Mud-Slinging Protected: Florida High Court Clears Lawyer Who Trashed Rival In Partisan Race

Justices Eye 2 More Election Integrity Cases After Clearing Mail Ballot Counting Case

Although the Supreme Court issued a stinging defeat to President Donald Trump and Republicans in an election integrity case, justices have more such cases in the pipeline. One solidly red state, Mississippi, and two battleground states, Arizona and Pennsylvania, were the focal point of election litigation on Monday. The high court ruled 5-4 to uphold...

Mistrial declared in Palisades Fire arson case

A judge has declared a mistrial in the case against a man accused of deliberately sparking a wildfire that eventually became the most destructive fire in Los Angeles history. Jurors said they were deadlocked on all three felony counts, with a final vote of 10 to 2 for acquittal. KTLA's Rachel Menitoff reports. Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/mistrial-declared-in-palisades-fire-arson-trial-jury-deadlocked/ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/ktla?sub_confirmation=1

Texas Senate race a toss-up: Survey

The Texas Senate race appears to be a toss-up between Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), according to a new survey. The New York Times/Siena poll, released Monday, found the two candidates virtually tied at 47 percent support among likely voters in the Lone Star State. The numbers...

Texas Senate race between Paxton, Talarico a toss-up, survey shows

The Texas Senate race appears to be a toss-up between Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), according to a new survey. The New York Times/Siena poll, released Monday, found the two candidates virtually tied at 47 percent support among likely voters in the Lone Star State. The numbers []...Click to read more

Brendan Sorsby's best play could be to prepare for 2027 draft

Right or wrong, a short-term win in court could have longer-term ramifications.

[Ask the Tax Whiz] What every candidate should learn from the Marcoleta case

The Marcoleta case should be viewed as a reminder that campaign finance transparency and tax compliance go hand in hand

Ken Paxton Is in the Fight of His Life

The Texas Senate race between Attorney General Ken Paxton and James Talarico looks to be in a tie, according to several voter polls published in the past month. A Tuesday survey by the New York Times and Siena University has the two candidates both locked at 47 percent of likely voters. A win for Talarico, []

Palisades Fire: Judge declares mistrial in Jonathan Rinderknect case

Palisades Fire: Judge declares mistrial in Jonathan Rinderknect case

High-Stakes Georgia Election Rules Fight Pushed Straight To State Supreme Court

The Court of Appeals of Georgia issued an order on Thursday, transferring a major legal battle over state election rules to the Supreme Court of Georgia. The case, Georgia Republican Party Inc. v. DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections, is moving to the state’s highest bench because it raises fundamental constitutional questions that intermediate [] High-Stakes Georgia Election Rules Fight Pushed Straight To State Supreme Court

Palisades Fire Arson Case Ends in Mistrial After Jury Deadlocks

A federal judge declared a mistrial in the arson case against Jonathan Rinderknecht, the man accused of starting the fire that prosecutors say later became the deadly Palisades Fire, leaving one of Los Angeles’ most closely watched wildfire accountability cases unresolved.

In A World Full Of Targets, The WNBA Needs To Be A Costco

Congressional Republicans are twisting legal frameworks to force the WNBA into a strategic retreat, mirroring corporate attacks on diversity while turning the hardwood into a political proxy war.

Supreme Court ruling rewrites Senate battlefield rules — and helps Republicans

The Supreme Court handed Republicans a significant advantage this week, ruling in NRSC v. FEC political parties have expanded flexibility to coordinate spending with their own candidates. Having spent more than a decade raising money for Republican Senate campaigns, I can tell you plainly what this means in practice: the single most frustrating conversation in []

Mark Ferrulo: Florida’s courts are the line of defense for our freedoms

Florida’s courts remain essential guardrails against legislative overreach. The post Mark Ferrulo: Florida’s courts are the line of defense for our freedoms appeared first on Florida Politics - Campaigns Elections. Lobbying Government..

Supreme Court decision loosening campaign finance rules could be boon for Paxton in Senate race

The U.S. Supreme Court’s Tuesday decision to strike down caps on coordinated spending by political parties and candidates could boost GOP Senate nominee Ken Paxton, giving national Republicans a new tool to eat into James Talarico’s fundraising edge. The 6-to-3 decision eliminated federal limits on how much political parties could spend on expenses like advertising [] The post Supreme Court decision loosening campaign finance rules could be boon for Paxton in Senate race appeared first on San Antonio Current.

Henry Cuellar Craters as Tano Tijerina Builds Momentum

Self-serving Democrat Henry Cuellar is watching his political career go up in flames. A new poll shows Judge Tano Tijerina leading Cuellar by 8 points in TX-28, the clearest sign yet that South Texans are done with Cuellar’s tired act, Washington excuses, and decades of putting himself first. And it gets worse for Cuellar. When voters are informed about [] The post Henry Cuellar Craters as Tano Tijerina Builds Momentum appeared first on NRCC.

