Recent Updates
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Tight US House races in California as GOP maintains control over the chamber
State Bar & Other Associations 11/12/2024Republicans and Democrats awaited the outcome of vote-counting for crucial U.S. House districts in California on Wednesday, as the GOP clinched majority control of the chamber next year with a race call in neighboring Arizona.In a rematch from 2022, ...
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Nebraska high court to decide if residents with felony records can vote
State Bar & Other Associations 10/15/2024Thousands of Nebraska residents with felony records will learn Wednesday whether they’ll be able to vote in next month’s hotly contested elections after the state Supreme Court issues its ruling on a lawsuit seeking to restore their votin...
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Turkey formally asks to join the genocide case against Israel at the UN court
State Bar & Other Associations 08/05/2024Turkey on Wednesday filed a request with a U.N. court to join South Africa’s lawsuit accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, the foreign minister said.Turkey’s ambassador to the Netherlands, accompanied by a group of Turkish legislators, sub...
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Biden faces more criticism about the US-Mexico border, one of his biggest problems
State Bar & Other Associations 10/07/2023The ad sounds like something out of the GOP 2024 playbook, trumpeting a senator’s work with Republicans to crack down on the flow of fentanyl and other illegal drugs into the U.S., getting tough on Chinese interests helping smugglers, and notin...
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A Supreme Court redistricting ruling gave hope to Black voters
State Bar & Other Associations 09/17/2023The Supreme Court’s decision siding with Black voters in an Alabama redistricting case gave Democrats and voting rights activists a surprising opportunity before the 2024 elections.New congressional maps would have to include more districts in ...
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Supreme Court skeptical of man who offered adult adoptions
State Bar & Other Associations 03/27/2023The Supreme Court seemed inclined Monday to rule against a man convicted of violating immigration law for offering adult adoptions he falsely claimed would lead to citizenship.Attorneys for Helaman Hansen told the justices during approximately 90 min...
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No-nonsense judge takes over FTX-Bankman-Fried criminal case
State Bar & Other Associations 12/27/2022A Manhattan federal judge known for swift decisions and a no-nonsense demeanor during three decades of overseeing numerous high-profile cases was assigned Tuesday to Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency case.The case was relegated to Judge Lewis ...
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Mississippi seeks to derail federal suits over mental health
State Bar & Other Associations 10/08/2022The U.S. Justice Department overreached in suing Mississippi over its mental health system, the state’s solicitor general has argued to a federal appeals court.A Justice Department attorney countered that there’s ample precedent to show t...
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Biden taps Montana law professor to be 9th Circuit judge
State Bar & Other Associations 09/02/2022President Joe Biden nominated has nominated a University of Montana law professor to be a judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.Anthony Johnstone is a former solicitor for the state of Montana who has taught at the University of Montana sinc...
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North Carolina repeat offender pleads guilty to wire fraud
State Bar & Other Associations 06/08/2022A North Carolina man has admitted stealing mail from residential mailboxes and using stolen information to commit wire fraud, a federal prosecutor said.Soheil Akhavan Rezaie, 37, entered his guilty plea Tuesday before a U.S. magistrate judge in Charl...
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No state charge for billionaire Sanford in child porn probe
State Bar & Other Associations 05/28/2022investigation into possible possession of child pornography, saying it found no “prosecutable offenses” within the state’s jurisdiction, according to a court document filed Friday.Sanford, a banker turned philanthropist, is the stat...
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Accountant avoids prison time in college admissions scandal
State Bar & Other Associations 05/14/2022An accountant who worked for the consultant at the center of the college admissions bribery case has avoided prison for his role in the sweeping scheme.U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani on Friday sentenced Steven Masera, 72, to time already se...