Recent Updates
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Trump administration takes Keystone dispute to Supreme Court
U.S. Court News 06/18/2020The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a permit program that would allow the disputed Keystone XL pipeline and other new oil and gas pipelines to cross waterways with little review.Earlier this year, a Montana judge suspe...
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Brazil obeys court order to resume providing full virus data
Latest News 06/11/2020A Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered the government of President Jair Bolsonaro to resume publication of full COVID-19 data, including the cumulative death toll, following allegations the government was trying to hide the severity of the pandemi...
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Black Lives Matter rallies start in Australia amid court ban
U.S. Court News 06/07/2020The first of several Black Lives Matter protests across Australia on Saturday got underway against a backdrop of possible clashes between demonstrators and police in Sydney, after a court sided with police that the gathering posed too much risk for s...
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Supreme Court rules in FOIA case long delayed by lawmaker
Latest News 06/02/2020A group of elected officials in southwest Virginia violated the state's open government law during meetings about dissolving a public library system, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in a case long delayed by a lawmaker's use of a privile...
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Netanyahu heads to court as 1st sitting Israeli PM on trial
U.S. Court News 05/24/2020Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is lashing out at Israel’s justice system, saying his trial on corruption charges is an attempt to “depose” him. Prime Minister Benjamin spoke Sunday as he arrived at a Jerusalem courthouse ...
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Court upholds ban on in-person church services in California
U.S. Court News 05/24/2020An appeals court has upheld California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ban on in-person church services amid the coronavirus pandemic, in a split ruling that found that government’s emergency powers override what in normal times would be fundamental ...
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Lawyer: Security video in Arbery case may show water breaks
U.S. Court News 05/17/2020A young black man filmed by a security camera walking through a home under construction in December and in February may have stopped at the site for a drink of water, according to an attorney for the homeowner thrust into the investigation of the fat...
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Unanimous Supreme Court throws out ‘Bridgegate’ convictions
Law Journals 05/13/2020A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday threw out the convictions of two political insiders involved in the “Bridgegate” scandal that ultimately derailed the 2016 president bid of their ally, then-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.The ju...
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Justices wary of ‘Obamacare’ birth control coverage changes
U.S. Court News 05/07/2020The Supreme Court seemed concerned Wednesday about the sweep of Trump administration rules that would allow more employers who cite a religious or moral objection to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women as required by the Affordable Ca...
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Wisconsin court sets argument date for stay-at-home lawsuit
Legal Analysis 05/03/2020The Wisconsin Supreme Court announced Friday that it will hear oral arguments early next week in a lawsuit seeking to block Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ stay-at-home order.The justices ruled 6-1 to accept the case and scheduled oral arguments fo...
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Poland's president appoints acting head of Supreme Court
Law Journals 04/27/2020Polish President Andrzej Duda on Thursday appointed an acting head of the beleaguered Supreme Court following the retirement of its president, who had vehemently defended its independence.The court under Malgorzata Gersdorf has been critical of the s...
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Supreme Court sides with government in immigration case
Law Journals 04/23/2020The Supreme Court is making it harder for noncitizens who are authorized to live permanently in the United States to argue they should be allowed to stay in the country if they've committed crimes.The decision Thursday split the court 5-4 along ideol...