Recent Updates
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Trump choosing white men as judges, highest rate in decades
Legal Business 11/12/2017President Donald Trump is nominating white men to America's federal courts at a rate not seen in nearly 30 years, threatening to reverse a slow transformation toward a judiciary that reflects the nation's diversity.So far, 91 percent of Trump's nomin...
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Court asked to decide whether to limit electronics searches
Legal Business 10/26/2017A federal appeals court is being asked to decide whether government agents can search cell phones and laptops at airports without a search warrant.The American Civil Liberties Union argues that warrantless searches of personal information on electron...
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Washington Supreme Court to hear education funding case
Legal Business 10/23/2017The Washington state Supreme Court is set to hear argument on whether the state has met its constitutional requirement to fully fund K-12 education.Tuesday morning's hearing is on whether the state should still be held in contempt for lack of progres...
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Military parts dealer guilty in plot to steal Army equipment
Legal Business 09/05/2017A military equipment dealer was convicted Thursday of scheming with soldiers at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to steal sensitive material for sale to buyers in Russia, China and Mexico.John Roberts, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was found guilty of conspirac...
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Not guilty pleas entered in Lake Coeur d'Alene boat crash
Legal Business 09/04/2017A former Spokane advertising executive has pleaded not guilty to charges related to a boat crash on Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, that killed three people last year.The Spokesman-Review reports that Dennis Magner entered his pleas Friday to charges of i...
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Court complicates Trump's threat to cut 'Obamacare' funds
Legal Business 08/23/2017President Donald Trump's bold threat to push "Obamacare" into collapse may get harder to carry out after a new court ruling.The procedural decision late Tuesday by a federal appeals panel in Washington has implications for millions of consumers. The ...
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Open records policy set for administrative court records
Legal Business 08/23/2017Kentucky's Supreme Court justices have approved an open records policy to guide how the public accesses administrative records in the state court system.State officials say the first open records policy for the Administrative Office of the Courts tak...
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Court Rules 2 Texas Congressional Districts Unconstitutional
Legal Business 08/23/2017A federal court nullified two of Texas’ 36 congressional districts Tuesday, unanimously ruling that they were drawn with the intent to weaken minority voting power in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution. Hispani...
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Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor to speak in Tuscaloosa
Legal Business 08/23/2017U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor will speak at the University of Alabama law school next month.Sotomayor will participate in a discussion with dean Mark Brandon and U.S. District Judge Harold Albritton III on Sept. 12. Brandon say...
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Court: Indiana layoffs of older workers not discrimination
Legal Business 08/20/2017A federal appeals court has ruled against 20 former Lake County employees who claimed their layoffs were driven by age discrimination.The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled Wednesday that the plaintiffs, many of whom are now in their 7...
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EU closer to sanctions on Poland over changes in judiciary
Legal Business 08/15/2017The European Union is coming closer to imposing sanctions on Poland for the government's attempt to take control over the judiciary, a senior official warned Wednesday, but he said the bloc was still open to dialogue.European Commission Vice Presiden...
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Kansas faces skeptical state Supreme Court on school funding
Legal Business 08/10/2017Attorneys for Kansas will try to convince an often skeptical state Supreme Court on Tuesday that the funding increase legislators approved for public schools this year is enough to provide a suitable education for kids statewide.The high court is hea...