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Supreme Court hopeful had DWI charge in 2009
Featured Articles 10/20/2018A candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court pleaded guilty more than nine years ago to trespassing and driving while impaired.The Charlotte Observer reports Republican Chris Anglin was stopped by police in Greensboro in January 2009 and charged ...
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Court to hear case over ID of Texas execution drug supplier
Civil Rights 10/20/2018The Texas Supreme Court has reversed itself and granted the state's request to review a case dealing with the disclosure of an execution drug supplier that officials have fought for years to keep secret.The Texas Supreme Court on Friday approved the ...
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EU court orders Poland to reinstate Supreme Court judges
Legal Outlook 10/17/2018The European Union's top court ordered Poland on Friday to immediately stop applying a law that lowered the retirement age for Supreme Court judges, forcing some 20 off the bench.The interim injunction from the European Court of Justice also obliges ...
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Sessions criticizes court order on deposition in census case
Trial Coverage 10/14/2018Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday criticized a court order that allows for the questioning of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on how a citizenship question came to be added to the 2020 census.The court's actions, the attorney general said in a ...
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Supreme Court wrestles with case on detention of immigrants
Law Reviews 10/11/2018The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with a case about the government’s ability to detain certain immigrants after they’ve served sentences for committing crimes in the United States. Several justices expressed concerns with the governmen...
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Supreme Court won't hear case over California beach access
Legal Outlook 10/02/2018The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from a California billionaire who doesn't want to open a road on his property so that the public can access a beach.The justices said that they will not take up Vinod Khosla's appeal of a Californ...
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Court to explore competency claim of ailing Alabama inmate
Law Firm News 10/01/2018The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in the case of an inmate sentenced to death for killing an Alabama police officer in 1985 but who lawyers say can no longer remember the murder because of stroke-induced dementia.Justices will decide...
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Flake stokes presidential speculation as court debate rages
Recent Cases 09/28/2018The Republican senator who suddenly sits at the center of the explosive debate over President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick was set to address New Hampshire voters on Monday ahead of a possible run for president.Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake was schedu...
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The Latest: 6 countries seek criminal probe of Venezuela
Featured Articles 09/27/2018Six countries from the Americas say they are asking the International Criminal Court to investigate Venezuela's government for alleged crimes against humanity. It's the first time that member countries have referred another country to the Netherlands...
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Stand-ins to decide who sits on West Virginia Supreme Court
Civil Rights 09/25/2018A group of judicial stand-ins representing West Virginia's Supreme Court was hearing challenges Monday to GOP Gov. Jim Justice's appointments of two Republican politicians to replace two departed justices.Democrats have called the impeachments that i...
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Trump picks combat over caution in court fight
Civil Rights 09/22/2018White House aides and congressional allies worked all week to keep President Donald Trump from unloading on the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.But as Kavanaugh's nomination hung in the balance, Trump ...
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Missouri court lets redistricting initiative go to voters
Law Reviews 09/20/2018A Missouri appeals court panel cleared the way Friday for voters to decide a November ballot initiative that could shake up of the state Legislature by requiring districts to be drawn to achieve "partisan fairness" and imposing new lobbying limits.Th...