Recent Updates
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Post-Roe differences surface in GOP over new abortion rules
Court Watch 08/20/2022When the U.S. Supreme Court repealed in June a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion, Wisconsin’s 1849 law that bans the procedure except when a mother’s life is at risk became newly relevant.Republicans in the Legislature blo...
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Georgia abortion law challenge now focused on ‘personhood’
Court Watch 07/13/2022Lawyers for the state of Georgia urged a federal appeals court to allow the state’s 2019 abortion law to take effect now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled there is no constitutional right to an abortion.Ruling in a case out of Mississippi, ...
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Man charged with killing mother at sea seeks freedom
Court Watch 07/07/2022The man charged with killing his mother at sea in a plot to inherit millions of dollars has asked a federal court Wednesday to authorize his release from custody pending trial.The attorneys for Nathan Carman filed a motion in U.S. District Court in B...
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Justices side with doctors convicted in pain pill schemes
Court Watch 06/25/2022The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for doctors who face criminal charges for overprescribing powerful pain medication in a case arising from the opioid addiction crisis.Justice Stephen Breyer wrote for the court that prosecutors must prove that doctor...
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Indiana court strikes down emergency law fought by governor
Court Watch 06/07/2022The Indiana Supreme Court on Friday threw out a law that gave state legislators increased power to intervene during public health emergencies, agreeing with arguments from Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb that the move violated the state constitution.The...
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Federal court upholds state law on disclosing police records
Court Watch 06/04/2022A federal appeals court has upheld part of a 2020 Connecticut police accountability law that allows public disclosure of state trooper personnel files and internal investigations. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on Thursday rejected...
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Appellate court rules against mine company’s Arizona project
Court Watch 05/12/2022A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a judge’s ruling overturning a federal agency’s approval of Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals Inc.’s plan for a new open-pit copper mine in southeastern Arizona.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap...
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Groups seek to stop gold mine exploratory drilling in Idaho
Court Watch 04/02/2022Environmental groups are renewing efforts to stop exploratory drilling by a Canadian mining company hoping to build a gold mine in Idaho west of Yellowstone National Park.The Idaho Conservation League and Greater Yellowstone Coalition, in documents f...
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Kansas AG asking judge to dismiss redistricting lawsuits
Court Watch 03/09/2022Attorney General Derek Schmidt is asking a Wyandotte County judge to dismiss two lawsuits filed over new Kansas congressional district lines enacted by Republican lawmakers. Schmidt’s request Monday came three days after the Kansas Supreme Cour...
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Gangs control who eats at Mississippi jail, monitor says
Court Watch 02/23/2022Gangs inside a Mississippi jail often determine whether other inmates receive meals, a court-appointed monitor testified in a federal court hearing. Elizabeth Simpson testified Tuesday that staffing shortages are so severe at Hinds County’s Ray...
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Myanmar seeks to have Rohingya case thrown out of UN court
Court Watch 02/21/2022Lawyers for Myanmar’s military rulers on Monday sought to have a case at the United Nations’ top court that accuses the Southeast Asian nation of genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Public hea...
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VMI to change honor system said to expel Blacks more often
Court Watch 02/10/2022The Virginia Military Institute says it will change its student-run honor court to make it more fair to cadets as part of a response to a state-ordered investigation into racism and sexism at the school.VMI detailed the reforms in a progress report F...