2+ week, 6+ day ago   (402+ words) Supreme Court justices and their recently retired colleagues have accepted an estimated $4.69 million in gifts since 2004, according to new data from the judicial watchdog Fix the Court, a tally that underscores the growing ethics crisis enveloping the nation’s highest court....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (234+ words) by Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor The Trump administration has appealed a federal judge’s dismissal of its challenge to policies in four New Jersey cities that limit how local law enforcement can cooperate with federal civil immigration enforcement. In June,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (720+ words) A Toms River man pleaded guilty Aug. 19 to orchestrating a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud conspiracy and fraudulently obtaining more than $1.8 million in federal pandemic relief loans, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced. Arthur Spitzer, 39, entered the plea before U.S. District Judge Edward S. Kiel to…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (381+ words) An Old Bridge man admitted in federal court this week to producing and possessing images and recordings of child pornography as part of a scheme in which he posed as a teenager on Snapchat to manipulate two minor victims. Daniel…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (557+ words) by Ariana Figueroa, New Jersey Monitor The American Civil Liberties Union has petitioned a federal court in New Hampshire to reaffirm a ruling that found President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order unconstitutional, after the president renewed his attempts to…...