Recent Updates
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Progressive Councilmember Freddie O’Connell wins Nashville mayor’s race
US Court Alerts 09/22/2023Freddie O’Connell, a progressive member of Nashville’s metro council, has resoundingly won the race to become the next mayor of the Democratic-leaning city, according to unofficial results.Results from the Davidson County Election Commiss...
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McCarthy juggles a government shutdown and a Biden impeachment inquiry
US Court Alerts 09/12/2023House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is a man who stays in motion — enthusiastically greeting tourists at the Capitol, dashing overseas last week to the G7 summit of industrial world leaders, and raising funds back home to elect fellow Republicans to t...
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Judge strikes down a Texas law requiring age verification to view adult websites
US Court Alerts 09/02/2023A federal judge has struck down a Texas law requiring age verification and health warnings to view pornographic websites and blocked the state attorney general’s office from enforcing it.In a ruling Thursday, U.S. District Judge David Ezra agre...
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Opponents of Maine’s new abortion law won’t seek to nullify it
US Court Alerts 08/13/2023Groups opposed to Maine’s new law expanding abortion access won’t attempt to nullify the statute through a so-called People’s Veto referendum.Republican Rep. Laurel Libby, leader of the Speak Up for LIFE group, said Wednesday that a...
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Tennessee can enforce ban on transgender care for minors, court says
US Court Alerts 07/08/2023Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth can go into effect — at least for now — after a federal appeals court on Saturday temporarily reversed a lower court ruling.Last month, a district court judge in Tenness...
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Convictions tossed in 2016 death of 16-year-old shot in minivan in Trenton
US Court Alerts 06/21/2023An appeals court in New Jersey has tossed out the convictions of a man sentenced to 55 years in prison after being tried as a teenager in the 2016 death of a girl who was shot in a minivan as she and other juveniles were riding around Trenton.The cou...
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Delaware Senate confirms two Supreme Court nominees
US Court Alerts 05/01/2023The state Senate has confirmed Gov. John Carney’s two nominees for the Delaware Supreme Court, including a lawyer tapped by Carney for the high court after he was arrested for drunken driving.Carney’s nominations of Abigail LeGrow and N. ...
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Appeals court halts House interview with ex-Trump prosecutor
US Court Alerts 04/21/2023A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked House Republicans from questioning a former Manhattan prosecutor about the criminal case against ex-President Donald Trump, the latest twist in a legal battle between Manhattan District Attorney Alvin B...
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Kansas high court signals continued abortion rights support
US Court Alerts 03/22/2023Kansas’ highest court signaled Monday that it still considers access to abortion a “fundamental” right under the state constitution, as an attorney for the state argued that a decisive statewide vote last year affirming abortion rig...
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Alabama man charged in quadruple killing denied bond
US Court Alerts 02/26/2023A judge has denied bond for a man accused of killing his grandparents, his brother and a family friend in south Alabama.Jared Smith-Bracy, 21, is charged with four counts of capital murder in the deaths Wednesday night in Daphne. He met briefly with ...
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Supreme Court has failed to find leaker of abortion opinion
US Court Alerts 01/20/2023The Supreme Court said Thursday an eight-month investigation that included more than 120 interviews and revealed shortcomings in how sensitive documents are secured has failed to find who leaked a draft of the court’s opinion overturning aborti...
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Top Brazil court greenlights probe of Bolsonaro for riot
US Court Alerts 01/14/2023A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday authorized adding former President Jair Bolsonaro in its investigation into who incited the Jan. 8 riot in the nation’s capital, as part of a broader crackdown to hold responsible parties to account.A...