Recent Updates
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Supreme Court allows enforcement of new green card rule
U.S. Court Watch 02/01/2020A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place new rules that could jeopardize permanent resident status for immigrants who use food stamps, Medicaid and housing vouchers.Under the new policy, immigration officials...
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Colorado baker who sparked Supreme Court case has book deal
Legal Compliance 01/31/2020The 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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Arizona AG wants ballot harvesting decision placed on hold
U.S. Court Watch 01/31/2020Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich has asked the Supreme Court to keep in place an Arizona law that prohibits voters from delivering other people’s mail ballots to the polls.Political organizations and Native American tribes would previo...
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Man Stirs the Pot by Lighting Joint in Court
National Legal News 01/25/2020The rapper Afroman famously sang about how getting high on marijuana prevented him from going to court. A Tennessee man decided to combine the two when he lit a marijuana cigarette in the courtroom, authorities said.Spencer Alan Boston, 20, was arres...
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Court takes another look at Native American adoption law
U.S. Court Watch 01/22/2020A 1978 law giving preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings involving American Indian children was getting a second look Wednesday from a federal appeals court in New Orleans.A three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit...
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Supreme Court rejects fast-track review of health care suit
Court Alerts 01/21/2020The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to consider a fast-track review of a lawsuit that threatens the Obama-era health care law, making it highly unlikely that the justices would decide the case before the 2020 election.The court denied a request by 20 m...
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German court may reject appeal to remove anti-Semitic relic
National Legal News 01/16/2020A court in eastern Germany indicated Tuesday that it will likely reject a Jewish man’s bid to force the removal of an ugly remnant of centuries of anti-Semitism from a church where Martin Luther once preached.The Naumburg court's senate said, a...
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Lawyers: Immigration court system is ‘red tape gone crazy’
Court Alerts 01/15/2020Tucked in a windowless room of Chicago’s immigration court, one of the nation’s largest legal advocacy groups for immigrants runs a free help desk. Their pace is dizzying. Most days, there’s a line outside the door, with some cases ...
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PolyMet will appeal permit ruling to Minnesota Supreme Court
Court Alerts 01/11/2020PolyMet Mining Inc. said Thursday it will ask the Minnesota Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that canceled three permits needed for its proposed copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota.PolyMet President and CEO Jon Cherry said in a statement t...
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Missouri court permanently blocks key part of voter photo ID
Business Law 01/05/2020The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday permanently blocked a central portion of a 2016 voter identification law that it said had required a “misleading” and “contradictory” sworn statement from people lacking a photo ID.The 5-2...
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President, Supreme Court top Wisconsin races in 2020
U.S. Court Watch 01/05/2020Everyone knows Wisconsin will be in the spotlight for the presidential race in 2020. It's one of just a few states where the electorate is so evenly divided, it could swing either way. That is the biggest prize on the ballot this year, but it's far f...
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Democratic states appeal Obamacare ruling to Supreme Court
Legal Compliance 01/02/2020In a move that could put the Obama-era health law squarely in the middle of the 2020 election, Democratic-led states Friday asked the Supreme Court for a fast-track review of a recent appeals court decision declaring a key part of the law unconstitut...