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August 21, 2025
International
World

Trump’s $500 million fraud fine axed: NY appeals court cites excessive penalty; injunctions remain intact

Donald Trump (left), Letitia James (TOI) A New York state appeals court on Thursday overturned the more than $500 million civil fraud penalty imposed on US President Donald Trump and his company, ruling that the amount violated the eighth amendment’s ban on excessive fines, reported CNBC.The decision, delivered by the first judicial department of the […]

May 15, 2025
International
United States Politics and Government
World

Supreme Court Rejects ‘Moment of Threat’ Limit in Excessive Force Suits

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a legal theory that put tight limits on lawsuits seeking to hold police officers accountable for using deadly force. The case arose, an appeals court judge wrote, from a commonplace occurrence. “A routine traffic stop,” the judge wrote, “has again ended in the death of an unarmed Black man.” […]