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Appeal trial opens for France's Sarkozy over alleged Libyan funding

Appeal trial opens for France's Sarkozy over alleged Libyan funding

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was back in court Monday for an appeal trial on charges he sought Libyan financing for his 2007 election, in a case that last year saw him become France's first modern-day head of state to go to prison. A lower court in

Federal appeals court upholds injunction against Montana’s drag ban

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a federal judge’s injunction against House Bill 359, passed by the Montana Legislature in 2023, which banned drag performers and popular events like “drag story hour” under threat of criminal penalties, saying it was likely a violation of First Amendment

Ellsworth lawyer: Misconduct charge shielded by legislative privilege, should be dismissed

An attorney for Hamilton Republican Sen. Jason Ellsworth argued in state district court Friday that the misdemeanor charge against him should be dropped because he was acting within the bounds of his legislative duties. Lewis and Clark County District Court Judge Christopher Abbott presided over Friday's initial hearing,

Marc Racicot: Costs of U.S. bravado in Iran are enormous and insufferably predictable

The Trump presidency, for far too much of the time, bears more resemblance to a lawless syndicate than to an honorable governmental administration. The repetitive commission of war crimes on the high seas and in Venezuela, the threats to resort to force against Greenland, one of the United States’ closest

Jury rules in favor of Ravalli County in pretrial fees due process case

A jury ruled in favor of Ravalli County on Thursday afternoon in a class-action civil suit in federal court, finding the county hadn't violated the due process rights of defendants mandated to pay fees to its pretrial supervision program. The Ravalli County Jail Diversion Program is a

UPDATED: Ravalli County pretrial fees lawsuit goes to jury for deliberation

A group of Ravalli County residents who went through the county's pretrial supervision program are suing Ravalli County, saying the program's fees violate due process and are unjustly high. Here's the latest as of Thursday afternoon: This story will be updated throughout the trial.

Jury clears Ravalli County in class-action suit that said it violated poor residents’ due process

MISSOULA — A jury found Thursday the Ravalli County pretrial program was not violating the due process rights of indigent clients as alleged in a federal class-action lawsuit. In Leonard et al vs. Ravalli County, witnesses who had been part of the program said they only learned of the costs