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September 04, 2026
A New Jersey federal judge Friday tossed the Trump administration's suit challenging Gov. Mikie Sherrill's February executive order limiting immigration officials' access to state property without a warrant, saying the federal government cannot commandeer state resources.
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September 04, 2026
The Fourth Circuit has tossed an MS-13 gang member's murder conviction, saying a judge's decision to instruct the jury to disregard his attorney's closing argument was a "prejudicial abuse of discretion."
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September 04, 2026
The Ninth Circuit has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of robbing a store in Washington, finding that he was not testifying in his own defense when he showed jurors that he had tattoos on his hand, unlike the hand of the man seen committing the robbery in security camera footage.
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September 04, 2026
Prosecutors are accusing D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. of attempting to tamper with jury selection in his upcoming bribery trial, after he posted a video online showing him in front of the D.C. Superior Courthouse steps urging Black residents to respond to jury summonses.
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September 04, 2026
A federal grand jury has indicted a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on six counts of lying to investigators about a shooting in Minneapolis, according to newly unsealed court documents, and Minnesota county prosecutors on Friday told Law360 that they were ready to have him arrested on state felony assault charges when he appears in federal court later this month.
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