington CNN —Hunter Biden’s Washington, DC, law license has been suspended, according to a newly released order from a local court that pointed to his recent conviction on three gun crimes. The order was issued by Chief Judge Anna Elizabeth Blackburne-Rigsby of the DC Court of Appeals, which is the highest appellate court in DC and oversees the DC Bar. It is typical for bars in other states to reciprocate law license suspension or disbarment orders, meaning Biden’s license is also likely to soon be suspended in any other state where he is licensed. Biden has asked for a new trial in the gun case. During closing arguments in Biden’s gun trial, one of the prosecutors described him as a “Yale-educated defendant,” referring to the school where he earned his law degree.

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☆ Opinion | A Brooklyn School District Finds a Path Toward Integration
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Brent Staples | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Elected officials who prefer not to discuss the fact that New York City has one of the most segregated school systems in the United States could soon have no choice. At the same time, in Brooklyn, a public school district that covers both poor and affluent neighborhoods has shown it is possible to integrate schools — without rancor or a mass exodus of white families — when parents and school officials value integration as a benefit in itself. As my colleague Troy Closson explained last week, the remaking of Brooklyn’s District 15 began several years ago, when parents expressed a desire to integrate middle schools that were among the most homogeneous in the city. Schools adopted targets to admit certain numbers of disadvantaged children.” Middle schools set aside seats for students who were from low-income families, living in temporary housing or still learning English. Crucially, the schools fill incoming classes through a lottery, instead of using metrics like grades or attendance.

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☆ Opinion: Why Hunter Biden should have just pleaded guilty
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Opinion Dennis Aftergut | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Hunter Biden was charged in September with three counts related to his purchase and possession of a firearm while using illegal drugs. Of course, Hunter Biden had the right to go to trial; it was his liberty at risk. Hallie Biden is the widow of Beau Biden, Hunter’s deceased brother. Testifying about intimate family matters must have been an enormous emotional trauma for her, as well as for Hunter Biden and his family. President Biden told ABC News before the verdict that he would accept the jurors’ decision, whatever it was.

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☆ What Are Trump’s Chances on Appeal? Not Good. - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Roger L. Stavis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump has vowed to appeal his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records. Some on the right have argued that the trial was a “target-rich environment” for an appeal. Others have said that the U.S. Supreme Court should “step in” and provide relief to Mr. Trump. The burning question now is, could his conviction be reversed on appeal? My answer is, the chances of that are not good.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, I’ve Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Trump —, Appellate, First Department Locations: New York

☆ Jack Smith moved to gag Trump from claiming the FBI plotted his assassination. The motion could strategically reveal Judge Aileen Cannon's alleged bias.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewSpecial counsel Jack Smith and lawyers for Donald Trump are fighting over a proposed gag order that would prevent the former president from claiming the FBI plotted to assassinate him during their August 2022 raid on Mar-A-Lago. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. "Judge Cannon has issued — or not issued — some very bizarre orders, but given that Judge Cannon has seemingly sided with Trump at every possible turn, I wouldn't be surprised if she did not issue this order." Representatives for Smith's office and lawyers for Trump did not respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.

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☆ American John Poulos sentenced to 42 years in prison for femicide of Colombian DJ Valentina Trespalacios
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Ilse Borrero | Mauricio Torres | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN en Español —American John Poulos was sentenced on Tuesday to more than 42 years in prison by a Colombian court, after he was found guilty of aggravated femicide in the killing of a young Colombian DJ named Valentina Trespalacios, as well as crimes of concealment, alteration or destruction of evidence. Additionally, the judge prohibited Poulos from approaching or attempting to communicate with Trespalacios’ family for 20 years, and ordered that he be expelled from Colombia once he completes his sentence. In Colombia, femicide — the killing of a woman because of her gender — is considered a more serious crime than homicide. From the beginning, we established that we were facing objectification, an instrumentalization of a woman through various factors, psychological violence, violence of various types, including physical violence,” lawyer Miguel Ángel del Río told Focus Noticias. Del Río also pointed out that only until the conviction is made final in a second-instance appellate court will Trespalacios’ family be able to seek reparation for damages.

