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The Latest: Trump promises 'great' pick for Supreme Court
Legal News Feed 07/01/2018President Donald Trump is promising to select a "great" Supreme Court nominee to fill the vacancy of retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.The president said Tuesday at a "Salute to Service" dinner in West Virginia that he "hit a home run" with Justice Ne...
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Court: S.Korea must allow alternative for military objectors
Bankruptcy 06/29/2018South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the country must allow alternative social service for people who conscientiously object to military service, which is currently mandatory for able-bodied males.The ruling requires the government ...
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Trump closes in on Supreme Court pick; 3 judges top list
Criminal Law 06/29/2018President Donald Trump is closing in on his next Supreme Court nominee, with three federal judges leading the competition to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.Trump's top contenders for the vacancy at this time are federal appeals judges Amy C...
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Lawsuit seeks lawyer access to immigrants in prison
Headline News 06/21/2018A rights group filed an emergency lawsuit in federal court Friday against top officials of U.S. immigration and homeland security departments, alleging they have unconstitutionally denied lawyers' access to immigrants in a prison in Oregon.Immigratio...
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Dayton appoints Democratic Rep. Thissen to Supreme Court
Labor & Employment 06/19/2018Gov. Mark Dayton appointed longtime Democratic state Rep. Paul Thissen to the Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday, the latest in a long line of partisans to join the state's highest court.Thissen is an attorney and Minneapolis lawmaker who has served ...
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Trump administration defends Keystone XL pipeline in court
Court Alerts 05/22/2018Trump administration attorneys defended the disputed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline in federal court on Thursday against environmentalists and Native American groups that want to derail the project.President Barack Obama rejected the 1,179-mile (1,80...
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Bitter, expensive fight for Arkansas court seat to drag on
Lawyer Blogs 05/12/2018A bitter and expensive fight for an Arkansas Supreme Court seat that drew more than $1 million in outside spending and a flurry of attack ads will drag on for another six months, with an incumbent justice heading into a runoff in November against an ...
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Analysis: Voter ID Fight Testing Court as Much as New Law
Legal News Center 05/05/2018The Arkansas Supreme Court's decision to allow the state to enforce its voter ID law in this month's primary while justices consider whether the measure is unconstitutional sets up a test over Republican lawmakers' efforts to reinstate a law struck d...
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Trump seems likely to win travel ban case at Supreme Court
Court Alerts 04/21/2018President Donald Trump appears likely to win his travel ban case at the Supreme Court.Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy both signaled support for the travel policy in arguments Wednesday at the high court. The ban's challengers a...
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Pennsylvania asks court to keep Amazon incentives a secret
Court Alerts 04/19/2018Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's administration went to court this week to block requests for records of financial incentives it offered Amazon to build its second headquarters in Pennsylvania.An administration lawyer asked Commonwealth Court to reverse an...
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Retailers hope for certainty as Supreme Court hears tax case
Business Law 04/11/2018Retailers are hoping for a resolution this year from the Supreme Court, which hears arguments Tuesday in a decades-old dispute: Whether companies must collect sales tax on items sold in a state where they don't have a store or other building.If the c...
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Ohio court to decide if ex-player can sue over concussions
Criminal Law 04/10/2018The Ohio Supreme Court will decide whether the widow of a former University of Notre Dame football player can sue the school and the NCAA over allegations her husband was disabled by concussions from his college career in the 1970s.Steve Schmitz was ...