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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
YouTubers' data scraping suit against ByteDance lives on @ariquelmy.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/youtubers-da...
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YouTubers' data scraping suit against ByteDance lives on
The plaintiffs claim ByteDance bypassed YouTube's protections when accessing their videos, cheating them out of advertising revenue.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
‘Pristine but deadly’: Visiting the most contaminated place in America www.courthousenews.com/pristine-but...
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‘Pristine but deadly’: Visiting the most contaminated place in America
The Hanford Site is a symbol of the United States’ nuclear age and one of the most polluted places in the world. Artist Michael Brophy spent years figuring out how to paint it.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether the city and county of Boulder, Colorado, can use state law to ask oil producers to cover their community’s costs to adapt to climate change and rebuild after increasingly intense natural disasters.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wildfires have devastated the fragile rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra, causing widespread toxic air across Indonesia. An environmental group working with primates in Sebangau National Park says dry peatlands can be a catalyst for more destruction. www.courthousenews.com/as-fires-rag...
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As fires rage in Borneo, several of the world’s rarest primates are continually threatened
A nonprofit environmental group working with primates in Sebangau National Park says the dry peatlands can be a catalyst to more destruction.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Markets tread water on mixed jobs, inflation data www.courthousenews.com/markets-trea...
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Markets tread water on mixed jobs, inflation data
Poor employment and sticky inflation did not cause equities to budge much this week.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Judge stays on Garcia-Torres murder retrial after disqualification bid www.courthousenews.com/judge-stays-...
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Judge stays on Garcia-Torres murder retrial after disqualification bid
A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge said he could remain impartial and fair for the high-profile retrial of Antolin Garcia-Torres.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Christa Pike was on a ventilator and unconscious after failed Tennessee execution, attorneys say www.courthousenews.com/christa-pike...
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Christa Pike was on a ventilator and unconscious after failed Tennessee execution, attorneys say
State officials have not offered any explanation about what went wrong during the execution attempt.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Israel top court puts Arab parties back on ballot www.courthousenews.com/israel-top-c...
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Israel top court puts Arab parties back on ballot
The justices, in a 7-2 vote, also reinstated the candidacy of Ofer Cassif, a far-left Jewish lawmaker who is a persistent critic of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ethiopia Tigray rebels pushed back as regional tensions spike www.courthousenews.com/ethiopia-tig...
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Ethiopia Tigray rebels pushed back as regional tensions spike
On the front lines in northern Ethiopia, there were indications that pro-government groups were closing in on the regional capital, Mekelle.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
States and cities sue Trump admin for loosening car fuel efficiency standards @uebey.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/states-and-c...
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States and cities sue Trump admin for loosening car fuel efficiency standards
New York Attorney General Letitia James called on the government to stop “giving handouts to big oil at the expense of American families.”
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fifth-year NCAA basketball players ineligible again following appeals court ruling www.courthousenews.com/fifth-year-n...
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Fifth-year NCAA basketball players ineligible again following appeals court ruling
An Ohio appeals panel determined the players are unlikely to prevail on their contract claims against college sports' governing body.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“At every turn, she was failed by people and institutions with an obligation to protect her,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New clashes erupt as protests disrupt over 560 French schools www.courthousenews.com/new-clashes-...
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New clashes erupt as protests disrupt over 560 French schools
The students say their school hours are excessively long, conditions are inadequate, classrooms are overheated and staff absences are too frequent.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul slammed state prosecutors for their response to a reported gang rape at a Cornell fraternity in 2024, announcing a new investigation and calling for legislative changes to bolster sexual assault prosecutions. @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/ny-governor-...
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NY governor slams response to Cornell gang rape report
Governor Kathy Hochul said Cornell University police and the local district attorney's office failed to properly investigate the 2024 report, so she's tapping Attorney General Letitia James as an inde...
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wild horse advocates accuse a rancher of stealing horses off the range and sending them to slaughter in Mexico and Canada. Regulatory gaps mean neither state nor federal agencies will stop him. www.courthousenews.com/in-arizona-s...
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In Arizona, state law may not protect horses from slaughter
Wild horse advocates accuse a rancher of stealing horses off the range and sending them to slaughter in Mexico and Canada. The rancher says he hasn’t broken any laws.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Spain’s government dealt a blow after Parliament rejects housing measures amid protests www.courthousenews.com/spains-gover...
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Spain's government dealt a blow after Parliament rejects housing measures amid protests
People seated in the public tribune of the chamber shouted, “Vulture funds govern the congress!”
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Amazon to invest $1B into data center communities amid backlash against data center rollouts www.courthousenews.com/amazon-to-in...
