Law

Woman who sued Texas for access to abortion seeks procedure out of state instead

6:05pm December 11, 2023

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

Kate Cox, a pregnant woman from the Dallas area who had sued Texas for access to an abortion, has left the state for one instead. The fast-moving case was pending before the state Supreme Court.

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Former President Donald Trump speaks after exiting the courtroom for a break at New York Supreme Court on Dec. 7 in New York.

Politics & Government

Special counsel asks Supreme Court to decide whether Trump has immunity

5:30pm December 11, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

The special counsel prosecuting Donald Trump wants the Supreme Court to decide whether Trump enjoys absolute immunity from election interference charges.

Protesters marched in Phoenix, Ariz., when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022. This week, the state Supreme Court will determine which of two abortion bans will be enforced in Ariz.

Supreme Courts in 3 states will hear cases about abortion access this week

3:12pm December 11, 2023

Supreme court justices in Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming will hear arguments in cases that will impact abortion access across the Mountain West. Here's what to know.

A jury was seated Monday to decide what kind of punitive damages Rudy Giuliani, left, the former lawyer for former President Donald Trump, should pay in a civil case brought by two Georgia election workers who accused him of defamation.

Jury will decide amount Giuliani will pay to 2 Georgia election workers for defamation

2:56pm December 11, 2023

by Bill Chappell

How much should it cost to defame two innocent citizens in the service of a dangerous fallacy that sought to undermine a U.S. presidential election?

Lead claimant Rikki Held, 22, confers with members of Our Children's Trust legal team before the start of the nation's first youth climate change trial at Montana's First Judicial District Court on June 12, 2023 in Helena, Montana.

18 California children are suing the EPA over climate change

2:43pm December 11, 2023

by Jeff Brady

A new climate lawsuit file against the EPA claims the agency violated the rights of 18 California children by allowing greenhouse gas emissions.

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday declined to hear a case challenging Washington state's ban on conversion therapy of minors.

Politics & Government

High Court, in declining to weigh conversion therapy ban, allows law to stand

9:59am December 11, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

In doing so, the court left standing a lower court decision that upheld the state's ban on a therapy that the American Medical Association says "is not based on medical and scientific evidence."

National

Trump will not testify in his civil fraud trial

7:34am December 11, 2023

Former President Donald Trump says he will not testify in his civil fraud trial, in which prosecutors accuse him, two of his sons and their company of a decade-long loans and insurance scheme.

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Former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom with his attorneys Joe Tacopina and Boris Epshteyn (right) during his arraignment at the Manhattan Criminal Court on April 4 in New York City.

Politics & Government

Trump says he won't testify as planned in his civil fraud trial

5:00am December 11, 2023

In a post on his social media site, former President Donald Trump said he had no more to say about the case, and lashed out at New York's attorney general and the judge presiding over his case.

Doug Layton, Jr. shows a trailer full of equipment he's acquired since being released from prison. He says he does painting and home repairs on the side, "trying to be productive in society."

National

Seeking redemption for aged and infirm prisoners amid Alabama's high bar for parole

5:00am December 11, 2023

by Debbie Elliott

A former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice runs a legal nonprofit, Redemption Earned, that helps aging and sick inmates win release from prison. Last year, 10% of Alabama prisoners received parole.

Trump's legal team tries to delay his election interference trial — and get it on TV

5:10pm December 09, 2023

Former President Donald Trump and some media organizations are pushing for the Jan. 6 federal election interference trial to be televised.