Recent Updates
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Clinton: Americans should put Court nomination at forefront
U.S. Court News 03/28/2016Hillary Clinton wants voters to consider what Republican front-runner Donald Trump might do to shape the Supreme Court. Clinton planned to use in a speech in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday to argue that Trump could roll back the rights of individuals,...
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Supreme Court rejects Blagojevich appeal in corruption case
Legal Events 03/27/2016The Supreme Court on Monday rejected former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's appeal of his corruption convictions that included his attempt to sell the vacant Senate seat once occupied by President Barack Obama. The justices let stand an appeal...
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Court gives green light to death penalty fast-tracking
Legal Events 03/24/2016A federal appeals court Wednesday cleared the way for the Department of Justice to allow states to have their inmates' death penalty appeals expedited through federal court. Legal organizations that challenged the DOJ's criteria for certifying...
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Karadzic convicted of genocide, sentenced to 40 years
Recent Cases 03/23/2016A U.N. court convicted former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic of genocide and nine other charges Thursday and sentenced him to 40 years in prison for orchestrating Serb atrocities throughout Bosnia's 1992-95 war that left 100,000 people dead. As...
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Judge begins to deliver verdict in Ukrainian pilot trial
Legal Events 03/22/2016A Russian court has begun reading a verdict for Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who is charged with complicity to murder two Russian journalists in war-torn eastern Ukraine. The judge began reading the verdict Monday morning. He quoted arg...
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Supreme Court rejects states' challenge to Colorado pot law
Legal Networks 03/17/2016The Supreme Court has rejected an effort by Nebraska and Oklahoma to have Colorado's pot legalization declared unconstitutional. The justices are not commenting Monday in dismissing the lawsuit the states filed directly at the Supreme Court ag...
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Lawyer: US citizen charged in UN case to plead guilty
Recent Cases 03/16/2016A defense lawyer says a U.S. citizen charged in the United Nations bribery case will plead guilty Wednesday to charges. Attorney Brian Bieber said Monday that Francis Lorenzo will plead guilty to three charges. Lorenzo is a suspended ambassador from ...
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RNC launches campaign to oppose Obama's Supreme Court pick
Litigation Reports 03/13/2016The Republican Party is launching a campaign to try to derail President Barack Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court, teaming up with a conservative opposition research group to target vulnerable Democrats and impugn whomever Obama picks. A task force...
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Man accused of terrorism charge with fiancee pleads guilty
U.S. Court News 03/12/2016In fresh details provided as a young Mississippi man pleaded guilty to a terrorism-related charge, federal prosecutors said his fiancee led him toward a plan to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State. Muhammad Dakhlalla, 23, pleaded guilty Friday ...
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Teen changes plea to guilty in deaths of mother, stepfather
Notable Attorneys 03/08/2016A northern Wisconsin woman changed her plea to guilty Friday in the slaying of her mother and stepfather in a deal that has prosecutors recommending a 40-year prison sentence. Ashlee Martinson, who was 17 at the time of the March 2015 killings, faces...
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Pound: Sharapova guilty of 'willful negligence' in drug test
U.S. Court News 03/04/2016Maria Sharapova was guilty of "willful negligence" for using meldonium, and international tennis officials were aware that many players were taking the drug before it was banned this year, former World Anti-Doping Agency president Dick Pound said Wed...
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Federal appeals court to rehear Texas voter ID case
Legal Events 03/02/2016A federal appeals court will hold a new hearing on whether a Texas voter ID law has discriminatory effects on minorities ? a potential blow to the Obama administration's efforts to fight new ballot-box restrictions passed by conservative legislatures...