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Amazon to invest $1B into data center communities amid backlash against data center rollouts
The pledge comes as data centers have become a hot political issue heading into the midterms as tech giants race to invest more money in expanding these infrastructures.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pitching everything from salsa and coffee to baby food and dog treats, seven Gem State startups competed for supermarket shelf space and a $20,000 cash reward. www.courthousenews.com/at-trailmix-...
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At Trailmix, Idaho entrepreneurs compete for coveted shelves
Pitching everything from salsa and coffee to baby food and dog treats, seven Gem State startups competed for supermarket shelf space and a $20,000 cash reward.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
After great August, September jobs report misses the mark www.courthousenews.com/after-great-...
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After great August, September jobs report misses the mark
Unemployment reversed course, increasing again, and the shine from last month’s blockbuster report dimmed from downward revisions.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hawaii high court lets lawyers keep $222M from Maui fire settlement www.courthousenews.com/hawaii-high-...
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Hawaii high court lets lawyers keep $222M from Maui fire settlement
An attorney fee carveout capped what lawyers could charge in the $4 billion settlement awarded to victims of one of Hawaii's deadliest natural disasters.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Judge denies relief in push for Oregon immigration detainee attorney access www.courthousenews.com/judge-denies...
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Judge denies relief in push for Oregon immigration detainee attorney access
The court also dismissed two defendants from the suit and declined to certify a class of individuals who fear arrest and detention.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In opening arguments Thursday, prosecutors said a former television writer and producer developed a pattern that led to accusations by seven women who say he sexually assaulted them in the 2010s. www.courthousenews.com/creep-or-cri...
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Creep or criminal? Sexual assault trial of TV writer begins
Eric Weinberg is accused of inducing seven women into posing for nude or revealing photographs, and then sexually assaulting them.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In what could be the largest civil payout in U.S. history, Facebook may have to pay up to $40 billion for more than 43 million user privacy violations.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
California man charged with smuggling $300 million in restricted AI hardware to China www.courthousenews.com/california-m...
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California man charged with smuggling $300 million in restricted AI hardware to China
Greg Lui is accused of procuring servers with Nvidia GPUs from U.S. manufacturers and sending them to China via Singapore and Malaysia.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How Tennessee’s failed execution of Christa Pike unfolded, minute-by-minute www.courthousenews.com/how-tennesse...
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How Tennessee's failed execution of Christa Pike unfolded, minute-by-minute
Pike would have been the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Deirdre Macnab spoke with @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social about why she and other Colorado ranchers submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court supporting the city of Boulder and Boulder County's lawsuit against Big Oil. @sidebarcns.bsky.social's full SCOTUS preview: youtu.be/lkNZjudvvX4?...
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Facebook faced with massive penalties after New Mexico privacy verdict www.courthousenews.com/facebook-fac...
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Facebook faced with massive penalties after New Mexico privacy verdict
In what could be the largest civil payout in U.S. history, Facebook may have to pay up to $40 billion for more than 43 million user privacy violations.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
RFK Jr. launches school fitness challenge with WWE stars www.courthousenews.com/rfk-jr-launc...
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RFK Jr. launches school fitness challenge with WWE stars
The Department of Health and Human Services is offering $10 million in prizes to schools and organizations that create ways to engage young Americans in the Presidential Fitness Test.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
President Donald Trump fired Roger Rogoff less than one hour after he was sworn in as United States attorney in July. www.courthousenews.com/court-reinst...
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Court reinstates Western Washington US attorney fired by Trump
President Donald Trump fired Roger Rogoff less than one hour after he was sworn in as United States attorney in July.
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Sidebar by Courthouse News @sidebarcns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@uebey.bsky.social spoke with @jrussjruss.bsky.social about the Trump administration's immigration court crackdown in Manhattan in the Sept. 15 episode of Sidebar by @courthousenews.bsky.social: youtu.be/U6c1kW0DvQM?...
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Inside ICE's NYC Immigration Court Crackdown | Sidebar by Courthouse News
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A federal judge granted summary judgment on Thursday to migrant rights groups who sued ICE over the agency’s controversial arrests at immigration courthouses. @uebey.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/judge-issues...
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Judge issues final ruling against ICE immigration court arrest policy in Manhattan
The U.S. district judge found the agency’s arrests of migrants at routine court appearances throughout Manhattan arbitrary and capricious.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Update: Trump’s 3rd-country deportation case will be argued on Wednesday Dec. 9
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An LGBTQ+ nonprofit told the Seventh Circuit that Indiana State University violated its First Amendment rights when it was terminated from the college’s work-study program. @rosencaitlyn.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/indiana-stat...
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Indiana State spars with LGBTQ+ group over work-study ouster
The Pride Center, a small nonprofit located near Indiana State University, argued the college violated the First Amendment when it terminated the center's participation in its work-study program.
