Recent Updates
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Supreme Court pick Barrett draws on faith, family for Senate
Family Law 10/12/2020Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett vows to be a justice “fearless of criticism” as the split Senate charges ahead with confirmation hearings on President Donald Trump’s pick to cement a conservative court majority before ...
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High court nominee served as ‘handmaid’ in religious group
Criminal Law 10/07/2020Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served as a “handmaid,” the term then used for high-ranking female leaders in the People of Praise religious community, an old directory for the group’s members shows.Barrett has thus far refu...
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Virus spreads on panel handling Supreme Court nomination
Personal Injury 10/03/2020Two Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have tested positive for the coronavirus, raising questions about the timing of Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett and whether additional senators may have been exp...
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Supreme Court to review Arizona ‘ballot harvesting’ law
Court Watch 10/01/2020The Supreme Court said Friday it will review a 2016 Arizona law that bars anyone but a family member or caregiver from returning another person’s early ballot. The law itself, however, remains in effect through the presidential election and unt...
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Appellate court halts Wisconsin ballot-counting extension
Bankruptcy Law 09/28/2020A federal appeals court on Sunday temporarily halted a six-day extension for counting absentee ballots in Wisconsin’s presidential election, a momentary victory for Republicans and President Donald Trump in the key presidential battleground sta...
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Ginsburg makes history at Capitol amid replacement turmoil
U.S. Supreme Court 09/25/2020Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lay in state Friday at the U.S. Capitol as the first woman ever so honored, making history again as she had throughout her extraordinary life while an intensifying election-year battle swirled over her ...
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Lawyer: Case of Black inmate set to die reveals racial bias
Court Watch 09/23/2020The lawyer for the first Black inmate scheduled to die this year as part of the Trump administration’s resumption of federal executions says race played a central role in landing her client on death row for slaying a young white Iowa couple and...
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Cuban-American judge from Florida on Trump high court list
Political and Legal 09/21/2020A daughter of Cuban exiles who has had a swift rise as a lawyer and judge is on President Donald Trump’s short list to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court.The president said Monday that he does not personally know Barbara Lago...
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High court front-runner hailed by right, feared by left
Court Watch 09/20/2020A front-runner to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a federal appellate judge who has established herself as a reliable conservative on hot-button legal issues from abortion to gun control.Amy Coney Ba...
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Israel court says woman can be extradited in child sex case
International 09/19/2020An Israeli court on Monday approved the extradition of a former teacher wanted in Australia on charges of child sex abuse, potentially paving the way for her to stand trial after a six-year legal battle.Malka Leifer, a former educator who is accused ...
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'Hotel Rwanda' hero charged with terrorism in Rwanda court
Political and Legal 09/17/2020A Rwandan court on Monday charged Paul Rusesabagina, whose story inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda,” with terrorism, complicity in murder, and forming an armed rebel group.Rusesabagina declined to respond to all 13 charges, saying some did ...
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Court: Trump can end temporary legal status for 4 countries
Corporate Governance 09/15/2020The Trump administration can end humanitarian protections that have allowed hundreds of thousands of people from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan to remain in the United States, a divided appeals court ruled Monday.While an appeal is imminent ...