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Weekly Briefs: SCOTUS nixes immigration arguments; decapitation defendant assaults her lawyer
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SCOTUS drops arguments in immigration case
The U.S. Supreme Court docket on Thursday eliminated a case from its argument calendar wherein 19 states sought to maintain in place an immigrant expulsion coverage. The coverage, based mostly on Title 42 of the U.S. Code, quickly expelled asylum seekers on the bottom they might contribute to the unfold of COVID-19. The courtroom acted after the administration filed a short telling the courtroom the coverage could be moot after the Biden administration ends the COVID public well being emergency on Might 11. (The New York Times, Law360, Reuters)
Homicide defendant assaults lawyer in courtroom
A girl accused of strangling, decapitating and dismembering a male buddy in Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin, attacked her lawyer in courtroom on Tuesday. The defendant, 25-year-old Taylor Schabusiness, attacked lawyer Quinn Jolly after a decide agreed to delay her trial for a competency evaluation by the protection. A sheriff’s officer intervened and tackled the lady. (The Associated Press, Fox 11 News, the Green Bay Press Gazette, WBAY)
Appeals courtroom refuses to toss Smartmatic go well with in opposition to Fox Information
A New York appeals courtroom has refused to toss a defamation go well with filed in opposition to Fox Information, two of its hosts and Rudy Giuliani over unsupported claims about Smartmatic’s voting machines. The courtroom additionally reinstated some tossed claims in opposition to Giuliani and reinstated claims in opposition to a 3rd Fox Information persona. Fox Information mentioned in an announcement that it’s assured it would prevail. “There may be nothing extra newsworthy than overlaying the president of the US and his attorneys making allegations of voter fraud,” the assertion mentioned. (Law360, the Legal Profession Blog, the Associated Press, the Feb. 14 decision)
Appeals courtroom upholds $110K contempt sanction in opposition to Trump
A New York appeals courtroom has upheld a $110,000 contempt sanction imposed in opposition to former President Donald Trump for an insufficient response to a subpoena. The appeals courtroom mentioned the $10,000 a day nice wasn’t extreme within the probe of Trump’s enterprise by the state lawyer common. (Reuters, Law360, CNBC, the Feb. 14 decision)
Trailblazing lawyer dies at 98
Annie Brown Kennedy, a lawyer who was the primary Black lady within the North Carolina Normal Meeting, died final month on the age of 98. In 2002, she received the Margaret Brent Ladies Attorneys of Achievement Award from the ABA Fee on Ladies within the Career. “Whereas hers was hardly ever the loudest voice in a room, it was typically the strongest,” in line with the Greensboro Information & File. (The Greensboro News & Record, the Winston-Salem Journal)
