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Senator asks court to declare Duterte arrest order illegal
Law Review 09/06/2018A Philippine senator who has taken refuge in the Senate to avoid an arrest order by President Rodrigo Duterte asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to declare the order illegal and called on the military to defy it.Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, Duterte's ...
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California high court rules for immigrant kids in visa fight
Law Review 08/15/2018The California Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for some immigrant children who are abused or abandoned by a parent to seek a U.S. visa to avoid deportation in a ruling that advocates said would help thousands of children.State judges cannot ...
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N Carolina Supreme Court race lawsuit returning to court
Law Review 08/11/2018A North Carolina Supreme Court candidate's lawsuit against Republican legislators over a law preventing him from having his party listed on November ballots is returning to court.A judge scheduled a Wake County hearing Monday to consider requests by ...
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Filing period opens for West Virginia Supreme Court seat
Law Review 08/05/2018The filing period has begun for a special election for the West Virginia Supreme Court.The filing period for the unexpired seat of former Justice Menis Ketchum started Monday and runs through Aug. 21. The special election will be held concurrently wi...
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Chicago releases plan for court-monitored police reform
Law Review 07/28/2018Chicago and state officials released a plan Friday to carry out far-reaching police reforms under federal court supervision more than a year after a U.S. Justice Department investigation found a longstanding history of civil rights violations by the ...
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Top court: Social media posts violate no-contact order
Law Review 07/24/2018Social media posts can represent a violation of a protection order, the state's highest court ruled on Tuesday, affirming the conviction of a man who made threats on Facebook.The Maine Supreme Judicial Court rejected Richard Heffron III's arguments t...
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Rock icon Cliff Richard wins UK High Court privacy case
Law Review 07/19/2018British rock icon Cliff Richard has won his privacy case against the BBC for its coverage of a police raid at his home and has been awarded more than 200,000 ($260,000) in damages.Richard had sued the broadcaster for its coverage of the 2014 raid, wh...
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Court: Drug users can be jailed for relapsing on probation
Law Review 07/15/2018In a case that has attracted national attention, Massachusetts' highest court ruled Monday that judges in the state have the authority to order people to remain drug free as a condition of probation and under some circumstances order a defendant jail...
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Conservatives close in on dream: Tipping court right
Law Review 07/13/2018President Donald Trump’s selection of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as a new Supreme Court nominee last Monday culminates a three-decade project unparalleled in American history to install a reliable conservative majority on the nation’s highest ...
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Demonstrators force Fox crew from Supreme Court broadcast
Law Review 07/10/2018Fox News' Shannon Bream said the network had to move a planned live broadcast indoors after she and her crew felt threatened by demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday following President Donald Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh.Pe...
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Schumer rallies opposition to Trump anti-abortion court pick
Law Review 07/02/2018The Senate's top Democrat tried Monday to rally public opposition to any Supreme Court pick by President Donald Trump who'd oppose abortion rights, issuing a striking campaign season call to action for voters to prevent such a nominee by putting "pre...
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Trump admin. asks high court to halt sanctuary cities ruling
Law Review 06/19/2018The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to largely implement a policy of withholding public safety grants from "sanctuary cities" that refuse to cooperate with President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement policies.The Tru...