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The Supreme Court stayed Tuesday a lower court decision to vacate a rule designed to crack down on “ghost guns” by regulating gun parts kits as traditional firearms. The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court on July 27 to restore the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives “Frame or Receiver” rule, which expands the definition of firearm to include parts kits that are “readily convertible to functional weapons” or “functional ‘frames’ or ‘receivers’ of weapons,” arguing a federal judge’s decision to vacate the rule “is irreparably harming the public and the government.” dailycallerlogo United States District Judge for the...

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Judges have put Saddam Hussein's appeal process into motion as Baghdad found itself once more under round-the-clock curfew after the ousted president's death sentence stirred Iraq's sectarian tensions. Saddam was sentenced to hang by the Iraqi High Tribunal, which found him guilty on Sunday of crimes against humanity in the case of 148 Shiite civilians killed in revenge for an 1982 attempt on the then Iraqi leader's life. The verdict served only to deepen Iraq's bitter religious divide, with Shiites celebrating it as a victory against their former oppressor and some Sunni Arabs protesting at this latest...

Judge rules on Routier evidence 07/08/2002 Associated Press A Dallas judge says he does not have jurisdiction to decide whether to turn over evidence to Darlie Routier's attorneys. Judge Robert Francis ruled Monday on a request last week from the death row inmate's defense team. IRWIN THOMPSON / DMN Convicted murderer Darlie Routier waves to friends as she leaves the courtroom after a hearing last week. Routier's attorneys want access to a knife, carpet and other pieces of evidence presented at her 1997 trial. They say new tests will clear her in the 1996 stabbing deaths of two of...