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...Jonathan Mechanic was gazing at the sweeping view from the 22nd floor of One New York Plaza, a skyscraper at the southern tip of Manhattan....
...The Supreme Court’s decision in the case could fundamentally shift the balance of power in the US government....
...After that, by pure serendipity, they kept colliding, first in Boston, then in the New York Public Library. Whittemore had the same sad eyes as his illustrious forebear....
...An appeal court judge in New York on Wednesday declined to pause enforcement of that judgment while Trump appeals. The former president faces a total of 91 criminal charges across four separate cases....
...For most of the past two weeks, he has been in a Manhattan court as a defendant in the “hush money” case brought by New York prosecutors alleging that he falsified documents relating to payments made to...
...Like the New York “hush money” case, a conviction against Trump in Georgia state court could not be absolved through a presidential pardon....
...The former president is likely to pursue his challenge all the way to the Supreme Court, which will have the final say....
...Lord Jonathan Sumption, a former Supreme Court judge, told the BBC that the idea of asserting a fact in legislation that runs counter to the determination of the court was “profoundly discreditable”....
...Even in New York, the reception is getting frosty....
...While there, Smith worked on the first federal death penalty case in New York in 50 years, which resulted in the conviction of gang member Ronell Wilson for the murder of two undercover detectives....
...When Timothy Evans was posthumously pardoned in 1966 (after years of campaigning, a High Court judge-led inquiry had concluded that Evans wasn’t responsible for the death of his daughter, the offence he’...
...Luís Roberto Barroso, a supreme court judge who at the time headed Brazil’s electoral court, says he also played a part in soliciting the statement from the US state department....
...“At first, she was trying to find her stride while under intense public scrutiny, which I think was heightened because of gender and race,” says Anthony Coley, a former senior justice department official...
...Both he and his father Fred had habitually donated to New York and New Jersey politicians so as to smooth real estate deals....
...On Monday, New York court filings from the USVI laid out the most detailed account of JPMorgan’s dealings with Epstein, including allegations that JPMorgan reimbursed former executive Jes Staley for trips...
...The Supreme Court, by a majority of 6-3, denied the continued injunction....
...A letter filed to a New York court on March 6 by Rybolovlev’s lawyer, Daniel Kornstein, confirmed the joint decision....
...The former army captain left Brazil in late December in order to avoid Lula’s inauguration and has since been residing in Orlando, Florida. Five more stories in the news 1....
...intrigue / From Jonathan D Reich, New York, NY, US...
...Almost 60 years ago the US Department of Justice argued before the Supreme Court that a couple of large grocery store chains in Los Angeles should not be allowed to merge....
...Supreme Court scepticism of affirmative action in college admissions The US Supreme Court’s conservative majority yesterday expressed scepticism over universities’ authority to consider race as a factor...
...He’s just been found guilty in a New York court on all counts of being in bed with the Sinaloa cartel: guilty of trafficking cocaine, receiving bribes, protecting the cartel....
...What do you think about his late, very vocal support for Brexit? Chris Giles We knew he’d turn....
...as Donald Trump’s final chief of staff, in late 2020 and early 2021....
...Judge Jonathan Cohen ruled on Thursday that Frederick was in contempt of court for failing to pay £245,000 in legal and maintenance costs, which carries a maximum of six weeks in prison, the FT’s Kate Beioley...
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