5,828 source-backed legal facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 32 of 59.
“Grand jurors have been empaneled in Manhattan”
“He appeared at Bristol Crown Court earlier where he entered not guilty pleas to all 14 offences.”
“a 91-year-old precedent”
“In a 5-4 ruling, the court ruled that Cook can remain on her job while the broader legal fight continues in a lower federal court.”
“The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump can fire Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter—and similar independent board members by extension”
“What defines help? Well the first one is help with daily living, and a famous old judge… in 1981 defined this and it still fits for today.”
“the laws that came into force on Dec. 10.”
“The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up Donald Trump‘s appeal of a $5 million jury judgment against him in writer E. Jean Carroll’s claim that he sexually abused and defamed her.”
“£3.75million sex abuse liability verdict has been rejected by the Supreme Court.”
“Two other women came forward with allegations of sexual coercion and emotional abuse, from 2017 and 2020.”
“Officers have detained two suspects after a gunman opened fire at the youth welfare centre on Dankersstraße, according to Bild.”
“the grand jury probe into the Connecticut-born, Shanghai-based tech mogul, first reported by Fox News, was begun months ago and authorized by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche”
“Wright has been released on unconditional bail and is next set to appear in court in May for a further hearing before a trial in November 2027.”
“a 6-3 ruling”
“The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook can remain on her job...”
“The Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump on Monday to fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission, upending a 90-year-old precedent”
“as many as 35" men”
“Inman Grant said in April she was considering court action against those platforms and YouTube, alleging they were not taking reasonable steps to exclude children.”
“Another jury verdict, still under appeal, awarded her around $83 million in damages for defamation.”
“a lower court upheld the 2023 jury verdict”
“President Trump acted lawfully when he fired former Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter last year, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, finding legal protections against such dismissals unconstitutional.”
“Your case is being adjourned for two further hearings. You need to attend those hearings," said Judge Anna Richardson”
“creation of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 1914”
“Chief Justice Roberts wrote for the court's majority.”
“The Supreme Court ruled in 1935 in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States that members of independent boards can only be fired due to major issues with their job performance”
“ended in May 2024”
“Before he entered politics, Trump filed a $5 million lawsuit against Maher in 2013 for breach of contract.”
“The jury in the 2023 trial found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation, awarding Carroll $2 million for battery and $3 million for defamation.”
“published an excerpt from her memoir in 2019”
“Slaughter sued, arguing the administration had flouted the Federal Trade Commission Act, which states that the president may only remove commissioners for “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.” A DC federal judge and ap…”
“The alleged offences relate to when Wright worked as a teacher at Queen Elizabeth's Hospital school in Bristol in the 1980s and 1990s.”
“a 1935 landmark decision known as Humphrey's Executor”
“Roberts was joined in his decision by fellow conservative justice Brett Kavanaugh and all three of the court's liberal justices, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor.”
“The Humphrey’s Executor ruling in the 1930s was based on President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s firing of Federal Trade Commissioner William Humphrey”
“But U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper upended those plans in May by ruling that Trump’s name was illegally added to the building, ordering it removed.”
“around 1996”
“But nine years later, the justices carved out exemption for the FTC in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, which has been followed in determining the makeup of other independent agenices. [...] “If anything more is left of Humphrey’s, we…”
“could be brought to court and fined £2,500 for the breach.”
“The Supreme Court ruled 5-4”
“Justices Clarence Thomas and Amy Coney Barrett filed their own dissenting opinions. Justice Samuel Alito filed a third, separate dissenting opinion and was joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch.”
“The last major case that dealt with the precedent came in 2020, when the court ruled the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was not covered under the heightened standard for firing federal officials”
“U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper upended those plans in May by ruling that Trump’s name was illegally added to the building, ordering it removed.”
“asserted that she lied about the accusations in 2019”
“Roberts and Republican-appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh were the only two justices in the majority for both the Cook and Slaughter cases.”
“but those that chose to ignore them could be brought to court and fined £2,500 for the breach.”
“the FTC in its present state enforces and administers some 80 statutes”
“In that case, the Supreme Court overturned a 91-year-old ruling that had limited the president's authority to fire members of other independent agencies, such as the Federal Trade Commission.”
“Trump announced his intention to fire Cook in August over alleged issues with her personal mortgage, which she has denied, but she has remained at the Fed as courts have blocked the firing while her litigation moves forward”
“Cooper has asked for an update next month on how long the tarp will remain on the building.”
“He did so again in 2022”
“Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor penned the main dissent, joined by fellow liberals Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.”
“In a 5-4 decision, justices from the country's top court said the administration had not provided Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook sufficient "due process" for her to contest her removal.”
“Jurors in 2023 decided that Mr Trump had sexually abused Ms Carroll and defamed her, awarding $5million in damages”
“Also Monday, the high court rejected a request to quash a lower court order blocking Trump’s attempt to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook over allegations of mortgage fraud.”
“In a separate 6-3 decision written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court ruled that the president can fire members of independent agencies at will, handing a major victory to the Trump administration.”
“The Manhattan-based 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the verdict in 2024”
“Chief Justice John Roberts authored the 6-3 opinion that overturned precedents restricting presidents from removing officials at independent government agencies without cause.”
“Solicitor General John Sauer, who argued the case for the White House, told the court in January that the social media post provided sufficient notice and opportunity to respond.”
