Business Insider

Homelessness in the US hit a record high last year, fueled in large part by the nation's severe shortage of housing.

The Supreme Court just made it easier for governments to remove unhoused people from public spaces

The Hill

The Supreme Court is poised to issue its decision on presidential immunity as soon as this week, with the potential to reshape the powers of the nation’s highest office and hurl the 2024 presidential election into uncharted territory. At the heart of former President Trump’s challenge — stemming from federal charges he faces for efforts…

5 things to watch as Trump’s Supreme Court immunity decision looms

The Atlantic

This opinion can’t be squared with the language of the statute—or with common sense.

The Supreme Court’s January 6 Decision Is Utterly Baffling

The Guardian

Louisiana’s demand to display the religious text in public schools is part of an effort to make the US a theocratic state

US supreme court opened Pandora’s box … and Ten Commandments law flew out

CBS News

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that U.S. Patent and Trademark Office didn't violate the First Amendment when it refused to register a trademark for the phrase "Trump Too Small," saying a federal law prohibiting trademarks that include other people's names does not run afoul of the Constitution.The high court reversed a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which found that barring registration of "Trump Too Small" under a provision of federal trademark law unconstitutionally restricted free speech. The ruling rejects the effort from a California lawyer to trademark the phrase."The history and tradition...

Supreme Court upholds rejection of "Trump Too Small" trademark

Mediaite

President Joe Biden took a swing at Donald Trump during Thursday's debate over the former president's criminal convictions on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
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Trump Sheepishly Bows Head When Biden Says ‘The Only Person on This Stage Who’s a Convicted Felon Is the Man I’m Looking At’

Wisconsin State

Blair, WI

The Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an order barring an anti-abortion protester from coming close to a Planned Parenthood nurse violated his First Amendment free speech rights and must be overturned. The court, controlled 4-3 by liberals, ruled unanimously in ordering that the injunction...

Wisconsin Supreme Court says an order against an anti-abortion protester violated First Amendment

Indiana State

Kentucky State

A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked a Biden administration rule expanding federal nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ students.  The decision by U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves halts enforcement of changes to Title IX — the federal civil rights law preventing sex discrimination in schools and education programs that receive government funding — that were finalized in…

Judge blocks Biden’s transgender student protections in 6 more states

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NewSantaAna

The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

New York City, NY

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The e-Texan

New York – As Trump anticipates his sentencing on July 11th in the New York hush money case, Florida Judge Aileen Cannon made a ruling this Monday. Despite rejecting Trump’s legal team's request to dismiss several charges in the classified documents case, she conceded on a minor point. She removed a portion of the charges that referenced an uncharged allegation, but upheld the other charges.

Legal expert says Trump should not be jailed after New York guilty verdict because he is ‘too old’

Los Angeles, CA

LOS ANGELES (CN) — A federal judge on Friday agreed to partially terminate the 1997 Flores agreement that shields underage migrants apprehended at the U.S. border from incarceration and sets strict standards for their housing. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles granted in part the government's request...

Judge partially ends historic Flores agreement that protects migrant children

California State

Alameda Post

California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

WashingtonExaminer

Democratic-appointed Justice Sonia Sotomayor lamented the Supreme Court decision she accused of “dismantling” the administrative state Thursday, a possible sign of what’s to come as rulings threaten to claw back more agency powers from the executive branch. Sotomayor, who stands with only two other ideologically similar jurists on the Supreme Court’s 6-3 Republican-appointed majority high […]

Sonia Sotomayor foreshadows Supreme Court ‘dismantling’ administrative state

Brooklyn, NY

BROOKLYN — A federal court in New York upheld the default judgment rendered against an Astoria restaurant, Rice K, which is liable for a worker’s claim for unpaid wages. The restaurant must pay $210,548 in damages. Its owners were served and they failed to raise substantive arguments against the claims.

$210K for unpaid wages

Missouri State

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CJ Coombs

The first time my family walked into a Ponderosa Steakhouse was in the late 1960s. It was new and the experience was great. Like other new restaurants, if the management doesn't stay on top, the quality of service can decline. The location we went to did change through the years, but in the beginning, it was great.

The 1960s: the Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouses are still around in some states

A decision from the Supreme Court’s conservative majority to severely rein in the ability of federal agencies to go after lawbreakers amounts to a “power grab” that strips authority away from Congress, according to liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor. “Congress had no reason to anticipate the chaos today’s...

Justice Sotomayor warns Supreme Court conservatives are unleashing ‘chaos’: ‘Today’s decision is a power grab’

Federal prosecutors overreached when using an obstruction law to charge hundreds of January 6 rioters, the Supreme Court has ruled in an opinion that could also affect a case against Donald Trump. The justices ruled that obstruction charges must include proof that defendants tried to tamper with or destroy documents.

Supreme Court casts doubt on hundreds of Jan 6 cases

Georgia State

Coffee County, GA

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 49-year-old woman from Douglas was recently arrested for allegedly submitting a life insurance policy for her ex-husband without his knowledge. According to a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, detectives met with a man on May 7 at the Coffee County Law Enforcement Center concerning a reported case of insurance fraud.

Georgia woman charged for allegedly filing life insurance policy application on ex-husband

ATLANTA (AP) — An appeals court has halted the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and others while it reviews the lower court judge’s ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the case. The Georgia Court of Appeals’ order on Wednesday...

Appeals court halts Trump’s Georgia case during appeal of order allowing Willis to stay on case

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Former teacher Jeffrey Clayton, convicted of lewd behavior with a student at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, walked briskly up to the Duval County Courthouse on Friday carrying a small backpack.

Former Douglas Anderson teacher sentenced to 10 years

NewsBreak

Married couple loses Supreme Court visa appeal over tattoos

WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a U.S. citizen could not challenge her El Salvadorian husband’s immigrant visa denial over supposed gang...

Married couple loses Supreme Court visa appeal over tattoos

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