Appeals court says Mark Meadows canโt move Georgia election case charges to federal court
A federal appeals court has ruled that Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows cannot move charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia to federal court.
Judges express skepticism that Mark Meadows' Georgia election case should be moved to federal court
A panel of federal appeals court judges has heard arguments on whether charges against Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in a sprawling Georgia election case should be moved.
Justices cheered at conservative group's anniversary dinner
Four of the five Supreme Court justices who overturned the constitutional right to abortion attended the conservative Federalist Societyโs black-tie dinner marking its 40th anniversary.
Court indicates it may wait to rule on Georgia abortion law
A federal appeals court seemed to indicate it would wait until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a case that seeks to overturn its landmark decision guaranteeing a womanโs right to an abortion before ruling on the appeal of a lower courtโs ruling blocking a restrictive Georgia abortion law.
Courts wrestle with whether manslaughter is always violent
(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)NEW YORK โ Once annually, sometimes less, the full federal appeals court in New York meets to confront a perplexing legal question. Most recently, it was to decide whether shooting somebody point-blank in the face and stabbing somebody to death are violent acts. A lower-court judge had decided that Scottโs convictions โ on manslaughter charges โ meant he had not been convicted of a violent crime. Thatโs because two laws at stake โ the Armed Career Criminal Act and the Career Offender Sentencing Guideline โ do not define a violent crime by what the defendant actually did. Circuit Judge Michael H. Park noted the โabsurdity of the exercise we have now completed.