A request to broadcast one of Donald Trump’s federal trials made an intriguing backup argument, one rooted not in the news cycle but in ensuring a complete historical record.
Tag: Courts and the Judiciary
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Donald Trump Is Going to Get Someone Killed
Trump’s adversaries often look to the courts for relief, but there’s no remedy there for his tirades.
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Oklahoma Judge Exchanged 500 Text Messages During Murder Trial
The state’s top jurist recommended that Traci Soderstrom, a district judge in Lincoln County, be removed from the bench after she and a bailiff mocked lawyers, jurors and witnesses.
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One Officer Convicted and Another Acquitted in Elijah McClain Death
The jury came back with a surprising split decision on two men tried jointly, holding the more experienced officer accountable in the first of three trials in the death of the young Black man.
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‘Don’t Do That Again’: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Under Fire From Judge
In the first week of Mr. Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan repeatedly admonished the former crypto mogul’s lawyers, in an ominous sign for the defense.