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  Demonstrators force Fox crew from Supreme Court broadcast

  Featured Legal News 07/10/2018

  Fox News' Shannon Bream said the network had to move a planned live broadcast indoors after she and her crew felt threatened by demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday following President Donald Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh.Pe...

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  Courts finds suspect in neo-Nazi trial guilty of 10 killings

  Law Journals 07/09/2018

  A German court on Wednesday found the main defendant in a high-profile neo-Nazi trial guilty over the killing of 10 people - most of them migrants - who were gunned down between 2000 and 2007 in a case that shocked Germany and prompted accusations of...

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  The Latest: Trump promises 'great' pick for Supreme Court

  Legal Compliance News 07/06/2018

  President Donald Trump is promising to select a "great" Supreme Court nominee to fill the vacancy of retiring Justice Anthony KennedyThe president said Tuesday at a "Salute to Service" dinner in West Virginia that he "hit a home run" with Justice Nei...

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  Wisconsin court to rule on conservative professor's firing

  U.S. Court News 07/06/2018

  The Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to rule on whether Marquette University was correct to fire a conservative professor who wrote a blog post criticizing a student instructor he believed shut down discussion against gay marriage.John McAdams sued the...

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  Supreme Court adopts new rules for cell phone tracking

  Legal Outlook 06/24/2018

  The Supreme Court says police generally need a search warrant if they want to track criminal suspects’ movements by collecting information about where they’ve used their cellphones. The justices’ 5-4 decision Friday is a victory for...

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  Police shooting of boy spurs more protests, appeals

  Legal Outlook 06/24/2018

  Protesters demonstrated Friday for a third day over the fatal police shooting in Pennsylvania of an unarmed black teen fleeing a traffic stop as they sought to get the attention of a nation engrossed by the immigration debate, and to pressure officia...

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  Yankton lawyer Jason Ravnsborg wins GOP attorney general nod

  Legal Compliance News 06/23/2018

  South Dakota Republicans on Saturday chose Yankton lawyer Jason Ravnsborg to run against Democratic former U.S. Attorney Randy Seiler in the race for state attorney general.GOP delegates voted to nominate Ravnsborg at their state party convention, wh...

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  NY high court nixes Trump's bid to delay defamation suit

  Legal Outlook 06/16/2018

  New York's highest court on Thursday turned down President Donald Trump's latest bid to delay a defamation suit filed by a former "Apprentice" contestant who accused him of unwanted groping and kissing.The ruling by the state Court of Appeals didn't ...

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  Supreme Court addresses question of foreign law in US courts

  Law Journals 06/16/2018

  The Supreme Court says United States federal courts should consider statements from foreign governments about their own laws but do not have to consider them as binding.Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote for a unanimous court that federal courts shoul...

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  State appeals court reinstates California's right-to-die law

  Legal Compliance News 06/16/2018

  A state appeals court has reinstated — at least for now — California's law allowing terminally ill people to end their lives.The Fourth District Court of Appeals in Riverside issued an immediate stay Friday putting the End of Life Option ...

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  Kentucky high court: Death penalty IQ law unconstitutional

  Featured Legal News 06/16/2018

  The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that the state's practice for determining if someone is intellectually disabled and not eligible to receive the death penalty is "unconstitutional."News outlets report that the court on Thursday deemed Kentucky's ...

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  Ohio's top court to hear arguments on promotions tax dispute

  Law Journals 06/16/2018

  The Ohio Supreme Court plans to hear arguments in a dispute over promotions including bobbleheads and other items offered by the Cincinnati Reds to ticket buyers.At issue is whether the Reds are exempt from paying tax on the purchase of the promotion...