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☆ Georgia Appeals Court Stays Most Proceedings in Trump Election Case
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Richard Fausset | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Georgia Court of Appeals on Wednesday stayed the criminal election interference case against former President Donald J. Trump until an appellate panel could resolve the matter of whether the district attorney in Fulton County should be disqualified from prosecuting the case based on a conflict of interest. In a one-page order, the court stated that any movement at the trial-court level pertaining to Mr. Trump and eight other defendants who have appealed a ruling allowing the prosecutor, Fani T. Willis, to remain on the case was “stayed pending the outcome of these appeals.”Earlier this week, the appellate court set a tentative date for oral argument of Oct. 4. Legal experts expect the appeals will take months to resolve. The order was more bad news for critics and opponents of Mr. Trump who had hoped that he would stand trial in Georgia before he faced off against President Joseph R. Biden in the general election. Mr. Trump and a number of his allies were indicted in Georgia last summer in a sweeping racketeering case that accused them of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Fani, Willis, “, Joseph R, Biden Organizations: Wednesday Locations: Georgia, Fulton County

☆ Court Strikes Down S.E.C.’s Fee Disclosure Rule for Funds
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Matthew Goldstein | More About Matthew Goldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A federal appellate court on Wednesday struck down a Securities and Exchange Commission rule intended to provide investors in hedge funds, private equity funds and venture capital firms with more information about fees and expenses. The unanimous decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans sided with a group of associations representing the private fund industry in ruling that the S.E.C. exceeded its authority with the rule, which was enacted in August. In its decision, the appeals court agreed with their argument, saying that the regulator had overstepped with its rule, which was based on a law meant to protect everyday investors, who typically invest in mutual funds and other public securities, rather than investors in hedge fund and private equity firms. said in a statement that it was reviewing the decision and would “ determine next steps as appropriate.”

Organizations: Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S ., Appeals, Fifth Circuit Locations: New Orleans

☆ Amanda Knox returns to Italian court for slander trial linked to Meredith Kercher’s murder
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Knox, Sollecito and Ivory Coast native Rudy Guede, whose DNA was present in the murder room, were all convicted of the murder in 2009. Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters/FileKnox and Sollecito’s murder convictions were overturned by a Perugia appellate court in 2011 after an independent review of key forensic evidence, only to have that acquittal overturned by Italy’s supreme court in 2013. The 36-year-old Seattle native, now a mother of two, along with Sollecito, were definitively cleared in 2015 of Kercher’s murder after Italy’s supreme court voided the 2013 re-conviction. After being cleared of murder, Knox remained convicted of slander against Lumumba, a ruling upheld by Italy’s supreme court in 2015. The decision will then have to go to Italy’s supreme court once more.

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☆ Trump Almost Certainly Won’t Go on Trial in Georgia This Year. Here’s Why.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Richard Fausset | More About Richard Fausset | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

With a one-page order, the Georgia Court of Appeals on Monday made it all the more likely that Donald J. Trump will not face a criminal trial in the state before he faces off against President Biden in the November election. That suggests that the matter almost certainly will not be resolved in time for a trial to start before the election. While the court does not have to hear arguments on the appeal, lawyers for Mr. Trump and another defendant said they would ask it to do so. Anthony Michael Kreis, a law professor at Georgia State University, said it was “pretty highly likely” that the court would agree to oral arguments, given the complexity of the issues. The delay in setting a trial date represents a major victory for Mr. Trump.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Biden, Willis, Anthony Michael Kreis Organizations: Mr, Georgia State University Locations: Georgia, Fulton County

“This is long from over,” Donald J. Trump, the former president and current felon, declared on Thursday, moments after a Manhattan jury convicted him on 34 counts of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal. Mr. Trump, the first American president to be branded a criminal, is banking on the jury not having the final word on his legal fate or his political fortunes. He will now appeal, both to a higher court and the American people, seeking to contain the fallout as he campaigns for the White House. But even if the former — and possibly future — president persuades voters to toss his conviction aside, the appellate courts might not be so sympathetic.

