Recent Updates
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Court upholds health order fines for New Mexico businesses
U.S. Court Watch 08/05/2020The New Mexico Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously upheld the governor’s authority to fine businesses up to $5,000 a day for violating state emergency health orders aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19.The court heard arguments from a group...
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Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence
U.S. Court Watch 08/01/2020A federal appeals court Friday threw out Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, saying the judge who oversaw the case did not adequately screen jurors for potential biases.A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Cir...
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Malaysian ex-PM Najib arrives in court for graft verdict
Legal Compliance 07/28/2020Ex-Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arrived at court Tuesday for a verdict in the first of several corruption trials linked to the multibillion-dollar looting of the 1MDB state investment fund.The outcome is widely seen as a test of the rule of l...
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Oklahoma high court: Governor overstepped with tribal deal
National Legal News 07/23/2020Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt overstepped his authority when he reached a casino gambling agreement with two Native American tribes, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.In a 7-1 decision, the high court determined the compacts Stitt signed with the Com...
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Given a chance, Trump would push court pick before election
Legal Compliance 07/19/2020President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have tried to make it clear: Given the chance, they would push through a Supreme Court nominee should a vacancy occur before Election Day.The issue has taken on new immediacy with the ...
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No peeking, voters: Court keeps Trump taxes private for now
U.S. Court Watch 07/12/2020Rejecting President Donald Trump’s complaints that he’s being harassed, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of a New York prosecutor’s demands for the billionaire president’s tax records. But in good political news for T...
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Court: Some employers can refuse to offer free birth control
U.S. Court Watch 07/09/2020The Supreme Court ruled broadly Wednesday in favor of the religious rights of employers in two cases that could leave more than 70,000 women without free contraception and tens of thousands of people with no way to sue for job discrimination.In both ...
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UK judge says Amber Heard can be in court for Depp testimony
Legal Compliance 07/05/2020Johnny Depp’s lawyers have failed to stop the American actor’s ex-wife, Amber Heard, from attending his libel trial against the British tabloid newspaper The Sun until she is called to give evidence.In a court order published on Saturday,...
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Supreme Court lifts ban on state aid to religious schooling
Legal Compliance 07/05/2020States can’t cut religious schools out of programs that send public money to private education, a divided Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.By a 5-4 vote with the conservatives in the majority, the justices upheld a Montana scholarship program ...
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Roberts a pivotal vote in the Supreme Court's big opinions
U.S. Court Watch 07/02/2020The biggest cases of the Supreme Court term so far have a surprising common thread. On a court with five Republican appointees, the liberal justices have been in the majority in rulings that make workplace discrimination against gay and transgender p...
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Supreme Court doesn’t wade into Texas mail-in voting battle
Legal Compliance 06/27/2020The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request by Texas Democrats to allow all of the state’s 16 million registered voters to vote by mail during the coronavirus pandemic.The denial is not the end of the ongoing battle over mail-in voting ...
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Supreme Court rules SEC can recoup money in fraud cases
U.S. Court Watch 06/22/2020The Supreme Court on Monday preserved an important tool used by securities regulators to recoup ill-gotten gains in fraud cases.By an 8-1 vote, the justices ruled that the Securities and Exchange Commission can seek to recover the money through a pro...