Recent Updates
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Arkansas court orders state to count signatures collected by volunteers
Legal Compliance 07/28/2024The Arkansas Supreme Court on Tuesday night ordered the state to begin counting signatures submitted in favor of putting an abortion-rights measure on the ballot — but only ones collected by volunteers for the proposal’s campaign. The one...
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Supreme Court allows signatures of inactive voters to count on ballot petitions
Legal Compliance 07/23/2024Montana’s Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would allow the signatures of inactive voters to count on petitions seeking to qualify constitutional initiatives for the November ballot, including one to protect abortion rights.District Court Judge ...
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Court dismisses lawsuit over Tennessee’s anti-drag show ban
U.S. Court Watch 07/21/2024A federal appeals court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows, reversing a lower court ruling that deemed the statute unconstitutional and blocked its enforcement in part of ...
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Support for legal abortion has risen since Supreme Court eliminated protections
National Legal News 07/17/2024A solid majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban as a rising number support access to abortions for any reason, a new poll finds, highlighting a politically perilous situation for candidates who oppose abortion rights as the November elect...
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New York’s top court allows ‘equal rights’ amendment to appear on November ballot
Law Review 07/14/2024A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution to bar discrimination over “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes” will appear on the ballot this November, the state’s high court ruled Thursday.The decision from...
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Jury is seated in Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial in New Mexico
U.S. Court Watch 07/10/2024Sixteen jurors were seated Tuesday for Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial in New Mexico, where opening statements are set to start Wednesday. Five men and 11 women were chosen by Santa Fe County special prosecutors and the actor&rsqu...
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Giuliani Disbarred in N.Y. for Wrongdoing During Trump’s 2020 Campaign
Law Journals 07/07/2024found he repeatedly made false statements about Trump’s 2020 election loss.The Manhattan appeals court ruled Giuliani, who had his New York law license suspended in 2021 for making false statements around the election, is no longer allowed to p...
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What to know about the Supreme Court immunity ruling
Legal Compliance 07/01/2024The Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case makes it all but certain that the Republican will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election.The Supreme Court did not d...
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Israel’s high court orders the army to draft ultra-Orthodox men
Law Review 06/26/2024Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for compulsory service, a landmark decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coal...
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Supreme Court Narrows Scope Of Public Corruption Law
Legal Compliance 06/25/2024The Supreme Court overturned the bribery conviction of a former Indiana mayor on Wednesday in an opinion that narrows the scope of public corruption law.The high court’s 6-3 opinion along ideological lines sided with James Snyder, who was convi...
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Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims
Law Review 06/22/2024The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal gun control law that is intended to protect victims of domestic violence.In their first Second Amendment case since they expanded gun rights in 2022, the justices ruled 8-1 in favor of a 1994 ban on firear...
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Court rejects settlement in water dispute between New Mexico and Texas
Legal Compliance 06/20/2024The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a settlement between Western states over the management of one of North America’s longest rivers.The 5-4 decision rebuffs an agreement that had come recommended by a federal judge overseeing the case over ho...