Recent Updates
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US revokes visa for International Court prosecutor Bensouda
Legal Compliance 04/05/2019The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Friday that her U.S. visa has been revoked, in what appears to a crackdown on the global tribunal by the Trump administration.In a statement confirming the revocation, Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda&...
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High court questions courts’ role in partisan redistricting
Legal Compliance 03/29/2019The Supreme Court’s conservative majority sounded wary Tuesday of allowing federal judges to determine when electoral maps are too partisan, despite strong evidence that the political parties drew districts to guarantee congressional election o...
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Group takes oil refinery fight to North Dakota's high court
Law Journals 03/25/2019An environmental group is taking its battle against an oil refinery being developed near Theodore Roosevelt National Park to the North Dakota Supreme Court.The National Parks Conservation Association argued in its Wednesday filing that an air quality...
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Australian man loses bullying-by-breaking wind court case
Legal Compliance 03/25/2019An Australian appeals court on Friday dismissed a bullying case brought by an engineer who accused his former supervisor of repeatedly breaking wind toward him.The Victoria state Court of Appeal upheld a Supreme Court judge's ruling that even if engi...
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Group takes oil refinery fight to North Dakota's high court
Law Journals 03/23/2019An environmental group is taking its battle against an oil refinery being developed near Theodore Roosevelt National Park to the North Dakota Supreme Court.The National Parks Conservation Association argued in its Wednesday filing that an air quality...
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DC-area sniper shootings case to have Supreme Court hearing
Law Journals 03/17/2019The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider Virginia’s plea to reinstate the life-without-parole sentence of a man who as a teenager participated in sniper shootings that terrorized the Washington, D.C., region in 2002.The justices said they...
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Supreme Court to consider Louisiana's non-unanimous juries
Law Journals 03/15/2019The Supreme Court will consider banning non-unanimous juries in criminal cases in Louisiana, the only state that still allows them.The justices said Monday they will hear an appeal from a man who was convicted of second-degree murder by a jury's 10-2...
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Ex-West Virginia Supreme Court justice set for sentencing
Legal Compliance 02/13/2019A former West Virginia Supreme Court justice who had a $32,000 blue suede couch in his office and was at the center of an impeachment scandal is due in federal court for sentencing for using his job for his own benefit.Allen Loughry is scheduled to b...
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Supreme Court blocks Louisiana abortion clinic law
Legal Compliance 02/08/2019A divided Supreme Court stopped Louisiana from enforcing new regulations on abortion clinics in a test of the conservative court's views on abortion rights.The justices said by a 5-4 vote late Thursday that they will not allow the state to put into e...
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State high court to weigh appeal based on impulsivity issue
Legal Compliance 02/07/2019The Arizona Supreme Court will consider if judges can allow evidence on whether defendants have brain damage making it more than likely a crime was committed impulsively rather than with premeditation.The court agreed Tuesday to consider the appeal o...
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Former Sen. Barringer to run for North Carolina high court
Law Reviews 02/05/2019Candidates for the North Carolina Supreme Court continue to grow with two or three seats on the ballot next year due to Chief Justice Mark Martin's impending resignation.Former state Sen. Tamara Barringer of Cary told supporters Tuesday she would see...
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Weather, shutdown blamed for immigration courts backlog
Law Journals 01/27/2019U.S. immigration officials blame the government shutdown and the extreme winter weather for confusion about immigration court hearings.In an emailed statement, the part of the Justice Department overseeing immigration courts said some immigrants with...