Recent Updates
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Court boosts rights of students accused of sexual misconduct
U.S. Courts Newsroom 09/08/2018Students accused of sexual misconduct at public universities have the right to cross-examine accusers at disciplinary hearings, a federal appeals court said Friday in a sweeping decision that will extend to public schools in four states.The Universit...
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Court: No review of 100-year sentence for attempted murders
U.S. Supreme Court News 09/08/2018A Louisiana court is refusing to review the case of a 31-year-old man who is serving 100 years for the attempted murder of two people.Houma Today reports the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal Wednesday denied a review of Joshua Dean’s cas...
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Myanmar rejects int'l court's right to Rohingya probe
Trial Coverage 09/06/2018Myanmar's government on Friday rejected an International Criminal Court ruling that it has jurisdiction to investigate allegations that Myanmar security forces violated international law by driving hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from their...
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Senate begins final day of Supreme Court nominee hearings
Litigation Reports 09/04/2018Senators began the fourth and final day of hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Friday, but with the nominee finished answering questions the day they seemed unlikely to alter his path to confirmation.Senate Democrats worked into the...
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Trump taking Supreme Court fight to Montana, North Dakota
Litigation Reports 09/02/2018President Donald Trump is taking the Washington debate over his Supreme Court nominee to the homes of two red-state Senate Democrats this week, elevating Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation as a political litmus test for voters.Trump's strategy aims...
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Court: Cities can't prosecute people for sleeping on streets
Court Watch 09/01/2018Cities can't prosecute people for sleeping on the streets if they have nowhere else to go because it amounts to cruel and unusual punishment, which is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court said Tuesday.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided ...
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Court extends detention of Cambodian opposition leader
Notable Attorneys 08/30/2018A court in Cambodia has extended by six months the pre-trial detention of Kem Sokha, the leader of the now-dissolved main opposition party who already has been held for a year on a treason charge.One of Kem Sokha's lawyers says the court ruled Thursd...
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Court may reconsider ruling on police deadly force measure
Supreme Court News 08/30/2018The question of whether Washington voters will have their say on a measure designed to make it easier to prosecute police for negligent shootings might not be over after all.One day after ruling that Initiative 940 should appear on the November ballo...
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Indian Supreme Court orders house arrest for activists
U.S. Court News 08/28/2018India's top court ordered Wednesday that five prominent rights activists arrested for alleged Maoist links be kept under house arrest instead of police custody until it rules next week on a petition challenging their detention.Police, meanwhile, brok...
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Israel's Supreme Court sentences tycoon to 3 years in prison
Recent Cases 08/26/2018Israel's Supreme Court has sentenced one of the country's most prominent businessmen to three years in prison for securities fraud.The court ruled Wednesday that former IDB Holding Corp. controlling shareholder Nochi Dankner will begin serving his pr...
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Plea hearing set for ex-West Virginia Supreme Court justice
Bar Associations 08/25/2018A retired West Virginia Supreme Court justice is now a convicted felon.Menis Ketchum pleaded guilty to a felony count of fraud related to his personal use of a state vehicle and gas fuel card in a scandal that has led to upcoming impeachment trials f...
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West Virginia House speaker resigns to run for Supreme Court
Recent Cases 08/24/2018West Virginia's Republican House speaker resigned Tuesday to run for a vacancy on the state Supreme Court, fueling accusations by Democrats that an unprecedented move to impeach state Supreme Court justices represents a power grab by GOP lawmakers.Sp...