Recent Updates
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Attorney General MacDonald confirmed as supreme court chief
Criminal Law 01/22/2021Attorney General Gordon MacDonald was confirmed Friday as chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, 18 months after he was initially rejected for the position.Republicans won a 4-1 majority on the Executive Council in November, ousting Democr...
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High court weighs compensation for business restrictions
Criminal Law 01/13/2021The New Mexico Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments as it weighs whether the state must compensate businesses for losses due to temporary closures and other pandemic-related restrictions.Oral arguments were scheduled for Wednesday aftern...
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Appeals court vacates order delaying woman’s execution
Criminal Law 01/02/2021A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the only woman on federal death row to be executed before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.The ruling, handed down Friday by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Co...
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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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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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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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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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California justices toss death penalty for Scott Peterson
Criminal Law 08/23/2020Scott Peterson’s conviction for killing his pregnant wife will stand, but the California Supreme Court on Monday overturned his 2005 death sentence in a case that attracted worldwide attention. The justices cited “significant errors&rdquo...
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Simple math suggests complex back story at Supreme Court
Criminal Law 06/17/2020Organizers of a Michigan ballot drive to prohibit discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgender people said Monday they were evaluating whether to continue following a major victory in the U.S. Supreme Court.Fair and Equal Michigan launched the...
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Court ‘deeply troubled’ by woman’s jailing over unpaid fines
Criminal Law 02/15/2020Federal appeals court judges said they were “deeply troubled” that a Georgia municipal court jailed a woman when she couldn’t pay a fine for driving without insurance.A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals uph...
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Supreme Court to take up dispute over subpoenas
Criminal Law 12/14/2019The Supreme Court says it will hear President Donald Trump’s pleas to keep his tax, bank and financial records private. The high court is likely to issue final rulings in June, amid Trump's campaign for re-election.The justice...