Category: Law & the Courts
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Supreme Court Upholds Racial Preferences in Haaland Case: Analysis and Implications
The Supreme Court has recently made decisions in cases involving racial discrimination, highlighting the deference given to Congress in such matters. In Allen v. Milligan, the Court required Alabama to create segregated congressional districts for black voters, while in Haaland v. Brackeen, the Court upheld a congressional statute giving preference to Native-American parents in the…
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Former President Trump Refuses to Surrender Intelligence Files Despite Grand-Jury Subpoena
Former President Donald Trump, who was responsible for executing and upholding the laws of the United States, met with two lawyers on May 23, 2022, to handle a grand-jury subpoena that required him to surrender intelligence files he had illegally retained at his Mar-a-Lago resort club and estate in Palm Beach. However, Trump was intent…
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Former President Trump Federally Indicted for Theft of Classified Information
Former President Donald Trump was federally indicted on Thursday, with the indictment being unsealed on Friday afternoon. The charges against him include 31 counts of willful retention of classified national-security information, five counts of obstruction of justice, and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice. These charges relate to material that Trump took from the…
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The Indian Child Welfare Act: A Law Failing Vulnerable Children
The United States’ approach to Indian children in foster care is to find any Indian, regardless of the child’s individual welfare. The Indian Child Welfare Act, a law that is four decades old, prioritizes generic Indian culture over the welfare of individual children who find themselves in the foster-care system. Recently, the Supreme Court had…
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The Supreme Court is Not as Divided as You Think: Understanding Unanimous Rulings
A recent Supreme Court decision regarding wetlands has been the subject of misleading headlines, such as “Samuel Alito’s Assault on Wetlands Is So Indefensible That He Lost Brett Kavanaugh.” While the media often plays up dissent at the Court, in reality, the Court is not as divided as many believe. Just under half of the…
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Former Marine to be Arraigned on Two Homicide Counts in Manhattan Criminal Court
Daniel Penny is set to be arraigned in Manhattan criminal court on June 28 for two counts of homicide in connection with the May 1 death of Jordan Neely. The indictment has not been unsealed, but Penny is reportedly charged with second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. The difference between these charges is essentially the…
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Legal Analysis Finds Presidential Records Act Cannot Be Used as Defense for Trump’s Alleged Retention of National-Defense Information
The Presidential Records Act (PRA) cannot be used as a defense for President Trump’s alleged retention of national-defense information, according to legal analysis. The PRA specifically excludes agency records, such as classified intelligence reporting, from the definition of “presidential records.” Intelligence reports generated by U.S. spy agencies are considered agency records, as these agencies are…
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Analyzing the Federal Indictment of Donald Trump: Separating Facts from Partisan Reactions
The federal indictment of Donald Trump for retaining and concealing sensitive and classified documents at Mar-a-Lago has sparked partisan reactions. However, it is important to focus on the facts, the law, and due process in order to determine the truth. As the first-ever federal indictment of a former president, this case deserves serious scrutiny. Conservatives…
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Former President Donald Trump Faces Charges for Mishandling Classified Documents
Former President Donald Trump is facing charges of mishandling classified documents after he moved boxes of materials from the White House to Mar-a-Lago. Among the boxes were hundreds of classified documents containing information about defense and weapons capabilities, nuclear programs, and plans for retaliation in response to a foreign attack. Trump stored these documents recklessly…
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FBI Provides House Oversight Committee with Informant’s Report Implicating President Biden in Bribery Scheme
The FBI has provided the entire House Oversight Committee with access to a reliable informant’s report implicating President Joe Biden in a bribery scheme, according to Director Christopher Wray. The bureau’s eleventh-hour concession prevented Wray from facing a contempt-of-Congress citation. The document in question is a form FD-1023, which records interviews with informants. The informant,…