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289 entries in 'Legal Business' |
2024/12/15
TikTok asks Supreme Court to temporarily block law that could ban site in U.S.
2024/11/07
Republicans take Senate majority and eye unified power with Trump
2024/10/07
US court to review civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism
2024/09/24
A court in Argentina orders the arrest of Venezuela’s president
2024/08/31
Supreme Court rebuffs plea to restore multibllliou-dollar student debt plan
2024/08/01
Court filings provide additional details of the US’ first nitrogen gas execution
2024/04/26
Starbucks appears likely to win Supreme Court dispute with federal labor agency
2023/10/23
Trump trial: accountant testifies, Michael Cohen postpones
2023/08/17
McCarthy floats stopgap funding to prevent a government shutdown
2022/08/11
Federal horserace authority rules again blocked in 2 states
2022/07/25
Louisiana Supreme Court’s chief justice reelected
2022/06/24
States brace for fight over gun laws after high court ruling
2022/05/30
German federal court mulls bid to remove antisemitic relic
2022/05/23
Pakistani court orders probe into ex-minister’s arrest
2022/02/23
Gangs control who eats at Mississippi jail, monitor says
2022/02/10
Temple prof seeks reinstatement of damage claims against FBI
2022/01/31
US sanctions Myanmar judiciary officials on coup anniversary
2022/01/25
Palin COVID-19 tests delay libel trial against NY Times
2022/01/21
Judge sides with Alaska attorney who alleged wrongful firing
2022/01/17
Some Michigan counties pause jury trials amid COVID surge
2022/01/12
Wisconsin judge rejects attempt to block election subpoena
2022/01/09
Cobb County jury trials paused as COVID-19 spreads
2021/12/25
Griffis beginning 8-year term on Mississippi Supreme Court
2021/12/21
Appeals court upholds mask requirement for Knox schools
2021/12/10
Court won’t stop Texas abortion ban, but lets clinics sue
2021/11/28
Italy frees man convicted of 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher
2021/11/25
Tunisian trial shines light on use of military courts
2021/11/20
New Mexico Supreme court mediates clash on pandemic aid
2021/11/04
Palestinians reject offer to delay their Jerusalem eviction
2021/11/01
Video: Officer shoots Illinois inmate after struggle for gun
2021/10/22
Federal appeals court won’t stop health worker COVID mandate
2021/10/18
Judge agrees to delay in sentencing for Gaetz friend
2021/10/14
Man arrested after paint thrown on Confederate monument
2021/10/11
Appellate court sets hearing in South Carolina abortion case
2021/10/05
US Supreme Court allows lawsuit against troopers to proceed
2021/10/04
Commissioner sought to oversee 3 Ohio redistricting suits
2021/10/01
Arkansas court: State can’t enforce ban on mask mandates
2021/09/20
Spain: Venezuelan spymaster loses court extradition dispute
2021/09/14
1st female LGBT federal appeals court nominee to get hearing
2021/09/12
Australia’s High Court intervenes in police shooting trial
2021/09/07
Disability Insurance Attorneys Website
2021/08/23
Drummond Law Firm Website
2020/09/07
Saudi court issues final verdicts in Khashoggi killing
2020/08/06
Court lifts block on 4 Arkansas abortion restrictions
2020/03/21
Supreme Court: Justices healthy and trying to stay that way
2020/02/09
Court raises sentence for banker who smuggled a Picasso
2020/01/30
Court: Motorcyclist wrong to turn license plate upside down
2019/11/19
Ohio Supreme Court keeps camera challenge alive
2019/08/11
Gun-control backers concerned about changing federal courts
2019/07/17
Dutch Supreme Court upholds Srebrenica deaths liability
2019/05/26
Kenya's Judges Uphold Laws That Criminalize Gay Sex
2019/05/07
A loophole could keep young terror suspects out of US courts
2019/04/25
Canada privacy watchdog taking Facebook to court
2019/04/04
Spacey’s lawyers returning to court in bar groping case
2019/03/28
Group takes oil refinery fight to North Dakota's high court
2019/03/18
Supreme Court to consider Louisiana's non-unanimous juries
2019/02/23
Court records reveal a Mueller report right in plain view
2018/12/14
Court says no bail as Cosby appeals sex assault conviction
2018/12/11
Thai court extends detention of refugee sought by Bahrain
2018/12/06
Supreme Court to hear closely watched double jeopardy case
2018/11/29
Arguments in "Serial" case focus on lawyer, alibi witness
2018/11/19
New black officers, court officials rethinking US policing
2018/11/13
Oregon urges US Supreme Court to uphold 112-year sentence
2018/11/05
Bahrain opposition leader sentenced to life by high court
2018/10/24
Trump Foundation lawsuit paused until higher court weighs in
2018/10/22
Supreme Court: Ross can't be questioned in census suit
2018/10/20
Court to hear case over ID of Texas execution drug supplier
2018/10/18
Supreme Court hopeful had DWI charge in 2009
2018/10/11
Manhattan DA drops part of Weinstein case
2018/10/07
Texas Supreme Court to hear sex offender law challenge
2018/10/02
High court denies review of Grand Canyon-area mining ban
2018/09/06
Court: Cities can't prosecute people for sleeping on streets
2018/08/10
Nevada Supreme Court taking up execution case
