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  Supreme Court wrestles with case on detention of immigrants

  Featured Legal News 10/11/2018

  The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with a case about the government’s ability to detain certain immigrants after they’ve served sentences for committing crimes in the United States. Several justices expressed concerns with the governmen...

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  Court to explore competency claim of ailing Alabama inmate

  Legal Compliance News 10/02/2018

  The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in the case of an inmate sentenced to death for killing an Alabama police officer in 1985 but who lawyers say can no longer remember the murder because of stroke-induced dementia.Justices will decide...

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  Flake stokes presidential speculation as court debate rages

  Law Journals 10/02/2018

  The Republican senator who suddenly sits at the center of the explosive debate over President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick was set to address New Hampshire voters on Monday ahead of a possible run for president.Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake was schedu...

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  Supreme Court won't hear case over California beach access

  Legal Outlook 09/29/2018

  The Supreme Court is refusing to hear an appeal from a California billionaire who doesn't want to open a road on his property so that the public can access a beach.The justices said Monday that they will not take up Vinod Khosla's appeal of a Califor...

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  Supreme Court term amid starts in shadow of Kavanaugh

  Legal Outlook 09/27/2018

  It's the storm before the calm at the Supreme Court. Americans watched Thursday's high court nomination hearing of Judge Brett Kavanaugh with rapt attention. The televised spectacle was filled with disturbing allegations of sexual assault and Kavanau...

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  Missouri court lets redistricting initiative go to voters

  Featured Legal News 09/22/2018

  A Missouri appeals court panel cleared the way Friday for voters to decide a November ballot initiative that could shake up of the state Legislature by requiring districts to be drawn to achieve "partisan fairness" and imposing new lobbying limits.Th...

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  Trump picks combat over caution in court fight

  Featured Legal News 09/22/2018

  White House aides and congressional allies worked all week to keep President Donald Trump from unloading on the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.But as Kavanaugh's nomination hung in the balance, Trump ...

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  3 hurt in court shooting leave hospital; gunman identified

  Law Journals 09/20/2018

  The wife of a gunman killed after he opened fire at a Pennsylvania municipal building Wednesday said in a social media post that she was OK but did not say whether she had been injured in the shooting.Crystal Dowdell, 39, posted on her Facebook accou...

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  Arkansas court hears challenge over reworked voter ID law

  Legal Outlook 09/18/2018

  An Arkansas attorney told state's highest court on Thursday it should strike down a law that requires voters to show photo identification before casting a ballot, saying the measure circumvents a 2014 ruling against a nearly identical voter ID requir...

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  The Latest: Authorities: Officer arrested for manslaughter

  Law Journals 09/11/2018

  The Texas Department of Public Safety says a white Dallas police officer has been arrested on a manslaughter warrant in the shooting of a black man at his apartment.The department said in a news release Sunday night that Officer Amber Guyger was book...

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  Pipeline company found guilty in 2015 California oil spill

  Featured Legal News 09/10/2018

  A pipeline company was convicted of nine criminal charges Friday for causing the worst California coastal spill in 25 years, a disaster that blackened popular beaches for miles, killed wildlife and hurt tourism and fishing.A Santa Barbara County jury...

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  Senate begins final day of Supreme Court nominee hearings

  Legal Outlook 09/08/2018

  Senators 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...