Recent Updates
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Court fight likely in 10-year-old girl’s homicide case
Court Watch 11/10/2018When a 10-year-old Wisconsin girl was charged with homicide this week in the death of an infant, it was a rare — but not unprecedented — case of adult charges being filed against someone so young.The girl told investigators she panicked a...
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Justice Beth Clement leading Supreme Court race
Court Watch 11/06/2018Michigan Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Clement is leading a six-candidate field for two seats on the state's highest court. Nearly 95 percent of votes have been counted. The top two finishers get black robes.Justice Kurtis Wilder and appellate lawy...
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Supreme Court cites security in change to Kavanaugh ceremony
Court Watch 11/03/2018The Supreme Court says new Justice Brett Kavanaugh won't take the traditional walk down the courthouse steps after his ceremonial installation on the court because of security concerns.Kavanaugh's investiture ceremony is scheduled for Thursday mornin...
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Attorney files challenge to eastern Iowa judge appointment
Court Watch 11/01/2018An Iowa attorney has filed documents in state court challenging the validity of Gov. Kim Reynolds’ appointment of an eastern Iowa judge.Lawyer Gary Dickey says Reynolds failed to appoint Judge Jason Besler within 30 days as required by the Iowa...
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Trump visit stirs debate; massacre defendant in court
Court Watch 10/31/2018The man charged in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre was brought into court in a wheelchair Monday, as some members of the Jewish community and others objected to President Donald Trump’s plans to visit, accusing him of contributing to a toxic ...
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Bomb suspect set for Florida court appearance
Court Watch 10/29/2018Bomb squads were called to a post office in Atlanta on Monday about a suspicious parcel, just hours before a court hearing for a Florida man accused of sending packages containing explosive material to prominent Democrats.The FBI did not identify to ...
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Virginia top court to hear 'unrestorably incompetent' case
Court Watch 10/22/2018More than 13 years after a 16-year-old girl was found raped and murdered, the case of the man whose DNA was found at the scene is heading to the Virginia Supreme Court.The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports 46-year-old Oswaldo Elias Martinez has never s...
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Arkansas Supreme Court disqualifies term limits proposal
Court Watch 10/15/2018The Arkansas Supreme Court on Friday ordered election officials to not count votes cast for a ballot measure that would have imposed the strictest term limits in the country on state legislators.In a 4-3 ruling disqualifying the proposed initiative, ...
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Top French court to rule on faulty breast implant scandal
Court Watch 10/09/2018France's top court is ruling Wednesday in a case that may require some 1,700 women around the world to pay back compensation they received over rupture-prone breast implants.The decision is the latest in a years-long legal drama that has potential im...
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US urges UN court to toss out Iranian case on frozen assets
Court Watch 10/08/2018The U.S. on Monday urged the United Nations' highest court to toss out a case filed by Iran that seeks to recover around $2 billion worth of frozen assets the U.S. Supreme Court awarded to victims of a 1983 bombing in Lebanon and other attacks linked...
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Kavanaugh to hear his 1st arguments as Supreme Court justice
Court Watch 10/07/2018A Supreme Court with a new conservative majority takes the bench as Brett Kavanaugh, narrowly confirmed after a bitter Senate battle, joins his new colleagues to hear his first arguments as a justice.Kavanaugh will emerge Tuesday morning from behind ...
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Trial set for 1 of 4 impeached W.Va. Supreme Court justices
Court Watch 09/30/2018The first West Virginia Supreme Court justice to go on trial in an impeachment scandal is looking forward to explaining her decisions since taking office.Justice Beth Walker's trial is set to start Monday in the state Senate. Senators are serving as ...