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As charges mount, here's a look at Trump's legal and political calendar

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As legal charges mount against Donald Trump, the former president faces an increasingly busy calendar on both the legal and political fronts. As legal charges mount against Donald Trump, the former president faces an increasingly busy calendar on both the legal and political fronts. Here is a timeline of some of the biggest items currently on Trump's calendar , with legal dates subject to change. Aug. 3, 2023: Arraignment in Washington, D.C., on felony charges following Trump's indictment in special counsel Jack Smith's probe into Jan 6. and efforts to overturn the 2020 election MORE: Trump hit with sweeping indictment in alleged effort to overturn 2020 election Aug. 10, 2023: Arraignment in Florida in the superseding indictment brought by Smith in his probe into Trump's handling of classified documents after leaving the White House Aug. 10, 2023: Hearing in Georgia on Trump's motion to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from her ...

Virginia high school admissions case could be legal follow-up to affirmative action ruling

A federal appeals court’s ruling last month about the admissions policy at an elite public high school in northern Virginia may provide a vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to flesh out the intended scope of its ruling banning affirmative action in col... FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- A federal appeals court’s ruling last month about the admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia may provide a vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to flesh out the intended scope of its ruling Thursday banning affirmative action in college admissions. The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology , outside the nation's capital, routinely ranks as one of the best public school s in America; admission is highly com Pet itive. A coalition of parents, backed by a conservative legal foundation, filed a lawsuit in 2021 challenging the admissions policy at TJ, and the foundation is asking the Supreme Court to take up the case. The suit raises similar but not identical issues to those ...