“Carroll waited more than 20 years to falsely accuse Donald Trump”
“Slaughter sued, arguing the administration had flouted the Federal Trade Commission Act, which states that the president may only remove commissioners for "inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office." A DC federal judge and ap…”
“The owners of a hotel where a 10-year-old boy suffered a fatal electric shock have been fined £120,000 over health and safety offences.”
“The 2nd Circuit in the other lawsuit Ms Carroll won in 2025 declined to throw out an $83.3million verdict”
“The Supreme Court’s 1926 decision in Myers v. United States found that the president alone has the power to remove appointed officers.”
“Along with the £120,000 fine, the firm was also ordered to pay £24,000 costs to Blackpool Council.”
“an $83.3million verdict reached by a jury in 2024.”
“But nine years later, the justices carved out exemption for the FTC in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, which has been followed in determining the makeup of other independent agenices.”
“At Kirklees Magistrates' Court in April, Leadbeater was handed a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay more than £6,000 in costs.”
“Mr Trump first denied her claims in 2019”
“Roberts had also suggested Humphrey’s was "just a dried husk of whatever people used to think it was."”
“Andrew Leadbeater, 57, was told to remove waste from land in Wyke by 17 June after he admitted operating a waste site without a permit and failing to comply with a notice from the Environment Agency.”
“Donald Trump's attempt to appeal a £3.75million sex abuse liability verdict has been rejected by the Supreme Court.”
“"If anything more is left of Humphrey’s, we overrule it."”
“to pay Carroll $83m for defaming her.”
“Jurors in 2023 decided that Mr Trump had sexually abused Ms Carroll and defamed her, awarding $5million in damages, but they did not find that he raped Carroll, as she had claimed.”
““Today, this Court undoes centuries of political practice and concludes that all three branches of Government have been acting in open defiance of the Constitution all this time. Its conclusion is wrong.””
“the 2005 Access Hollywood tape that showed the president talking about groping and kissing women.”
“The Manhattan-based 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the verdict in 2024, ruling that evidence established a 'repeated, idiosyncratic pattern of conduct' consistent with Ms Carroll's allegations.”
““Today, the majority replaces 90 years of proven, workable practice with a half-baked theory of executive power that is simultaneously all-encompassing yet also subject to necessary but undefined exceptions,” she chided.”
“The defamation stemmed from Trump's post on his Truth Social platform in 2022 denying her claim.”
“The 2nd Circuit in the other lawsuit Ms Carroll won in 2025 declined to throw out an $83.3million verdict reached by a jury in 2024.”
“During Trump’s second term, the Supreme Court has given the president a string of temporary wins on its motions docket for many cases involving his attempts to fire high-level government officials.”
“A federal appeals court agreed with the jury's verdict last year and said a new trial was not warranted.”
“The case that led to the $5million verdict concerned President Trump's statements in 2022 when he called Carroll's claim a 'hoax' and a 'con job' in a post on social media.”
“In a 5-4 decision for the Cook case, Chief Justice John Roberts said Cook “was entitled to notice and some opportunity to respond prior to her termination,” and that allowing Trump to fire her would “turn for-cause protection into little m…”
“denied his appeal of that decision in September.”
“'Carroll waited more than 20 years to falsely accuse Donald Trump, who she politically opposes, until after he became the 45th President, when she could maximize political injury to him and profit for herself,' his lawyers wrote in a filin…”
“In a separate decision Monday involving the Federal Trade Commission, the Supreme Court expanded presidential authority in a 6-3 ruling that gives the president wide freedoms to fire leaders of other regulatory agencies for any reason.”
“The States said the meeting was a formal parliamentary proceeding, which meant members of the public were welcome to attend in an observational capacity, however, were not able to ask questions or make any comment while the hearing was in …”
“During his time as shadow home secretary, Mr Burnham described the second stage of the inquiry as "non-negotiable" and backed Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act, which would have encouraged publishers to join a state-backed regulator b…”
“The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up President Trump’s appeal of the initial $5 million sexual abuse and defamation verdict that followed a lawsuit by former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll.”
“The legislation was repealed by the Conservatives before it came into force, but Mr Burnham has reportedly indicated he has not abandoned the wider principles behind it.”
“Carroll was initially awarded the $5 million in May 2023 after a Manhattan federal jury found the president liable for sexual abuse and defamation.”
“In response to Trump’s continued sniping, Carroll filed a second defamation lawsuit, which ended in a jury ordering Trump in January 2024 to shell out $83.3 million in damages, including $65 million in punitive damages, $11 million to help…”
“The 5-4 ruling saw Chief Justice John Roberts and conservative Amy Coney Barrett side with their liberal peers in concluding that nothing in federal law requires all ballots to be collected by Election Day.”
“The case, Watson v. RNC, stemmed from a 2024 lawsuit by the Republican National Committee and several local parties against the Magnolia State over its five-day grace period.”
“In 2022, Congress inserted the phrase 'election day' into that statute and marked that day as a specific Tuesday.”
“The nation’s highest court refused to take up Trump’s appeal of former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll’s sexual abuse and defamation suit against him — meaning POTUS has no choice but to pony up $5 million in damages after a jury found hi…”
“The Supreme Court also dropped a flurry of decisions on the president’s powers: upholding his firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter”
“The Supreme Court also dropped a flurry of decisions on the president’s powers: ... blocking his bid to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.”
“In a major win for Democrats, SCOTUS also found that ballots arriving after Election Day can be counted.”
