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  Court denies AG's bid to halt initiative signature gathering

  Law Journals 07/24/2020

  Those backing a plan to put an independent commission in charge of Oregon’s redistricting process will get additional time to gather signatures and a lower threshold to qualify their initiative for the November ballot because of the pandemic, t...

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  German court convicts former concentration camp guard, 93

  Legal Outlook 07/22/2020

  A German court on Thursday convicted a 93-year-old former SS private of being an accessory to murder at the Stutthof concentration camp, where he served as a guard in the final months of World War II. He was given a two-year suspended sentence.Bruno ...

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  Given a chance, Trump would push court pick before election

  Featured Legal News 07/19/2020

  President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have tried to make it clear: Given the chance, they would push through a Supreme Court nominee should a vacancy occur before Election Day.The issue has taken on new immediacy with the ...

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  Court: Some employers can refuse to offer free birth control

  Featured Legal News 07/12/2020

  The Supreme Court ruled broadly Wednesday in favor of the religious rights of employers in two cases that could leave more than 70,000 women without free contraception and tens of thousands of people with no way to sue for job discrimination.In both ...

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  High court won't hear abortion clinic 'buffer zone' cases

  Legal Compliance News 07/02/2020

  The Supreme Court on Thursday turned away pleas from anti-abortion activists to make it easier for them to protest outside clinics, declining to wade back into the abortion debate just days after striking down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clin...

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  What Supreme Court? Trump's HHS pushes LGBT health rollback

  Featured Legal News 06/20/2020

  The Trump administration Friday moved forward with a rule that rolls back health care protections for transgender people, even as the Supreme Court barred sex discrimination against LGBT individuals on the job. The rule from the Department of Health ...

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  UConn student fugitive in court on murder charge, police say

  Featured Legal News 06/12/2020

  A University of Connecticut student, who police say used a machete to kill a man, fatally shot a high school acquaintance, and then spent six days as a fugitive,  will be arraigned Friday on murder and other charges, authorities said.Peter Manfr...

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  Court expects July verdict in Man City's European ban case

  Legal Outlook 06/10/2020

  A verdict in Manchester City’s appeal against a two-year UEFA ban from European competitions is expected within five weeks.The Court of Arbitration for Sport set the target Wednesday of “during the first half of July” to publish the...

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  Senate panel advances McConnell ally for DC appeals court

  Law Journals 06/07/2020

  The Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced the nomination of a 38-year-old judge and ally of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to serve on a federal appeals court, despite Democrats’ objections that he’s inexperienced and biased aga...

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  Black Lives Matter rallies start in Australia amid court ban

  Featured Legal News 06/05/2020

  The first of several Black Lives Matter protests across Australia on Saturday got underway against a backdrop of possible clashes between demonstrators and police in Sydney, after a court sided with police that the gathering posed too much risk for s...

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  Texas court: Virus fear alone not enough for mail balloting

  Featured Legal News 06/01/2020

  Texas officials fighting to block widespread mail-in voting during the pandemic claimed victory after the state's highest court ruled Wednesday that a lack of immunity to the coronavirus doesn't qualify someone to cast a ballot by mail.The decision w...

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  Supreme Court rejects challenge to limits on church services

  Legal Outlook 05/28/2020

  A divided Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal by a California church that challenged state limits on attendance at worship services that have been imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Over the dissent of the four mo...