Recent Updates
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Zimbabwe's opposition challenges election results in court
Law Journals 08/13/2018Zimbabwe's main opposition party on Friday filed a legal challenge to the results of the country's first election without Robert Mugabe on the ballot, alleging "gross mathematical errors" and calling for a fresh vote or a declaration that their candi...
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N Carolina Supreme Court race lawsuit returning to court
Law Review 08/11/2018A North Carolina Supreme Court candidate's lawsuit against Republican legislators over a law preventing him from having his party listed on November ballots is returning to court.A judge scheduled a Wake County hearing Monday to consider requests by ...
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Nevada Supreme Court taking up execution case
U.S. Court Watch 08/10/2018The Nevada Supreme Court has stepped in to decide whether drug companies can try to stop the state from using their medications in a twice-postponed lethal injection of a condemned inmate who wants to die.A state court judge in Las Vegas cancelled he...
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Tennessee high court refuses to block looming execution
Legal Compliance 08/07/2018The Tennessee Supreme Court has refused to stay Thursday's scheduled execution of a convicted child killer while the state's new lethal injection protocol continues to be challenged on appeal.The order brings Tennessee within days of killing Billy Ra...
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Illinois high court: Woman can sue city over sidewalk fall
National Legal News 08/06/2018The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that a woman who was injured after tripping on a poorly maintained sidewalk can move forward with a lawsuit against the city of Danville.The Champaign News-Gazette reports the state's high court ruled 7-0 on Thurs...
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Filing period opens for West Virginia Supreme Court seat
Law Review 08/05/2018The filing period has begun for a special election for the West Virginia Supreme Court.The filing period for the unexpired seat of former Justice Menis Ketchum started Monday and runs through Aug. 21. The special election will be held concurrently wi...
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With scant record, Supreme Court nominee elusive on abortion
Law Journals 08/03/2018Twice in the past year, Brett Kavanaugh offered glimpses of his position on abortion that strongly suggest he would vote to support restrictions if confirmed to the Supreme Court.One was in a dissent in the case of a 17-year-old migrant seeking to te...
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Officer involved in militia leader's death named in court
National Legal News 08/02/2018A state police officer has accidently revealed the name of one of the officers who fatally shot a militia leader who participated in the armed takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge.The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the officer's name slipped out this ...
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Top Pakistan court bars former minister from holding office
U.S. Court Watch 08/01/2018Pakistan's top court has barred the former deputy interior minister from holding office for the next five years for insulting judges in a speech earlier this year.Thursday's ruling by the Supreme Court says Talal Chaudhry, who was deputy interior min...
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Man charged with killing 5 in newsroom to appear in court
National Legal News 07/30/2018A man charged with killing five people in The Capital newsroom in Annapolis, Maryland, is scheduled to be in court.An initial appearance for Jarrod Ramos is set for Monday morning in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court. A grand jury has indicted Ramos ...
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Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh's gun views are clear
Legal Compliance 07/30/2018Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he recognizes that gun, drug and gang violence "has plagued all of us." Still, he believes the Constitution limits how far government can go to restrict gun use to prevent crime.As a federal appeals court ju...
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Chicago releases plan for court-monitored police reform
Law Review 07/28/2018Chicago and state officials released a plan Friday to carry out far-reaching police reforms under federal court supervision more than a year after a U.S. Justice Department investigation found a longstanding history of civil rights violations by the ...