MANCHESTER, N.H. – A lawsuit over a Bible on display at a memorial for POWs at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center can move forward, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Vice President Pence sent a firm message to the Manchester VA hospital in remarks he made last month at The American Legion’s national convention in Indianapolis. “You might’ve heard even today that there’s a lawsuit to remove a …
Donald Trump’s lawyers are said to be panicking over a judge’s order that compels Trump to give sworn testimony in a 2015 New York lawsuit. The judge, Bronx Supreme Court Justice Doris Gonzalez, swatted aside an attempt by Trump to quash a subpoena demanding his testimony. Now, Politico reported on Sunday, Trump and his lawyers are scrambling to figure out a way to defy the judge’s order and …
A New York judge ordered President Donald Trump on Friday to provide a videotaped deposition for a lawsuit by protesters accusing Trump Tower guards of assault. One of the guards later joined Trump’s White House staff and is currently working for the Republican National Committee. During the 2015 confrontation outside Trump Tower, guards told protesters (some of whom were dressed in Ku Klux …
PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal lawsuit related to the shooting of rancher Robert LaVoy Finicum has been dismissed. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the civil suit was filed in U.S. District Court of Oregon by Ryan Payne, Shawna Cox and others who were associated with the Bundy family’s 2016 occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. They claimed that FBI agents, Oregon State Police and …
Current and former inmates at the Henry County Jail will proceed as a class in a federal lawsuit broadly alleging overcrowded, unconstitutional and inhumane conditions at the facility in New Castle. Barker rejected Henry County’s argument that because Bell was no longer jailed, he lacked standing to properly represent the class. The suit claims these additional bunks never received required …
A lawsuit attempting to require paper ballots in Georgia elections can move ahead, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg rejected a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which alleges that the state’s current electronic voting machines are unsafe and should be replaced with hand-marked paper ballots. Attorneys for Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger have argued …
The ACLU of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit against the administration after Lillian Calderon–a Guatemalan native–was detained after a marriage interview. A federal judge has ruled that a Guatemalan woman’s class action lawsuit can move forward. Filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, the complaint challenges the Trump administration’s harsh anti-immigration policies. At the …
BOSTON (WPRI) — A federal judge ruled Thursday that a lawsuit filed on behalf of a Providence mother detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can move forward. The ruling will extend the lawsuit beyond its five plaintiffs, including other New England-area residents to continue seeking lawful status without worrying about deportation. Lilian Calderon is the lead plaintiff in a …
Lawsuit is allowed to include people living in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Newfoundland and LabradorA class-action lawsuit launched against Facebook by a B.C. woman is allowed to include to residents of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labrador who claim their images were used without their knowledge. Supreme Court judge ruled that Douez can expand the certification to include …
A Brooklyn judge has tossed a lawsuit alleging New York City’s health department violated anti-vaxxer parents’ civil rights by mandating vaccinations in the wake of a massive measles outbreak. The suit was filed on Monday, and was dimissed by Thursday. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports that Kings County Supreme Court judge Lawrence Knipel ruled the suit—which cited debunked claims about the dangers of the MMR vaccine in order to get the city’s emergency order lifted, and argued that the current 359-person outbreak does not pose “a clear and present danger” to city residents—offered an “unsupported, bald faced opinion” and would not “be credited by this court.”