Recent Updates
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Republicans pitch keeping Court of Appeals at 15 judges
Law Review 02/16/2019North Carolina Republican legislators now want to give up on the law they approved two years ago that reduces the number of Court of Appeals judges from 15 to 12 as retirements and other vacancies arise.A state Senate judiciary committee Tuesday reco...
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Court upholds order to unseal records in brazen lynching
Law Review 02/09/2019A historian who has spent years looking into the unsolved lynching of two black couples in rural Georgia more than 70 years ago hopes some answers may finally be within his grasp.A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a lower court ruling to unseal...
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State high court to weigh appeal based on impulsivity issue
National Legal News 02/07/2019The Arizona Supreme Court will consider if judges can allow evidence on whether defendants have brain damage making it more than likely a crime was committed impulsively rather than with premeditation.The court agreed Tuesday to consider the appeal o...
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Ginsburg makes 1st public appearance since cancer surgery
Legal Compliance 02/05/2019Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is making her first public appearance since undergoing lung cancer surgery in December.The 85-year-old Ginsburg is attending a concert at a museum a few blocks from the White House that is being given by her ...
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Pakistan court to review acquittal in blasphemy trial
Legal Compliance 01/28/2019The lawyer of a Pakistani Christian woman who spent eight years on death row for charges of blasphemy vowed to secure her freedom when the country's Supreme Court meets Tuesday to reconsider an acquittal announced last year.Aasia Bibi was released fr...
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Europe court orders Italy to pay damages to Amanda Knox
Law Review 01/24/2019Europe's human rights court on Thursday ordered Italy to pay Amanda Knox financial damages for police failure to provide legal assistance and an independent interpreter during a long night of questioning following the Nov. 1, 2007 murder of her Briti...
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High court lets military implement transgender restrictions
U.S. Court Watch 01/22/2019The Trump administration can go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender men and women while court challenges continue, the Supreme Court said Tuesday. The high court split 5-4 in allowing the plan to take effect, with the...
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No-cost birth control, now the norm, faces court challenges
Legal Compliance 01/16/2019Millions of American women are receiving birth control at no cost to them through workplace health plans, the result of the Obama-era Affordable Care Act, which expanded access to contraception.The Trump administration sought to allow more employers ...
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Kansas abortion foes brace for state Supreme Court decision
National Legal News 01/10/2019Abortion opponents in Kansas have been bracing themselves for nearly two years for a ruling from the state's highest court that protects the right to have an abortion and potentially upends politics in a state long at the center of the national debat...
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North Carolina Supreme Court throws 200th anniversary party
U.S. Court Watch 01/07/2019North Carolina's highest court is holding a "legal party" to observe the anniversary of its first meeting 200 years ago this month.The state Supreme Court scheduled a special session Monday in its downtown Raleigh courtroom to celebrate the court's b...
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Court orders mediation in Maryland desegregation case
Law Review 01/05/2019A federal appeals court has ordered a fourth attempt at mediation in a long-running dispute over the state of Maryland’s treatment of its historically black colleges.The black colleges say the state has underfunded them while developing program...
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GOP candidate asks North Carolina court to declare he won
Legal Compliance 01/04/2019The Republican in the nation's last undecided congressional race asked a North Carolina court Thursday to require that he be declared the winner because the now-defunct state elections board didn't act.A lawsuit by GOP candidate Mark Harris claims th...