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The Florida federal judge overseeing the criminal classified documents case against former President Donald Trump has been the target of more than 1,000 complaints in just one week this month raising allegations of her handling of the case, a top appeals court judge revealed in an order. And "many of the complaints against Judge Cannon also question the correctness of her rulings or her delays in issuing rulings in the case," Pryor wrote. "Although many of the complaints allege an improper motive in delaying the case, the allegations are speculative and unsupported by any evidence," Pryor wrote. "The Complaints also do not establish that Judge Cannon was required to recuse herself from the case because she was appointed by then-President Trump." "Some of those complaints have been acted upon, and others will be acted upon in due course," Pryor wrote, without revealing the nature of those actions.

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☆ Opinion | Justices’ ‘Disturbing’ Ruling in South Carolina Gerrymandering Case
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “In Top Court, G.O.P. Prevails on Voting Map” (front page, May 24):The action of the conservative wing of the Supreme Court, anchoring the 6-to-3 decision to allow the South Carolina Legislature to go forward with redistricting plans that clearly marginalize African American representation in the state — and after a meticulous review by an appellate court to preclude the plan — is disturbing. The persistent erosion of voting rights and apparent denial that racism is still part of the fabric of American society are troubling. This particular ruling cries out for the need to expand court membership. Raymond ColemanPotomac, Md.

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☆ 6 weeks later, NY appeals court denies Trump motion to move venue of hush money trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A panel of New York State appellate judges denied Donald Trump’s appeal to move his criminal trial — which has been going on for six weeks — out of Manhattan to another county. All of Trump’s emergency appellate requests to delay the trial were denied at the time, and since then, the court has denied Trump’s motions on the underlying issues. Five days before the trial got underway, Trump’s lawyers had asked the appeals court to delay the trial pending an appellate ruling on these issues. That request was denied after an emergency hearing on April 10, and the order issued on Thursday now dismisses the petition. Trump can ask the appeals court to consider the issues in a direct appeal after a final judgment in the trial, the ruling says.

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☆ Elizabeth Holmes shaves more time off her sentence
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Disgraced former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes could be out of prison several months earlier than expected, according to the projected release date posted by the Bureau of Prisons. The Bureau of Prisons’ online database currently shows that Holmes’ expected release date from a Texas prison is August 16, 2032 — a slight reduction from her previous release date of December 29, 2032. It’s her second reduction in less than a year: She previously had her 11-year-and-three-month sentence by about two years last July. These factors that go into calculating an estimated release date are not unique to Holmes’ case, but standard for inmates, a bureau spokesman previously told CNN. Holmes is currently serving out her sentence at Federal Prison Camp Bryan, a minimum security federal prison camp that is approximately 100 miles from Houston.

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☆ Supreme Court rejected military chaplains' lawsuit saying their careers were ruined after refusing the COVID-19 vaccine
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Patricia Kime | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Supreme Court denied military chaplains' lawsuit claiming retaliation for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. The appellate court ruled that the Defense Department's decision in January 2023 to rescind the vaccine mandate rendered the chaplains' case moot. The Defense Department was later ordered to pay $1.8 million in legal fees as settlement for two lawsuits over the mandate. An aeromedical technician fills a syringe with the COVID-19 vaccine at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station in Pennsylvania. US Air Force photo by Joshua J. SeybertThe Defense Department began requiring service members to get the COVID-19 vaccine in August 2021.

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☆ Opinion: Trump should go to jail if he violates judge’s gag order again
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Opinion Norman Eisen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Merchan sanctioned Trump for violating his gag order for nine posts and reposts on his Truth Social site and campaign website, targeting witnesses and jurors in his Manhattan prosecution. In his written order, summarized from the bench at the start of the trial on Tuesday, the judge also warned Trump that if he persists in violating the gag order, he faces jail time. Perhaps the new sanctions — or those likely to come in response to the newest four allegations of gag order violations — will be the end of it. As I have previously explained, Trump’s argument that the gag order infringes his First Amendment rights is specious. In any event, even if Trump believes those things, that is no excuse under New York law to violate a court order.

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