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Serbs warn Bosnian Muslim bid at UN court revives old wounds
Business Law 02/17/2017A decision by Bosnia's Muslim leader to revive a wartime genocide lawsuit against Serbia at the United Nations' top court has rekindled divisions that led to the 1992-95 war, the top leaders of Serbia and Bosnian Serbs warned on Wednesday. The bid to...
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South African court rules against ICC withdrawal
Business Law 02/15/2017A South African court has ruled that the government's decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court was unconstitutional. A judge in the North Gauteng High Court on Wednesday instructed the government to revoke its notice of withdrawal f...
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Court: Police executing 'no-knock' warrant before shooting
Headline News 02/14/2017Court documents show Hickory police were executing a "no knock" search warrant when a police officer was shot in the arm by a suspect who was shot and killed. WSOC-TV in Charlotte reports documents showed that police were concerned that one of their ...
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Supreme Court nominee has defended free speech, religion
Legal News Center 02/13/2017Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has been a defender of free speech and a skeptic of libel claims, an Associated Press review of his rulings shows. His record puts him at odds with President Donald Trump's disdain for journalists and tendency to la...
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Partisan struggle over NC governor's authority back in court
Court Alerts 02/13/2017Judges are hearing more arguments about North Carolina Republican lawmakers' efforts to reduce Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's authority in choosing his Cabinet. A three-judge panel scheduled arguments Friday on whether to extend their recent temporary ...
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Kenya court blocks closing of world's biggest refugee camp
Legal News Feed 02/11/2017A Kenyan court ruled Thursday that the government must not close the world's largest refugee camp and send more than 200,000 people back to war-torn Somalia, a decision that eases pressure on Somalis who feared the camp would close by the end of May....
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Rolling Stone defamation case over rape story back in court
Lawyer Blogs 02/10/2017Attorneys for Rolling Stone magazine are heading back to federal court to try to overturn a jury's defamation verdict over its botched story "A Rape on Campus." A judge is holding a hearing in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Thursday to consider Rollin...
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Travel ban decision in hands of federal appeals court judges
Court Alerts 02/07/2017A federal appeals court will decide whether to reinstate President Donald Trump's travel ban after a contentious hearing in which the judges hammered away at the administration's motivations for the ban, but also directed pointed questions to an atto...
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Court upholds guilty verdict for Russian opposition leader
Court Alerts 02/04/2017A Russian court on Wednesday found opposition leader Alexei Navalny guilty in the retrial of a 2013 fraud case, which formally disqualifies him as a candidate for president next year. However, the first time Navalny was convicted, his sentence was su...
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Dylann Roof's mental state revealed in court records
Court Alerts 02/02/2017Documents unsealed in federal court reveal new details about the mental health of convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, including a psychiatrist's finding that his disorders make it hard for him to focus, interact with others or express em...
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Top court reviews free speech case of man's anti-police rap
Criminal Law 01/29/2017Pennsylvania's highest court is reviewing the conviction of a Pittsburgh man for making threats against police in a rap song after he was charged with drug offenses. The Supreme Court on Monday said it would take up an appeal by Jamal Knox, who argue...
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Court appeals temporarily delay Texas execution
Lawyer Blogs 01/27/2017Texas prison officials temporarily delayed the scheduled Thursday night execution of a man convicted of a fatal robbery at a Dallas-area sandwich shop while the U.S. Supreme Court considered multiple appeals to keep him from lethal injection. Terry E...