Recent Updates
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Court rules for officer in Oklahoma teen’s death lawsuit
Legal Compliance 09/19/2022An appeals court ruling could mean the end of a federal lawsuit filed by the parents of a Black teenager who was naked and unarmed when he was shot and killed by suburban Oklahoma City police in 2019.Police said 17-year-old Isaiah Lewis was naked whe...
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North Dakota man loses appeal in a New Mexico poaching case
Law Review 09/16/2022The New Mexico Supreme Court has upheld an appeals court’s judgment that ordered a man to pay $74,000 restitution to the state Game and Fish Department for poaching a trophy mule deer buck in December 2015. The restitution included $20,000 for ...
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Justice Kagan cautions Supreme Court can forfeit legitimacy
U.S. Court Watch 09/12/2022Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on Monday cautioned that courts look political and forfeit legitimacy when they needlessly overturn precedent and decide more than they have to.Speaking less than three months after a five-justice conservative majori...
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Abortion floor debate splits South Carolina Republicans
Law Review 09/07/2022South Carolina’s Senate debate on an abortion ban that would no longer include exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest started Wednesday with the chamber’s three Republican women taking a stand against a bill they said doesn&r...
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Mexico debates its no-bail policy for nonviolent suspects
Law Review 09/06/2022In Mexico, a long list of nonviolent crimes — such as home burglary and freight and fuel theft — bring automatic pretrial detention, with no bail or house arrest allowed.Mexico’s Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on that &ldquo...
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Court okays grand jury probe in school sex assaults
Law Review 09/02/2022An attempt by the Loudoun County School Board to shut down a grand jury investigating the school system’s handling of two sexual assaults was rejected Friday by the Supreme Court of Virginia.The high court upheld a ruling in July by a circuit c...
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Democrats: Abortion rulings may be ‘a blessing in disguise’
Legal Compliance 08/28/2022Democratic candidates have decried North Carolina’s newly reinstated abortion restrictions after a federal judge allowed a state law banning nearly all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy to go into effect.But some North Carolina Democrats sa...
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Court puts on hold Graham’s testimony in Ga. election probe
National Legal News 08/21/2022A federal appeals court on Sunday agreed to temporarily put on hold a lower court’s order requiring that U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating possible illegal efforts to overturn then-President...
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Graham appeals order to testify in Georgia election probe
U.S. Court Watch 08/18/2022U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has formally appealed a judge’s order requiring him to testify before a special grand jury investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally sought to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia....
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Breyer, Gorsuch join to promote education about Constitution
Legal Compliance 08/12/2022Recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has become the honorary co-chairman of a nonpartisan group devoted to education about the Constitution, joining Justice Neil Gorsuch at a time of intense political polarization and rising skeptici...
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Probation for woman who wiped up blood after killing spouse
Legal Compliance 08/05/2022A Florida woman who was acquitted of murdering her husband, a prominent official at the University of Central Florida, was sentenced Friday to a year of probation for tampering with evidence.A judge sentenced Danielle Redlick in state court in Orland...
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Ex-cop Kueng gets 3 years for violating Floyd’s rights
U.S. Court Watch 07/27/2022Former Minneapolis police Officer J. Alexander Kueng was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to three years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights during the May 2020 killing.Kueng’s co-defendant Tou Thao was scheduled to be...