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Tory Lanez pleads not guilty in Megan Thee Stallion shooting
Legal Events 11/20/2020Rapper Tory Lanez pleaded not guilty through his attorney Wednesday to felony assault charges in the July shooting of hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion. Lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley entered the plea in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom to counts of assa...
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Court weighs challenge to Colorado discrimination law
U.S. Courts Newsroom 11/17/2020A Colorado web designer should not have to create wedding websites for same-sex couples under the state's anti-discrimination law because it would amount to forced speech that violates her religious beliefs, a lawyer told an appeals court Monday.Kris...
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Republicans face court setbacks, Trump law firm steps down
Litigation Reports 11/14/2020Republicans suffered setbacks to court challenges over the presidential election in three battleground states on Friday while a law firm that came under fire for its work for President Donald Trump’s campaign withdrew from a major Pennsylvania ...
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Nevada church asks US Supreme Court for 2nd COVID cap review
U.S. Supreme Court News 11/09/2020Unsuccessful in an earlier bid for an emergency injunction, a Nevada church is asking the U.S. Supreme Court again to consider its challenge of coronavirus restrictions on religious gatherings as a test case for others brought by churches across the ...
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Election 2020 Today: No winner yet, Trump’s court threat
U.S. Supreme Court News 11/05/2020NO WINNER: President Donald Trump carried the prized battleground of Florida, then he and Democrat Joe Biden shifted their focus to three Northern industrial states ? Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania ? that could prove crucial in determining who ...
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Supreme Court changes fuel moves to protect abortion access
U.S. Supreme Court News 11/01/2020A vast swath of West Texas has been without an abortion clinic for more than six years. Planned Parenthood plans to change that with a health center it opened recently in Lubbock. It’s a vivid example of how abortion-rights groups are str...
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Barrett sworn in at court as issues important to Trump await
U.S. Supreme Court News 10/28/2020Amy Coney Barrett was formally sworn in Tuesday as the Supreme Court's ninth justice, her oath administered in private by Chief Justice John Roberts. Her first votes on the court could include two big topics affecting the man who appointed her.The co...
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High court to review two cases involving Trump border policy
U.S. Supreme Court News 10/24/2020The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear two cases involving Trump administration policies at the U.S.-Mexico border: one about a policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings and a second about the administration's use of...
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Michigan court blocks 2-week absentee ballot extension
U.S. Courts Newsroom 10/18/2020Absentee ballots must arrive by Election Day to be counted, the Michigan Court of Appeals said Friday, blocking a 14-day extension that had been ordered by a lower court and embraced by key Democratic officials in a battleground state. Any changes mu...
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Barrett bats away tough Democratic confirmation probing
U.S. Supreme Court News 10/15/2020Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett batted away Democrats’ skeptical questions Tuesday on abortion, health care and a possible disputed-election fight over transferring presidential power, insisting in a long and lively confirmation hearing...
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Health care law on line at court, but is it likely to fall?
Litigation Reports 10/12/2020To hear Democrats tell it, a Supreme Court with President Donald Trump’s nominee Amy Coney Barrett could quickly get rid of the law that gives more than 20 million Americans health insurance coverage. But that’s not the inevitable outcome...
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Greek court rules Golden Dawn party criminal organization
Law Firm News 10/08/2020A Greek court ruled on Wednesday that the far-right Golden Dawn party was operating as a criminal organization, delivering landmark guilty verdicts following a politically charged five-year trial against dozens of defendants. The court ruled th...