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A Trump-appointed Texas judge could force a major abortion pill off the market

A decision is expected soon in a case challenging the FDA's approval of mifepristone, a drug commonly used to induce abortions.

February 01, 2023
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  • Sarah McCammon
NPR and <em>The New York Times</em> have asked a Delaware judge to consider unsealing hundreds of documents in Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion dollar defamation lawsuit against Fox News.

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NPR and 'New York Times' ask judge to unseal documents in Fox defamation case

NPR and The New York Times are seeking to convince a Delaware court to unseal documents to see whether Fox News defamed Dominion Voting Systems over claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential race.

January 26, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik
A courtroom sketch of Judge Raymond Dearie in New York in January 2013.

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What to know about Judge Raymond Dearie, the Mar-a-Lago search special master

Dearie, 78, a former chief judge of the federal court in the Eastern District of New York, was one of the special master candidates suggested by Trump whom the Justice Department did not object to.

September 16, 2022
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Former state senator appointed to Statewide Business Court bench

Gov. Brian Kemp has named former state Sen. Bill Hamrick to serve as Georgia’s sole Statewide Business Court judge.

August 05, 2022
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  • Dave Williams
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Former North Georgia Judge Heading To Prison After Corruption Convictions

A former chief magistrate judge in Pickens County has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced Thursday.

May 28, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
News media set up in front of the home of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas on Monday in North Brunswick, N.J. A gunman posing as a delivery person shot and killed Salas' 20-year-old son Sunday.

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Suspected Killer Of Judge's Son In New Jersey Linked To Another Death In California

Investigators reportedly say they have evidence that Roy Den Hollander, the FBI's primary subject in the New Jersey killing, was involved in the killing of a rival attorney earlier this month.

July 22, 2020
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  • Matthew S. Schwartz
In 2009, The Honorable Leah Ward Sears retired from the Supreme Court of Georgia after 27 years of service on the bench. She is currently a partner with the law firm of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.

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Beyond The Bench: Former Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears On A Life Of Breaking Barriers

Behind the bench in Georgia's Supreme Court, there is an inscription on the wall. It reads "Fiat justitia ruat caelum". It's Latin for "Let justice be...

May 30, 2019
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Friends Remember Pioneer Judge's 'Quiet Determination'

Judge Horace Ward of Georgia died on Saturday, April 23 at the age of 88. Ward graduated with honors from Morehouse College and then got a master's...

April 29, 2016
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