A New Orleans court has ruled to upheld the decision that Muslim inmates in Texas prison should be allowed to wear a knit skullcap and grow a beard, as the religion requires them to. A judge wrote an appeal that the ban on beard and religious headwear violates a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a previous case in Arkansas.
Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell won the sympathy of judges in his bribery trial. The judges was questioning the scope of federal laws that prosecutors used to convict McDonnell in corruption case.
A Brazilian judge ordered phone carrier companies in the country to block Facebook-owned messaging app, Whatsapp. The blocking order was issued because Whatsapp did not comply in a previous court order to hand over personal information to assist an ongoing criminal investigation.
Trump University lawsuit will go to jury trial, according to a New York judge ruling. That gives Trump the chance to testify against the claim of fraud against the real estate investors university.
