NY's highest appeals court won't block Trump's sentencing in hush money case
Judge Juan Merchan ordered Trump to appear, in person or virtually, for a sentencing Friday in his hush money case.
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https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/trump-sentencing-block-appeals-merchan-supreme-court/6100516/
New Mexico Supreme Court strikes down local abortion restrictions
January 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The New Mexico state Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday
https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsc/en/item/531016/index.do
that several local ordinances restricting abortion rights violate state law, and struck down ones adopted by Lea and Roosevelt counties, along with the cities of Hobbs and Clovis.
“Our Legislature granted to counties and municipalities all powers and duties not inconsistent with the laws of New Mexico. The Ordinances violate this core precept and invade the Legislature’s authority to regulate access to and provision of reproductive healthcare,” the court wrote in its opinion by Justice C. Shannon Bacon. “Therefore, based on the independent and adequate state law grounds provided in the Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care Freedom Act, the Medical Practice Act, the Medical Malpractice Act, and the Health Care Code, as well as the Uniform Licensing Act, we hold the Ordinances are preempted in their entirety.”
Because state law precludes the ordinances, the court did not take up the issue of whether they also violate the state constitution, an argument made by Attorney General Raúl Torrez in his challenge to the ordinances.
https://www.aol.com/mexico-supreme-court-strikes-down-184237009.html
Willis submits appeal to GA Supreme Court over disqualification from Trump election case
January 09, 2025 at 1:56 pm EST
ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has asked Georgia’s highest court to review a lower appeals court’s ruling that removed her from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others.
The Georgia Court of Appeals last month ruled that Willis and her office could not continue to prosecute the case because of an “appearance of impropriety” created by a romantic relationship she had with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, whom she had hired to lead the case. In a petition filed late Wednesday, Willis asked the Georgia Supreme Court to review and reverse that decision.
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/willis-submits-appeal-ga-supreme-court-over-disqualification-trump-election-case/EC2WXXKCTRBQPPXF7LKLR4LBWQ/