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  • Trump choosing white men as judges, highest rate in decades

    Trump choosing white men as judges, highest rate in decades

    Legal Business 11/12/2017

    President Donald Trump is nominating white men to America's federal courts at a rate not seen in nearly 30 years, threatening to reverse a slow transformation toward a judiciary that reflects the nation's diversity.So far, 91 percent of Trump's nomin...

  • Court asked to decide whether to limit electronics searches

    Court asked to decide whether to limit electronics searches

    Legal Business 10/26/2017

    A federal appeals court is being asked to decide whether government agents can search cell phones and laptops at airports without a search warrant.The American Civil Liberties Union argues that warrantless searches of personal information on electron...

  • Washington Supreme Court to hear education funding case

    Washington Supreme Court to hear education funding case

    Legal Business 10/23/2017

    The Washington state Supreme Court is set to hear argument on whether the state has met its constitutional requirement to fully fund K-12 education.Tuesday morning's hearing is on whether the state should still be held in contempt for lack of progres...

  • Military parts dealer guilty in plot to steal Army equipment

    Military parts dealer guilty in plot to steal Army equipment

    Legal Business 09/05/2017

    A military equipment dealer was convicted Thursday of scheming with soldiers at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to steal sensitive material for sale to buyers in Russia, China and Mexico.John Roberts, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was found guilty of conspirac...

  • Not guilty pleas entered in Lake Coeur d'Alene boat crash

    Not guilty pleas entered in Lake Coeur d'Alene boat crash

    Legal Business 09/04/2017

    A former Spokane advertising executive has pleaded not guilty to charges related to a boat crash on Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, that killed three people last year.The Spokesman-Review reports that Dennis Magner entered his pleas Friday to charges of i...

  • Court complicates Trump's threat to cut 'Obamacare' funds

    Court complicates Trump's threat to cut 'Obamacare' funds

    Legal Business 08/23/2017

    President Donald Trump's bold threat to push "Obamacare" into collapse may get harder to carry out after a new court ruling.The procedural decision late Tuesday by a federal appeals panel in Washington has implications for millions of consumers. The ...

  • Open records policy set for administrative court records

    Open records policy set for administrative court records

    Legal Business 08/23/2017

    Kentucky's Supreme Court justices have approved an open records policy to guide how the public accesses administrative records in the state court system.State officials say the first open records policy for the Administrative Office of the Courts tak...

  • Court Rules 2 Texas Congressional Districts Unconstitutional

    Court Rules 2 Texas Congressional Districts Unconstitutional

    Legal Business 08/23/2017

    A federal court nullified two of Texas’ 36 congressional districts Tuesday, unanimously ruling that they were drawn with the intent to weaken minority voting power in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution. Hispani...

  • Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor to speak in Tuscaloosa

    Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor to speak in Tuscaloosa

    Legal Business 08/23/2017

    U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor will speak at the University of Alabama law school next month.Sotomayor will participate in a discussion with dean Mark Brandon and U.S. District Judge Harold Albritton III on Sept. 12. Brandon say...

  • Court: Indiana layoffs of older workers not discrimination

    Court: Indiana layoffs of older workers not discrimination

    Legal Business 08/20/2017

    A federal appeals court has ruled against 20 former Lake County employees who claimed their layoffs were driven by age discrimination.The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled Wednesday that the plaintiffs, many of whom are now in their 7...

  • EU closer to sanctions on Poland over changes in judiciary

    EU closer to sanctions on Poland over changes in judiciary

    Legal Business 08/15/2017

    The European Union is coming closer to imposing sanctions on Poland for the government's attempt to take control over the judiciary, a senior official warned Wednesday, but he said the bloc was still open to dialogue.European Commission Vice Presiden...

  • Kansas faces skeptical state Supreme Court on school funding

    Kansas faces skeptical state Supreme Court on school funding

    Legal Business 08/10/2017

    Attorneys for Kansas will try to convince an often skeptical state Supreme Court on Tuesday that the funding increase legislators approved for public schools this year is enough to provide a suitable education for kids statewide.The high court is hea...

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