Recent Updates
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Democrats believe abortion will motivate voters in 2024. Will it be enough?
Law Review 01/20/2024When Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said recently that he was “proud” to have a hand in overturning the abortion protections enshrined in Roe v. Wade, Democratic pollster Celinda Lake took it as a political gift, thinki...
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DEI opponents are using a 1866 Civil Rights law to challenge equity policies
Law Review 01/17/2024Opponents of workplace diversity programs are increasingly banking on a section of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to challenge equity policies as well as funding to minority-owned businesses.Section 1981 of the act was originally meant to protect forme...
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Fueled by border crossings, a record 3 million cases clog US immigration courts
Law Review 01/15/2024Eight months after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States, a couple in their 20s sat in an immigration court in Miami with their three young children. Through an interpreter, they asked a judge to give them more time to find an attorney to fi...
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NRA chief Wayne LaPierre announces resignation ahead of trial
Legal Compliance 01/08/2024The longtime head of the National Rifle Association said Friday he is resigning, just days before the start of a civil trial over allegations he treated himself to millions of dollars in private jet flights, yacht trips, African safaris and other ext...
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The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban
Legal Compliance 01/06/2024The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies, while a legal fight continues.The justices said they would hear arguments in April and put on hold a lower court ruling that had blocked the Id...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court orders new legislative maps in redistricting case
Legal Compliance 12/24/2023The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned Republican-drawn legislative maps on Friday and ordered that new district boundary lines be drawn as Democrats had urged in a redistricting case they hope will weaken GOP majorities.The ruling...
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Prince Harry wins phone hacking lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers
National Legal News 12/19/2023Prince Harry’s phone was hacked by journalists and private investigators working for the Daily Mirror who invaded his privacy by snooping on him unlawfully, a judge ruled Friday, delivering an historic victory for the estranged royal who broke ...
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Georgia Supreme Court ruling prevents GOP-backed commission
Legal Compliance 12/01/2023Georgia’s state Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to approve rules for a new commission to discipline and remove state prosecutors, meaning the commission can’t begin operating.Some Republicans in Georgia want the new commission to disci...
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New Mexico Supreme Court upholds Democratic-drawn congressional map
Legal Compliance 11/28/2023The New Mexico Supreme Court upheld a Democratic-drawn congressional map that divvied up a conservative, oil-producing region and reshaped a swing district along the U.S. border with Mexico, in an order published Monday.All five justices signed a sho...
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Georgia Supreme Court ruling prevents GOP-backed commission
Law Review 11/25/2023Georgia’s state Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to approve rules for a new commission to discipline and remove state prosecutors, meaning the commission can’t begin operating.Some Republicans in Georgia want the new commission to disci...
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Trump celebrates win in Colorado election case during return visit to Iowa
Legal Compliance 11/20/2023Former President Donald Trump celebrated a win in a closely watched election case during a return visit to Iowa Saturday, where he blasted his political foes and encouraged his supporters to not move past their grievances with President Joe Biden.A C...
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Russian court fines Google for failing to store personal data on its users
National Legal News 11/17/2023A Moscow court on Tuesday fined Google for failing to store personal data on its Russian users, the latest in a series of fines on the U.S. tech giant amid tensions between the Kremlin and the West over the fighting in Ukraine.A magistrate at Moscow&...