Recent Updates
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Supreme Court rebuffs plea to restore multibllliou-dollar student debt plan
Legal Compliance 08/31/2024The Supreme Court on Wednesday kept on hold the latest multibillion-dollar plan from the Biden administration that would have lowered payments for millions of borrowers, while lawsuits make their way through lower courts.The justices rejected an admi...
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Judge throws out machine gun possession charge, cites Second Amendment
Legal Compliance 08/29/2024A federal judge in Kansas has tossed out a machine gun possession charge and questioned if bans on the weapons violate the Second Amendment.If upheld on appeal, the ruling by U.S. District Judge John W. Broomes in Wichita could have a sweeping impact...
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Detroit judge sidelined for making sleepy teen wear jail clothes on court field trip
Legal Compliance 08/14/2024A Detroit judge who ordered a teenager into jail clothes and handcuffs on a field trip to his courtroom will be off the bench while undergoing “necessary training,” the court’s chief judge said Thursday.Meanwhile, the girl’s m...
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Thai Prime Minister Srettha is removed from office by a court order
Legal Compliance 08/11/2024A court in Thailand on Wednesday removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office over an ethical violation, further shaking up Thai politics after it ordered the dissolution of the main opposition party a week ago.The Constitutional Court ruled o...
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Americans are ‘getting whacked’ by too many laws and regulations, Gorsuch says
Legal Compliance 08/03/2024Ordinary Americans are “getting whacked” by too many laws and regulations, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch says in a new book that underscores his skepticism of federal agencies and the power they wield.“Too little law and we&rsq...
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Arkansas court orders state to count signatures collected by volunteers
Legal Compliance 07/28/2024The Arkansas Supreme Court on Tuesday night ordered the state to begin counting signatures submitted in favor of putting an abortion-rights measure on the ballot — but only ones collected by volunteers for the proposal’s campaign. The one...
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Supreme Court allows signatures of inactive voters to count on ballot petitions
Legal Compliance 07/23/2024Montana’s Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would allow the signatures of inactive voters to count on petitions seeking to qualify constitutional initiatives for the November ballot, including one to protect abortion rights.District Court Judge ...
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What to know about the Supreme Court immunity ruling
Legal Compliance 07/01/2024The Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case makes it all but certain that the Republican will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election.The Supreme Court did not d...
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Supreme Court Narrows Scope Of Public Corruption Law
Legal Compliance 06/25/2024The Supreme Court overturned the bribery conviction of a former Indiana mayor on Wednesday in an opinion that narrows the scope of public corruption law.The high court’s 6-3 opinion along ideological lines sided with James Snyder, who was convi...
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Court rejects settlement in water dispute between New Mexico and Texas
Legal Compliance 06/20/2024The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a settlement between Western states over the management of one of North America’s longest rivers.The 5-4 decision rebuffs an agreement that had come recommended by a federal judge overseeing the case over ho...
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Ex-Thailand PM Shinawatra indicted for defaming monarchy
Legal Compliance 06/19/2024Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was indicted and arraigned Tuesday on a charge of defaming the country’s monarchy in one of several court cases that have rattled Thai politics. He was granted bail.Thaksin is the unofficial power b...
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Justice Alito questions possibility of political compromise in secret recording
Legal Compliance 06/11/2024Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is heard questioning whether compromise between the left and right is possible in a conversation posted on social media. The conservative justice is also heard agreeing with a woman who says the United States should...