Recent Updates
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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...
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Court: Washington drivers must use turn signals to turn
U.S. Court Watch 12/29/2019The state Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that drivers must use their signal every time they turn or change lanes on a roadway.Thursday’s ruling reverses a Court of Appeals ruling that said a signal is required only when public safety is af...
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Judges, past finalists among candidates for top Kansas court
U.S. Court Watch 12/26/2019Two members of the Kansas attorney general's staff who were finalists for a previous appointment and four lower-court judges are seeking to fill a vacancy on the state Supreme Court.A lawyer-led state nominating commission is scheduled to interview 1...
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Court: Airline’s workers can’t sue as class in pay dispute
Court Alerts 12/20/2019American Airlines workers at Newark’s airport who claim in a lawsuit they’ve been shorted on overtime pay can’t sue as a class, a federal appeals court ruled this week.The three-judge panel’s decision published Tuesday reverse...