Recent Updates
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Court sides with Trump in ‘sanctuary cities’ grant fight
Family Law 02/26/2020The Trump administration can withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement grants to force states to cooperate with U.S. immigration enforcement, a federal appeals court in New York ruled Wednesday in a decision that conflicted with three other fed...
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Colorado baker who sparked Supreme Court case has book deal
Family Law 01/29/2020The Colorado baker whose refusal to design a wedding cake for a gay couple led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling and made him a conservative hero now has a book deal.Jack Phillips' memoir, currently untitled, will be released this summer by Salem Bo...
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High court to consider state role in prosecuting immigrants
Family Law 10/15/2019Donaldo Morales caught a break when federal prosecutors declined to charge him after he was arrested for using a fake Social Security card so he could work at a Kansas restaurant. But the break was short-lived. Kansas authorities stepped in and obtai...
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Analysis: Louisiana figures in 2 major Supreme Court cases
Family Law 10/11/2019Among cases on the U.S. Supreme Court docket for the term that began this month, two Louisiana cases stand out — one because of its implications for criminal justice in the state, the other because of what it portends for abortion rights and ac...
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Brazil's supreme court votes to make homophobia a crime
Family Law 05/23/2019A majority in Brazil's supreme court has voted to make homophobia and transphobia crimes like racism, a decision coming amid fears the country's far-right president will roll back LGBT social gains.Six of the Supreme Federal Tribunal's 11 judges have...
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High court declines to take Pennsylvania rap artist’s case
Family Law 04/13/2019The Supreme Court is declining to take the case of a Pennsylvania rapper who was convicted of threatening police officers in one of his songs.The high court declined on Monday to take the case of Jamal Knox, known as Mayhem Mal. In 2012, he and rappe...
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Dakota Access developer sues Greenpeace in state court
Family Law 02/22/2019The developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline is going after the environmental group Greenpeace in state court in North Dakota, after a judge tossed the company's $1 billion racketeering claim out of federal court.Texas-based Energy Transfer Partne...
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Donald Trump Jr., wife due in court for divorce hearing
Family Law 07/27/2018Donald Trump Jr. and his estranged wife Vanessa are expected to appear before a judge in New York City for a hearing in their divorce case.They're due in state Supreme Court in Manhattan on Thursday. Vanessa Trump filed for divorce in March. Afterwar...
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Supreme Court could limit police in digital-age privacy case
Family Law 01/03/2018The Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it could impose limits on the government's ability to track Americans' movements through collection of their cellphone information.The justices heard 80 minutes of arguments in a case at the intersection of privac...
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NC appeals court restores man's lawsuit against wife's lover
Family Law 09/08/2017A jilted husband's lawsuit against a doctor accused of stealing his wife's love can proceed after a North Carolina appeals court ruled Tuesday that the husband can continue suing the spouse's lover, seeking damages.The state Court of Appeals decision...
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India's top court: Instant divorce among Muslims unlawful
Family Law 08/23/2017India's Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down the Muslim practice that allows men to instantly divorce their wives as unconstitutional.The bench, comprising five senior judges of different faiths, deliberated for three months before issuing its order ...
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NJ Supreme Court Reverses Decades-Old Divorce Law
Family Law 08/23/2017The New Jersey Supreme Court has reversed a decades-old law in a landmark decision that makes the child the focus of divorce relocation proceedings.The law centers on divorced parents who want to leave New Jersey with the child against the other pare...