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Sanctuary cities could get boost from sports betting ruling
Featured Legal News 05/11/2018In President Donald Trump's former life as a casino owner, he might have cheered Monday's ruling from the Supreme Court that struck down a federal law that barred every state but Nevada from allowing betting on most sporting events.But the Trump admi...
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Trump seems likely to win travel ban case at Supreme Court
Featured Legal News 04/26/2018President Donald Trump appears likely to win his travel ban case at the Supreme Court.Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy both signaled support for the travel policy in arguments Wednesday at the high court. The ban's challengers a...
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Court: Government can't block immigrant teens from abortion
Featured Legal News 03/30/2018A federal court in Washington has told the Trump administration that the government can't interfere with the ability of pregnant immigrant teens being held in federal custody to obtain abortions.A judge issued an order Friday evening barring the gove...
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Court: Mexican family can't sue agent in cross-border death
Featured Legal News 03/16/2018A federal appeals court says a U.S. Border Patrol agent who fired his gun in Texas and fatally wounded a teenager across the Mexican border cannot be sued by the teen's family.The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday in the case of 15-year...
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Appeals court weighs resuming pipeline project in Louisiana
Featured Legal News 03/11/2018A company building a crude oil pipeline in Louisiana is asking a federal appeals court to allow it to resume construction work in an environmentally fragile swamp.A three-judge panel from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arg...