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Trump and Bolton on April 9, 2018. Photo by Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images Imagine the rule of law as a stand-in for a sheriff in a vintage Western film. Donald J. Trump is the villain. Trump lifts and points a pistol in the cliffhanger scene. The first shot cracks like thunder, a bullet punching into the sheriff’s …

Social networking startup Bluesky has made the decision to block access to its service in the state of Mississippi, rather than comply with a new age assurance law. In a blog post published on Friday, the company explains that, as a small team, it doesn’t have the resources to make the substantial technical changes this type of law would require, …

A YOUNG law graduate has tragically died after suffering a severe allergic reaction following a CT scan. Leticia Paul, 22, was undergoing a routine check-up for kidney stones when she reacted to a special dye used in scans. 3 Leticia Paul passed away during a medical checkupCredit: Jam Press 3 The young law graduate reportedly went into anaphylactic shock after …

Ron Howard’s new film “Eden” is a true story about disenchanted Europeans, who, in the 1930s, escaped from their society and decamped on a lonely rock in the Galapagos, only to see their handmade utopia devolve into petty power struggles and murder. It’s also lurid proof that Charles Darwin missed out on the truly juicy survival-of-the-fittest action by about a …

FBI raids home of John Bolton, Trump’s ex-national security adviser The FBI raided the home of Donald Trump’s former national security adviser turned critic John Bolton on Friday morning, according to reports. The federal search of Bolton’s house in the Washington DC area was as part of an investigation involving the handling of classified documents, the Associated Press reported, citing …

I thought Ron Howard couldn’t get any darker than his 2003 Western The Missing, but with his latest Eden he comes pretty close. This is a true story and Howard’s film, a 15-year passion project of his to bring to the screen, follows the real details fairly closely, something easy to check since filmmakers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine made …

Federal judge blocks Texas law requiring Ten Commandments be displayed in classrooms  Houston Chronicle Judge Halts Texas Law Mandating the Ten Commandments in School  The New York Times Judge rules that some Texas schools don’t have to display Ten Commandments in classrooms  CNN Texas can’t require the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom, judge says  NBC News The Ten Commandments and a “secular …

A United States federal judge has granted a temporary block against a Texas law that would require the Ten Commandments from the Christian Bible to be displayed in the classrooms of every public school. On Wednesday, US District Judge Fred Biery issued a preliminary injunction against Texas’s Senate Bill 10, which was slated to take effect on September 1. Texas …

Judge Halts Texas Law Mandating the Ten Commandments in School  The New York Times Texas can’t require the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom, judge says  NBC News Judge blocks some Texas public schools from displaying Ten Commandments  The Washington Post The Ten Commandments and a “secular purpose”  SCOTUSblog Federal judge blocks Texas law requiring Ten Commandments displayed in public school classrooms  CBS News …

A federal district court in Texas temporarily blocked a new state law on Wednesday that would have required public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. U.S. District Court Judge Fred Biery issued a preliminary injunction in Rabbi Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District, ruling that Texas Senate Bill 10, set to take effect Sept. 1, likely …