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  • Census Bureau must temporarily halt winding down operations

    Census Bureau must temporarily halt winding down operations

    Legal Compliance 09/06/2020

    The U.S. Census Bureau for now must stop following a plan that would have it winding down operations in order to finish the 2020 census at the end of September, according to a federal judge's order.U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California...

  • Alaska Supreme Court rules bonding plan is unconstitutional

    Alaska Supreme Court rules bonding plan is unconstitutional

    Law Review 09/04/2020

    The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday rejected as unconstitutional former Gov. Bill Walker’s proposal to use bonding to pay Alaska’s oil and gas tax credit obligations. The court, in a written ruling, said the plan, which was approved by the...

  • 1st Black woman confirmed to be justice on NJ high court

    1st Black woman confirmed to be justice on NJ high court

    U.S. Court Watch 08/28/2020

    The nomination of the first Black woman to sit on New Jersey’s Supreme Court was confirmed Thursday by the state Senate.Fabiana Pierre-Louis, a 39-year-old attorney in private practice and a former federal prosecutor, was nominated by Democrati...

  • Court halts police subpoena for media’s protest images

    Court halts police subpoena for media’s protest images

    Law Review 08/21/2020

    Less than 24 hours before a court order would have required five Seattle media companies to turn over unpublished protest photos and videos to police, the state Supreme Court has granted them a temporary respite. A Washington state Supreme Court comm...

  • Int'l court: Hezbollah member guilty in Lebanon ex-PM death

    Int'l court: Hezbollah member guilty in Lebanon ex-PM death

    Legal Compliance 08/18/2020

    A U.N.-backed tribunal on Tuesday convicted one member of the Hezbollah militant group and acquitted three others of involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.The Special Tribunal for Lebanon said Salim Ayya...

  • Court record in Colombia reveals Uribe's mounting legal bind

    Court record in Colombia reveals Uribe's mounting legal bind

    Legal Compliance 08/10/2020

    The frantic voice message to an inmate in Colombia’s notorious La Picota prison came days before powerful former President Alvaro Uribe was up against a court deadline to submit witness testimony in a potentially damaging case against him.&ldqu...

  • Appeals court sides with teen who spoke out against assault

    Appeals court sides with teen who spoke out against assault

    Legal Compliance 08/08/2020

    A 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...

  • Court upholds health order fines for New Mexico businesses

    Court upholds health order fines for New Mexico businesses

    U.S. Court Watch 08/05/2020

    The New Mexico Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously upheld the governor’s authority to fine businesses up to $5,000 a day for violating state emergency health orders aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19.The court heard arguments from a group...

  • Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence

    Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence

    U.S. Court Watch 08/01/2020

    A federal appeals court Friday threw out Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, saying the judge who oversaw the case did not adequately screen jurors for potential biases.A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Cir...

  • Malaysian ex-PM Najib arrives in court for graft verdict

    Malaysian ex-PM Najib arrives in court for graft verdict

    Legal Compliance 07/28/2020

    Ex-Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arrived at court Tuesday for a verdict in the first of several corruption trials linked to the multibillion-dollar looting of the 1MDB state investment fund.The outcome is widely seen as a test of the rule of l...

  • Oklahoma high court: Governor overstepped with tribal deal

    Oklahoma high court: Governor overstepped with tribal deal

    National Legal News 07/23/2020

    Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt overstepped his authority when he reached a casino gambling agreement with two Native American tribes, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.In a 7-1 decision, the high court determined the compacts Stitt signed with the Com...

  • Given a chance, Trump would push court pick before election

    Given a chance, Trump would push court pick before election

    Legal Compliance 07/19/2020

    President 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 ...