Jury deadlocked in Palisades fire trial

LOS ANGELES — The jury is deadlocked in the Palisade fire trial, in which 30-year-old ex-rideshare driver Jonathan Rinderknecht is accused of setting what eventually became the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles city history. More details...

‘Big win’: Joe Biden’s Judge Sparkle gets appalling election-integrity ruling canceled * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

Source link Judge Sparkle Sooknanan A federal judge in Florida has ruled that a Washington, D.C., judge, the Joe Biden-appointed Sparkle Sooknanan, deliberately violated a court-approved settlement when she arbitrarily

Burned By The Jury: $51B Palisades Fire Trial Goes Up In Smoke

A dramatic mistrial rocked a Los Angeles federal courtroom Friday when jurors threw up their hands in the scorching arson case against the man accused of igniting the deadliest wildfire in California history — and prosecutors are already promising round two. U.S. District Judge Anne Hwang pulled the plug on the trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht, ...

What's In a Name? Alaska's Confounding Senate Race

What's In a Name? Alaska's Confounding Senate Race

Voters forced to set aside their disgust and vote party loyalty over principle in Maine and Texas races

The problems for Democrats and Republicans in Maine and Texas mirror each other, but one party could still end up being worse off, writes John Bowden

One name on the ballot and two potential challengers: How Zelenskyy is trying to keep the generals out of politics

One name on the ballot and two potential challengers: How Zelenskyy is trying to keep the generals out of politics

Fact-checking Florida Republicans’ Sunshine State Showdown

Fact-checking Florida Republicans’ Sunshine State Showdown

Alaska Supreme Court decision creates new risk for Republicans heading into midterm primaries

The Alaska Supreme Court handed Republicans a significant setback by allowing a GOP challenger who shares the same name as incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan to remain on the August primary ballot. The decision overturned efforts by state election officials to remove Dan J. Sullivan, whom Republicans have accused of running solely to confuse voters, creating...

Judge Dugan Found Guilty of Aiding Migrant to Evade ICE

In a refreshing display of accountability that seems increasingly rare in our polarized times, federal jurors in Milwaukee did what the rule of law demands. They convicted former Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan of felony obstruction for her deliberate efforts to impede federal immigration agents from carrying out their duties. This verdict stands [] The post Judge Dugan Found Guilty of Aiding Migrant to Evade ICE appeared first on The Punching Bag Post.

The Peaceful Split: Why More Couples Are Turning to Family Law Mediators

Divorce has long carried the assumption of courtrooms, opposing attorneys, and bitter disputes. But a

This New Poll Is Great News for Texas Republicans

This New Poll Is Great News for Texas Republicans

Justice, Voting Rights & Black Legacy Wins | Sybil Wilkes “What We Need To Know”

Sybil Wilkes covers justice for Savion McConnell, a voting rights fight, a new Black luxury watch brand, and Motown’s HBCU internship pipeline.

SCOTUS Pasting Birth Tourism Into The Constitution Demands A Legal System Rebuild

That a court with six Republican-appointed justices could hand down such a patently un-American decision is an indictment of America's rogue legal system.

Supreme Court transforms campaign finance rules, lifting limits on party spending

The Supreme Court's conservative majority transformed campaign finance laws, lifting limits on how much political parties can spend on advertising and other expenses in coordination with candidates. Geoff Bennett discussed the decision with Rick Gasen, a professor of law and political science at UCLA.

Expert: 100-Year Sentence in Texas Case Signals Authoritarian Threat to Black Protest

The Root spoke to one legal expert, who warned Texas protest sentences could chill dissent and reshape how future political demonstrations are prosecuted.

Voters weigh what kind of Democrat they want for Utah's new, blue congressional seat

The reliably Republican state has its first blue-leaning seat and Utah Democrats are excited for the pickup opportunity. First, they just have to make it through the competitive primary.

Prosecutors use mans ChatGPT log in unsuccessful arson trial

A jury declared a mistrial in the case of the United States vs. Jonathan Rinderknecht, who stands accused of sparking the Pacific Pallisades fire of 2025.

The people going hungry to pay for (a small fraction of) Trump’s wars and upper-class tax cuts

Republican priorities cannot be laid out more starkly than this: As spring hit Maine and the lobstermen prepared for the summer season by repairing their traps and replacing their rope, state lawmakers set out to mend a widening hole in the American social-safety net. Last year’s passage of the massive federal tax-and-spending One Big Beautiful [] The post The people going hungry to pay for (a small fraction of) Trump’s wars and upper-class tax cuts appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.