Law

A former Bishop of Gloucester who managed to evade prosecution for decades after intervention by a member of the Royal family, Cabinet Ministers and a Lord Chief Justice, has been released from prison Peter Ball, a close pal of Prince Charles, was freed after serving only half his sentence for child sex abuse. Victims of the ‘calculating’ paedophile has been demanding that letters sent to him by the Prince are made public. The Telegraph reports: He escaped justice over the same charges years earlier after he was given support by a member of the Royal family and Establishment figures.

A federal appeals court denied early on Sunday a request from the Department of Justice to immediately restore President Trump's executive order on immigration and refugees, asking for more court filings before it rules on the matter.

A lawsuit filed to rule the election result null and void and declare President Trump an illegitimate president has made it all the way to the Supreme Court. The ‘Void The Election’ case, as it is known in legal circles, was filed by three Massachusetts women, Diane Blumstein, Nancy Goodman, and Donna Soodalter-Toman, and has been heard by a Supreme Court Justice. It is now on the docket and awaiting response by the defendants.

Submitted by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,

BuzzFeed (as well as editor in chief Ben Smith and former British spy Christopher Steele) faces a new lawsuit over its publication of an unverified dossier of claims against President Trump and others, McClatchy reported Friday evening. In response to the lawsuit, Politico reports that BuzzFeed issued an apology on Friday evening (presumably admitting to publishing 'fake news').