Courtside

The North Carolina Supreme Court recently laid down its ruling in a critical case that could seriously affect future federal elections. The case centers around the "independent state legislature theory," a radical theory claiming that, under the U.S. Constitution, state legislatures may determine how federal elections take place without oversight…

Following a six-week murder trial at the Ada County courthouse, a Boise, Idaho jury found Lori Vallow Daybell, the subject of the Netflix true crime docuseries, Sins of the Mother, guilty of murdering two of her children, conspiracy to murder her husband's first wife, and grand theft. It took the jury…

Former Minnesota police officer and current convict Derek Chauvin has chosen to appeal his murder conviction to the Minnesota Supreme Court. Chauvin's attorney, William Mohrman, has proved to be tenacious by filing a petition for review with the Minnesota Supreme Court after the Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld Chauvin's conviction back…

There's been a fun twist in the way judges are dealing with contempt of court, and it comes amidst a legal controversy surrounding the rap music scene in Atlanta: the criminal prosecution of the infamous artist, Jeffery Lamar Williams. "Who?" Okay, Williams is better known—maybe ​only​ known—by his stage name, Young Thug. The Racketeering Rapper Young Thug…

This article contains explicit language and touches on subjects that may be triggering for some. As he gears up to run for president again in 2024, the courts can't seem to get enough of Donald Trump. While our recent coverage has focused largely on cases pertaining to the former president's…

Music fans everywhere were worried last week when Ed Sheeran threatened to "quit music." The international pop star made this statement in a Manhattan court, vowing he'd be done with the music industry if he lost the copyright lawsuit against him for allegedly plagiarizing parts of his 2014 hit, "…