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Court’s Conservatives Seem to Back Trump on Immigration
Civil Rights 11/13/2019The Supreme Court’s conservative majority seems prepared to allow the Trump administration to end a program that allows some immigrants to work legally in the United States and protects them from deportation.There did not appear to be any suppo...
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Supreme Court lets Sandy Hook shooting lawsuit go forward
National News 11/10/2019The Supreme Court said Tuesday that a survivor and relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting can pursue their lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 26 people.The justices rejected an appeal from Remington Arms, w...
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Supreme Court considering whether Trump must open tax returns
Civil Rights 11/06/2019California’s Supreme Court is considering Wednesday whether President Donald Trump must disclose his tax returns if he wants to be a candidate in the state’s primary election next spring.The high court is hearing arguments even though a f...
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Woman accused of disorderly conduct outside Maricopa court
Legal Events 11/03/2019Authorities say a woman has been arrested for disorderly conduct after creating a messy situation in the courthouse parking lot in the town of Maricopa.Police say Tally Leto allegedly poured alcohol into the vehicle of a court client, let the air out...
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Georgia Supreme Court overturns 2015 murder conviction
Featured Articles 11/01/2019Georgia's Supreme Court has overturned the murder convictions of a man found guilty of intentionally running over a woman with his car.The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the court reversed 28-year-old Dewey Calhoun Green's 2015 malice and felon...
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French court postpones ruling on cement firm Lafarge case
Legal Events 10/25/2019A French court has postponed until Nov. 7 a decision on whether to uphold preliminary charges against French cement manufacturer Lafarge, including "complicity in crimes against humanity."The decision comes as the Paris appeal court on Thursday ruled...
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Samsung heir Lee appears in court for corruption retrial
Civil Rights 10/25/2019Billionaire Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong appeared in court Friday for a retrial on corruption allegations linked to a 2016 scandal that spurred massive street protests and sent South Korea's then-president to prison. "I feel deeply sorry for worr...
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A 1946 mob lynching puts court focus on grand jury secrecy
Legal Events 10/20/2019A historian’s quest for the truth about a gruesome mob lynching of two black couples is prompting a U.S. appeals court to consider whether federal judges can order grand jury records unsealed in decades-old cases with historical significance.Th...
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange loses bid to delay hearing
Legal Events 10/18/2019WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in a U.K. court Monday to fight extradition to the United States on espionage charges, and he lost a bid to delay proceedings so that his legal team would have more time to prepare his case.Assange defiantly ...
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In or out? Court case on job bias casts pall on LGBT fests
National News 10/13/2019National Coming Out Day festivities were tempered this year by anxiety that some LGBT folk may have to go back into the closet so they can make a living, depending on what the Supreme Court decides about workplace discrimination law.But the mere fact...
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Court denies attempt led by Ohio to stop opioid trial
Civil Rights 10/10/2019A federal appeals court has denied an effort led by Ohio's attorney general to stop a bellwether trial over the opioid crisis from starting this month in Cleveland.The 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that Ohio didn't object when laws...
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Supreme Court to begin new term: About the top cases
Civil Rights 10/07/2019The biggest cases before the Supreme Court are often the last ones to be decided, and the focus on the court will be especially intense in June, just a few months before the 2020 election.President Donald Trump first announced his intention in 2017 t...