Recent Updates
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Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots
Legal Compliance 11/02/2024The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of provisional ballots not being counted in Pennsylvania as the presidential campaigns vie in the final days before the election in the nation&...
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Supreme Court grapples with governor’s 400-year veto, calling it ‘crazy’
Legal Compliance 10/12/2024Justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court said Wednesday that Gov. Tony Evers’ creative use of his expansive veto power in an attempt to lock in a school funding increase for 400 years appeared to be “extreme” and “crazy” ...
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Court declines Biden’s appeal in Texas emergency abortion case
Legal Compliance 10/09/2024A court order that says hospitals cannot federally be required to provide pregnancy terminations when they violate a Texas abortion ban will stay for now, the Supreme Court said Monday.The decision is another setback for opponents of Texas’ abo...
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New rules regarding election certification in Georgia to get test in court
Legal Compliance 09/30/2024Two controversial new rules passed by Georgia’s State Election Board concerning the certification of vote tallies are set to face their first test in court this week.The Republican majority on the State Election Board — made up of three m...
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Court rules nearly 98000 Arizonans can vote the full ballot
Legal Compliance 09/23/2024The Arizona Supreme Court unanimously ruled Friday that nearly 98,000 people whose citizenship documents hadn’t been confirmed can vote in state and local races, a significant decision that could influence ballot measures and tight legislative ...
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Supreme Court rebuffs plea to restore multibllliou-dollar student debt plan
Legal Compliance 08/31/2024The Supreme Court on Wednesday kept on hold the latest multibillion-dollar plan from the Biden administration that would have lowered payments for millions of borrowers, while lawsuits make their way through lower courts.The justices rejected an admi...
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Judge throws out machine gun possession charge, cites Second Amendment
Legal Compliance 08/29/2024A federal judge in Kansas has tossed out a machine gun possession charge and questioned if bans on the weapons violate the Second Amendment.If upheld on appeal, the ruling by U.S. District Judge John W. Broomes in Wichita could have a sweeping impact...
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Detroit judge sidelined for making sleepy teen wear jail clothes on court field trip
Legal Compliance 08/14/2024A Detroit judge who ordered a teenager into jail clothes and handcuffs on a field trip to his courtroom will be off the bench while undergoing “necessary training,” the court’s chief judge said Thursday.Meanwhile, the girl’s m...
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Thai Prime Minister Srettha is removed from office by a court order
Legal Compliance 08/11/2024A court in Thailand on Wednesday removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office over an ethical violation, further shaking up Thai politics after it ordered the dissolution of the main opposition party a week ago.The Constitutional Court ruled o...
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Americans are ‘getting whacked’ by too many laws and regulations, Gorsuch says
Legal Compliance 08/03/2024Ordinary Americans are “getting whacked” by too many laws and regulations, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch says in a new book that underscores his skepticism of federal agencies and the power they wield.“Too little law and we&rsq...
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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 ...