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You must be willing to swear your allegiance to the United States in front of a U.S. government official or U.S. district court judge. This will include a statement that you will bear arms or perform non-combative service for the United States if required and that you renounce your alleg...
The role of magistrate judges varies quite significantly from country to country. In the United States, magistrate judges are essentially junior-level, more temporary district court judges. The U.S magistrate judge system came into being in the mid-1960s as a means of alleviating some of the c...
Many people want to file an appeal because they believe that they are right, that the other side is wrong and that the lower court simply got the facts wrong. However, this ignores the reality that appellate courts do not usually address the facts at all, but accept the lower court findin...
the clerk's office will issue a document called a summons. This service of process document advises the defendant that a suit against them has been filed, provides the name and address of the court in which it was filed, and sets out a deadline for the defendant to appear or answer the...
(3) Parties are also permitted to hand-deliver their Recon to the above address. Whichever method is chosen, it’s probably a good idea to confirm through the control unit email that the Recon of the WCAB decision has been received and is currently in l...
The Supreme Court’s decision did not address the constitutionality of the law. The Justice Department, legal experts and immigrant rights groups have said it is a clear conflict with the U.S. government’s authority to regulate immigration. U.S. District Judge David Ezra, an appointee of for...
Kraken again denied the SEC's allegations, arguing that its spot trading platform is not an exchange and that it would "vigorously defend" itself in court.31In February 2024, the exchange filed to have the case dismissed, but in August, a district court judge ruled that the lawsuit had mer...
Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of failed crypto exchange FTX, will head on Thursday to a federal court in downtown Manhattan, where U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan will deliver his sentencing. Prosecutors have recommended a prison sentence of 40 to 50 years. ...
The following day, however, Trump found a way to protest the trial with the jury’s eyes on him, storming out during the closing argument delivered by Carroll’s lawyer. “The record will reflect that Mr. Trump just rose and walked out of the courtroom,” Judge Lewis Kaplan announced, in...