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[TRENDING NEWS] Judge Orders Arrest of Puerto Rico Power Company Chief Executive

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Author: BY PATRICIA MAZZEI - Publish Date: November 11, 2021 at 01:12AM Puerto Rico’s troubled history with its electrical service took a dramatic turn when the head of a private company that took over the power grid was held in contempt.

[TRENDING NEWS] Italy’s Mr. Fix-It Tries to Fix the Country’s Troubled Justice System — and Its Politics, Too

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Author: BY JASON HOROWITZ - Publish Date: July 30, 2021 at 01:17AM The issue has become a test for whether Prime Minister Mario Draghi can really change Italy.

[TRENDING NEWS] Last Undecided House Race Finally Goes to Republican, by 109 Votes

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Author: BY LUIS FERRÉ-SADURNÍ - Publish Date: February 6, 2021 at 07:42AM Claudia Tenney, a Republican from Central New York, regained a seat she lost in 2018 after a judge ruled that her 109-vote victory was legitimate.

[TRENDING NEWS] ‘I’m Haunted by What I Did’ as a Lawyer in the Trump Justice Department

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Author: BY ERICA NEWLAND - Publish Date: December 21, 2020 at 07:00AM No matter our intentions, lawyers like me were complicit. We owe the country our honesty about what we saw — and should do in the future.

[TRENDING NEWS] As Bids to Overturn Vote Fail, Pro-Trump Demonstrators Stick With Him

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Author: BY HAILEY FUCHS, PRANSHU VERMA AND NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS - Publish Date: December 13, 2020 at 04:02AM Supporters of the president said they were still convinced that the election was stolen, no matter what the courts say. Some confrontations with counterprotesters turned violent.

[TRENDING NEWS] Democrats, and Even Some Republicans, Cheer as Justices Spurn Trump

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Author: BY SHANE GOLDMACHER - Publish Date: December 12, 2020 at 09:02AM While a top legal expert exhaled that “Our institutions held,” the Texas Republican Party chairman suggested secession.

[TRENDING NEWS] With No Evidence of Fraud, Trump Fails to Make Headway on Legal Cases

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Author: BY JIM RUTENBERG, NICK CORASANITI AND ALAN FEUER - Publish Date: November 7, 2020 at 07:14AM The president appeared to have little path through the courts to shift the outcome of the election, leaving him reliant on long shots like recounts or pressure on state legislatures.

[TRENDING NEWS] Kavanaugh’s Opinion in Wisconsin Voting Case Raises Alarms Among Democrats

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Author: BY JIM RUTENBERG AND NICK CORASANITI - Publish Date: October 28, 2020 at 08:34AM The Supreme Court justice’s suggestion that ballots arriving after Election Day could “flip the results” left voting rights activists concerned about how the court might rule in postelection fights.

[TRENDING NEWS] How Mitch McConnell Delivered Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s Rapid Confirmation

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Author: BY CARL HULSE - Publish Date: October 28, 2020 at 06:13AM Ignoring cries of blatant hypocrisy, the Senate leader pushed through pre-election approval, capping off his reshaping of the judiciary.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Judge Pushes a Police Officer and Hurls Threats, but Isn’t Charged

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Author: BY ED SHANAHAN - Publish Date: October 16, 2020 at 07:36AM Body camera footage shows Justice Mark J. Grisanti of the New York Supreme Court invoking his friendship with the mayor and his ties to the police.

[TRENDING NEWS] The Republican Irritation Olympics

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Author: BY GAIL COLLINS - Publish Date: September 24, 2020 at 07:29AM So much talent, if you really enjoy exasperation.

[TRENDING NEWS] With Nothing Else Working, Trump Races to Make a New Supreme Court Justice the Issue

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Author: BY PETER BAKER - Publish Date: September 23, 2020 at 07:08AM Even as he presses ahead, some Republicans wonder whether it would be better to hold a confirmation vote before the election or start hearings but leave the final vote until afterward.

[TRENDING NEWS] With Court Prize in Sight, Republicans Unite Behind Trump Once Again

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Author: BY NICHOLAS FANDOS - Publish Date: September 23, 2020 at 06:47AM The swift rally behind President Trump’s push to fill a Supreme Court seat before the election reflects his lock on the Republican Party.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Conservative Court and Trump’s Own Appointees Declare Their Independence

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Author: BY PETER BAKER - Publish Date: July 10, 2020 at 06:38AM The Supreme Court’s dismissal of President Trump’s claims of immunity was a reminder that institutional prerogatives still matter in Washington, even in a time of extreme partisanship.

[TRENDING NEWS] Israel Court Rejects Law Legalizing Thousands of Settlement Homes

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Author: BY DAVID M. HALBFINGER AND ADAM RASGON - Publish Date: June 10, 2020 at 07:22AM Palestinian landowners will now be able to move ahead with lawsuits to recover privately owned property on which nearly 4,000 Jewish homes had been built in the occupied West Bank.

[TRENDING NEWS] Judge in Flynn Case Renowned for His Independent Streak

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Author: BY MICHAEL CROWLEY - Publish Date: May 14, 2020 at 07:48AM U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan will hear a challenge to the Justice Department’s surprise move to drop charges against President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn.

[TRENDING NEWS] Why Amy Klobuchar Voted for Many of Trump’s Judicial Nominees

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Author: BY LISA LERER AND NICK CORASANITI - Publish Date: February 25, 2020 at 08:10AM The Minnesota senator is running for president on her bipartisan record. But some Democrats and civil rights groups say she went too far in supporting judges chosen by the current administration.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Step-by-Step Guide to Trump’s Impeachment Trial

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Author: BY NICHOLAS FANDOS - Publish Date: January 14, 2020 at 07:40AM When the House votes to send articles of impeachment to the Senate, it sets off a series of choreographed steps — some well-defined, others up for debate — that will shape the Senate trial.

[TRENDING NEWS] Trump and Senate Republicans Celebrate Making the Courts More Conservative

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Author: BY CARL HULSE - Publish Date: November 7, 2019 at 08:07AM “We are going to be, I think, just about No. 1 by the time we finish — No. 1 of any president, any administration,” President Trump said on Wednesday.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Judge Refused to Hire a Party Boss’s Aide. A Demotion Followed.

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Author: BY JAN RANSOM - Publish Date: September 7, 2019 at 02:00PM Former Justice Armando Montano said the Bronx Democratic Party chairman punished him for bucking the patronage system.