Recent Updates
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Pennsylvania high court rejects lawsuit challenging election
Civil Rights 11/29/2020Pennsylvania’s highest court on Saturday night threw out a lower court’s order preventing the state from certifying dozens of contests on its Nov. 3 election ballot in the latest lawsuit filed by Republicans attempting to thwart President...
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Giuliani shows at Trump camp lawsuit hearing in Pennsylvania
Civil Rights 11/20/2020A 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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Supreme Court changes fuel moves to protect abortion access
Civil Rights 11/01/2020A vast swath of West Texas has been without an abortion clinic for more than six years. Planned Parenthood plans to change that with a health center it opened recently in Lubbock. It’s a vivid example of how abortion-rights groups are str...
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Senate Judiciary sets vote on Barrett, Dems decry ‘sham’
Civil Rights 10/15/2020The Senate Judiciary Committee set Oct. 22 for its vote to advance Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court on Thursday as Democrats threw pointed objections but were unable to stop the Republicans’ drive to confirm President Donald Trump&...
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GOP’s Supreme Court push may box in Cory Gardner
Civil Rights 10/10/2020Six years ago, Colorado Democrats failed to convince enough voters to reject Cory Gardner’s bid for the U.S. Senate. Their warnings that the Republican could, someday, be the confirming vote for a Supreme Court justice who could overturn Roe v....
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Slovakia court set to give verdict in reporter's slaying
Civil Rights 09/03/2020A court in Slovakia is expected to issue a verdict Thursday in the slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee, a crime that shocked the country and led a government to fall.The state prosecution has requested 25-year prison terms for thr...
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9th Circuit ends California ban on high-capacity magazines
Civil Rights 08/15/2020A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday threw out California’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines, saying the law violates the U.S. Constitution’s protection of the right to bear firearms.“Even ...
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Appeals court sides with teen who spoke out against assault
Civil Rights 08/08/2020A federal appeals court has ruled that a lower court was justified in blocking the suspension of a Maine high school student who posted a note in a bathroom to draw attention to sexual assault.Cape Elizabeth schools suspended Aela Mansmann, then a 15...
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Ohio Supreme Court to hear armed school staff training case
Civil Rights 08/05/2020The Ohio Supreme Court will hear a school district's appeal of a ruling that they must provide police-level training to employees carrying concealed weapons.Madison Local Schools voted to allow armed school employees after a 2016 shooting in which tw...
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Given a chance, Trump would push court pick before election
Civil Rights 07/19/2020President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have tried to make it clear: Given the chance, they would push through a Supreme Court nominee should a vacancy occur before Election Day.The issue has taken on new immediacy with the ...
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No peeking, voters: Court keeps Trump taxes private for now
Civil Rights 07/12/2020Rejecting President Donald Trump’s complaints that he’s being harassed, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of a New York prosecutor’s demands for the billionaire president’s tax records. But in good political news for T...
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New Mexico high court rules on privacy for banking records
Civil Rights 06/20/2020Prosecutors can obtain a person’s banking records using a warrantless grand jury subpoena without violating the individual’s right to privacy under New Mexico’s Constitution, the state Supreme Court has ruled.In a unanimous decision...