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Sidebar by Courthouse News @sidebarcns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@michaelgerrard.bsky.social spoke with @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social about why the conservative Supreme Court justices might be less sympathetic to fossil fuel companies' arguments in this term's climate case. Sidebar by @courthousenews.bsky.social's SCOTUS preview: youtu.be/lkNZjudvvX4?...
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Norway star Haaland sues airline over ponytail image www.courthousenews.com/norway-star-...
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Norway star Haaland sues airline over ponytail image
A newspaper reported that Norwegian had removed a photomontage from social media showing one of its planes sporting a hairstyle characteristic of Haaland until he recently cut his hair.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why a copilot attacked the captain of an Israel-bound flight remains unknown www.courthousenews.com/why-a-copilo...
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Why a copilot attacked the captain of an Israel-bound flight remains unknown
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, without giving details, claimed the attacker underwent Islamist indoctrination.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tennessee governor calls Christa Pike's failed execution 'deeply disturbing' and calls for a review www.courthousenews.com/tennessee-go...
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Tennessee governor calls Christa Pike's failed execution 'deeply disturbing' and calls for a review
The failure, which one death penalty expert described as unprecedented, led Gov. Bill Lee to order a review and to indefinitely postpone Pike's execution.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Supreme Court spotlights fight against climate action in term opener Climate change is on the docket next week as the justices confront limits on pollution controls and who should face consequences for the effects of fossil fuel emissions. www.courthousenews.com/supreme-cour...
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Supreme Court spotlights fight against climate action in term opener
Climate change is on the docket next week as the justices confront limits on pollution controls and who should face consequences for the effects of fossil fuel emissions.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan kill 10 civilians, Kabul and UN say www.courthousenews.com/pakistani-ai...
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Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan kill 10 civilians, Kabul and UN say
The two neighbors have longstanding disputes over militant activity along their border.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Renee Good’s family sues feds over her killing www.courthousenews.com/renee-goods-...
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Renee Good’s family sues feds over her killing
Good's shooting sparked mass protests against the Trump administration's federal enforcement surge in Minnesota.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
But SCOTUS didn't grant the appeal feds wanted The Trump admin said it preferred a different case that presented constitutional questions alongside the statutory inquiry courthousenews.com/justices-tak...
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Supreme Court sets up showdown on Trump's immigration policies The justices agreed to decide whether ICE can impose a mandatory detention policy for long-term immigrant residents @courthousenews.bsky.social courthousenews.com/justices-tak...
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Church leavers could claim a right to erase baptismal data, EU adviser says www.courthousenews.com/church-leave...
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Church leavers could claim a right to erase baptismal data, EU adviser says
An EU court adviser said leaving the Catholic Church could bring a right to erase personal data from baptismal records, unless the Church showed compelling reasons to keep it.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Climate change is on the docket next week as the Supreme Court confronts limits on pollution controls and who should face consequences for the effects of fossil fuel emissions. @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/supreme-cour...
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Supreme Court spotlights fight against climate action in term opener
Climate change is on the docket next week as the justices confront limits on pollution controls and who should face consequences for the effects of fossil fuel emissions.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Supreme Court added a major immigration dispute to its docket on Thursday, agreeing to review whether the Trump administration can impose a mandatory detention policy for long-term immigrant residents. @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/justices-tak...
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Justices take up ICE mandatory detention policy
The Trump administration asked the high court to approve a novel interpretation of immigration law to greenlight the president's mass deportation agenda.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There are multiple appeals pending that ask this same question. Interestingly, the justices picked a different case than requested by the Trump administration
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEWS: Supreme Court takes up 3 new appeals, including mandatory ICE detention in Rhoney v. Barbosa @courthousenews.bsky.social
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@michaelgerrard.bsky.social spoke with @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social about why the conservative Supreme Court justices might be less sympathetic to fossil fuel companies' arguments in this term's blockbuster climate case. @sidebarcns.bsky.social's SCOTUS preview: youtu.be/lkNZjudvvX4?...
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Big Oil, AR-15s and the right to vote hit SCOTUS | Sidebar by Courthouse News
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Conservation groups sue NOAA over Pacific deep-sea mining application www.courthousenews.com/conservation...
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Conservation groups sue NOAA over Pacific deep-sea mining application
Conservation groups argue NOAA rushed to advance a mining company's bid to explore the ocean floor without letting the public see the materials behind the decision.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump administration denied access to Georgia voter rolls www.courthousenews.com/trump-admini...
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Trump administration denied access to Georgia voter rolls
The ruling joins the ranks of more than two dozen similar decisions finding that states are not required to hand over private voter information to the federal government.
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