Recent Updates
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Court rejects appeal from 3 GOP House members over $500 mask fines
Law Review 02/21/2024The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected appeals from three Republican U.S. House members who challenged fines for not wearing face coverings on the House floor in 2021. The justices did not comment on leaving in place $500 fines issued in May 2021 to U...
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Court says GOP lawmakers who staged walkout can’t run for re-election
Law Journals 02/01/2024The Oregon Supreme Court said Thursday that 10 Republican state senators who staged a record-long walkout last year to stall bills on abortion, transgender health care and gun rights cannot run for re-election.The decision upholds the secretary of st...
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Donald Trump must pay an additional $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll
Law Review 01/28/2024A jury awarded $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll on Friday in a stinging and expensive rebuke to former President Donald Trump for his continued social media attacks against the longtime advice columnist over her claims that he sexually assaulted her ...
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Supreme Court could overturn Oklahoma death row inmate's conviction
Legal Compliance 01/24/2024The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear an appeal from Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, who has steadfastly maintained his innocence and averted multiple attempts by the state to execute him.Glossip was sentenced in a 1997 murder-for-...
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Democrats believe abortion will motivate voters in 2024. Will it be enough?
Law Review 01/20/2024When Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said recently that he was “proud” to have a hand in overturning the abortion protections enshrined in Roe v. Wade, Democratic pollster Celinda Lake took it as a political gift, thinki...
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DEI opponents are using a 1866 Civil Rights law to challenge equity policies
Law Review 01/17/2024Opponents of workplace diversity programs are increasingly banking on a section of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to challenge equity policies as well as funding to minority-owned businesses.Section 1981 of the act was originally meant to protect forme...
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Fueled by border crossings, a record 3 million cases clog US immigration courts
Law Review 01/15/2024Eight months after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States, a couple in their 20s sat in an immigration court in Miami with their three young children. Through an interpreter, they asked a judge to give them more time to find an attorney to fi...
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NRA chief Wayne LaPierre announces resignation ahead of trial
Legal Compliance 01/08/2024The longtime head of the National Rifle Association said Friday he is resigning, just days before the start of a civil trial over allegations he treated himself to millions of dollars in private jet flights, yacht trips, African safaris and other ext...
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The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban
Legal Compliance 01/06/2024The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies, while a legal fight continues.The justices said they would hear arguments in April and put on hold a lower court ruling that had blocked the Id...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court orders new legislative maps in redistricting case
Legal Compliance 12/24/2023The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned Republican-drawn legislative maps on Friday and ordered that new district boundary lines be drawn as Democrats had urged in a redistricting case they hope will weaken GOP majorities.The ruling...
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Prince Harry wins phone hacking lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers
National Legal News 12/19/2023Prince Harry’s phone was hacked by journalists and private investigators working for the Daily Mirror who invaded his privacy by snooping on him unlawfully, a judge ruled Friday, delivering an historic victory for the estranged royal who broke ...
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Georgia Supreme Court ruling prevents GOP-backed commission
Legal Compliance 12/01/2023Georgia’s state Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to approve rules for a new commission to discipline and remove state prosecutors, meaning the commission can’t begin operating.Some Republicans in Georgia want the new commission to disci...