Recent Updates
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Longtime Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Abrahamson dies
Political and Legal 12/20/2020Shirley Abrahamson, the longest-serving Wisconsin Supreme Court justice in state history and the first woman to serve on the high court, has died. She was 87. Abrahamson, who also served as chief justice for a record 19 years, died Saturday after bei...
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Justices rule Muslim men can sue FBI agents over no-fly list
Criminal Law 12/11/2020A unanimous Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Muslim men who were placed on the government’s no-fly list because they refused to serve as FBI informants can seek to hold federal agents financially liable.The justices continued a string of de...
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High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden’s Pennsylvania win
Bankruptcy Law 12/09/2020The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republicans’ last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania’s certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the electoral battleground.The court without comment refused to call into question th...
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Judge Calls Trump Request in Wisconsin Lawsuit 'Bizarre'
Consumer Rights 12/04/2020A judge hearing President Donald Trump's federal lawsuit seeking to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's win in Wisconsin said Friday that the president's request to “remand” the case to the GOP-controlled Legislature to pick new electors was &l...
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Cosby’s sex assault conviction goes before high-level court
Criminal Law 12/01/2020Pennsylvania’s highest court questioned Tuesday whether Bill Cosby’s alleged history of intoxicating and sexually assaulting young women amounted to a signature crime pattern, given studies that show as many as half of all sexual assaults...
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Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump's census plan
Court Watch 11/30/2020The Supreme Court sounded skeptical Monday that President Donald Trump could categorically exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to allot seats among the states in the House of Representatives.But it also appea...
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Appeals court rejects Trump challenge of Pennsylvania race
Family Law 11/27/2020President Donald Trump’s legal team suffered yet another defeat in court Friday as a federal appeals court in Philadelphia roundly rejected the campaign’s latest effort to challenge the state’s election results. Trump’s lawyer...
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Judge halts further vote certification; Gov. Wolf appeals
Criminal Law 11/25/2020A Pennsylvania appeals court judge ordered state officials on Wednesday to halt any further steps toward certifying election results, a day after Gov. Tom Wolf said he had certified Democrat Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election in Pen...
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Biden win over Trump in Nevada made official by court
Criminal Law 11/24/2020The Nevada Supreme Court made Joe Biden’s win in the state official on Tuesday, approving the state's final canvass of the Nov. 3 election. The unanimous action by the seven nonpartisan justices sends to Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak results th...
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Tory Lanez pleads not guilty in Megan Thee Stallion shooting
Family Law 11/20/2020Rapper Tory Lanez pleaded not guilty through his attorney Wednesday to felony assault charges in the July shooting of hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion. Lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley entered the plea in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom to counts of assa...
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Giuliani shows at Trump camp lawsuit hearing in Pennsylvania
Political and Legal 11/19/2020A hearing on the Trump campaign’s federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Pennsylvania officials from certifying the vote results was set to begin Tuesday after a judge denied the campaign’s new lawyer’s request for a delay.Rudy Giuliani...
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Republicans face court setbacks, Trump law firm steps down
Family Law 11/14/2020Republicans suffered setbacks to court challenges over the presidential election in three battleground states on Friday while a law firm that came under fire for its work for President Donald Trump’s campaign withdrew from a major Pennsylvania ...