2018/08/09
Court tosses challenge to Virginia's 'habitual drunkard' law
2018/08/08
Child remains found at New Mexico compound, man due in court
2018/07/09
Weinstein pleads not guilty, released on bail
2018/07/03
McConnell touts Thapar for Supreme Court seat
2018/07/01
Court deals major financial blow to nation's public employee unions
2018/06/27
Police shooting of boy spurs more protests, appeals
2018/06/26
Lawsuit seeks lawyer access to immigrants in prison
2018/06/24
Supreme Court adopts new rules for cell phone tracking
2018/06/22
Yankton lawyer Jason Ravnsborg wins GOP attorney general nod
2018/06/20
Michigan court ends conflict over juvenile life sentences
2018/06/02
High Court Rules in Dispute Over Immigrant Teen's Abortion
2018/04/21
Supreme Court upholds challenged patent review practice
2018/04/20
UK Supreme Court declines appeal from parents of ill toddler
2018/04/12
Russian court blocks popular messaging app in privacy row
2018/03/19
Budget bill likely would end Supreme Court email search case
2018/03/12
Appeals court weighs resuming pipeline project in Louisiana
2018/02/27
Court: US anti-discrimination law covers sexual orientation
2018/02/19
Maldives court delays reinstating pro-opposition lawmakers
2018/02/19
Inmate in landmark Supreme Court case denied parole
2018/02/04
Greek court postpones decision in Turkish extradition case
2018/01/23
Supreme Court sides with police over partygoers in wild bash
2018/01/19
Court seems to favor death row inmate in dispute with lawyer
2018/01/01
Western powers warn Kosovo on changing war crimes court law
2017/12/28
Myanmar court extends detention for 2 Reuters reporters
2017/11/21
Court case exposes rift in Germany's secretive Aldi family
2017/11/03
Top German court strengthens intersex identity rights
2017/09/20
Toys R Us files for Chapter 11 reorganization
2017/09/18
Indian court sentences 2 men to death in 1993 Mumbai blasts
2017/08/22
Raise drives justices to slash funding for advisory council
2017/08/19
French Designer Wins Court Case in Dispute with Brad Pitt
2017/07/07
Court: Energy firm can pass $55M cleanup costs
2017/06/19
Justices could take up high-stakes fight over electoral maps
2017/06/17
After jury deadlocks, Bill Cosby faces 2nd sex assault trial
2017/06/13
West Virginia high court excludes inmates from workers' comp
2017/06/06
Court to hear challenge to speed up California executions
2017/04/30
Idaho Judicial Council accepting applications for high court
2017/04/01
Democrats tighten opposition of high court pick
2017/03/06
NC governor, legislature head to court in power showdown
2017/01/26
Driver due in court in Cleveland officer's hit-and-run death
2017/01/24
Kyrgyz court confirms life sentence for journalist
2017/01/19
Supreme Court to hear case about party in vacant DC house
2017/01/18
Court ponders mass murderer Breivik's prison conditions
2017/01/16
Court ponders mass murderer Breivik's prison conditions
2017/01/15
Supreme Court considers suit over 2001 detention of Muslims
2016/12/20
Court to unseal Clinton email search warrant
2016/09/08
High court temporarily blocks subpoena over sex ads
2016/09/05
Stepmom of scalded boy who died pleads guilty to murder
2016/08/14
Ex-officer charged in death of black motorist back in court
2016/06/09
Bollywood filmmaker challenges censoring of drug-abuse film
2016/05/25
Hulk Hogan, Gawker back in court in Florida
2016/05/23
US appeals court revisits Texas voter ID law
2016/04/25
Stoddard firefighter charged with arson due in court
2016/03/28
Supreme Court rejects Blagojevich appeal in corruption case
2016/03/25
'Bogus beggar' pleads guilty to fraud charges
2016/01/20
High court will hear Microsoft appeal over Xbox lawsuit
2015/12/25
Jeffrey Dahmer's lawyer suspended by Supreme Court
2015/11/17
Snowboarders fight ban at Utah resort in appeals court
2015/11/06
Kansas Supreme Court to take up school funding case
2015/11/03
Supreme Court troubled by DA's rejection of black jurors
2015/10/12
Georgia man accused in hot car death to appear in court
2015/09/21
Court documents quantify impact of gay marriage in Kansas
2015/08/03
Republicans reject governor's pick for Va. Supreme Court
2015/07/20
Wife says Chinese rights lawyer being denied legal counsel
2015/07/12
Court: New health law doesn't infringe on religious freedom
2015/07/06
Legal public nudity; cattle rustling; sheriff pays tax
2015/06/22
High court strikes down raisin program as unconstitutional
2015/06/13
Appeals court sets aside conviction of bin Laden assistant
2015/06/04
Supreme Court to hear Texas Senate districts case
2015/05/18
Court: State can’t order unions, companies to reach binding contracts
2015/05/16
Attorney: Court orders release of anti-nuclear activists
2014/10/28
Court in Va. examines death row isolation policy
2013/07/23
Pitt schools segregation lawsuit in federal court
2013/05/24
Oil leasing dispute heads to federal court
2012/10/10
Court lets stand telecom immunity in wiretap case
2012/09/29
High court uphold WV congressional districts
2012/08/10
NJ court upholds decal law for young drivers
2012/03/01
Back Pay Award Reduced Based on Laches in Class Action
2012/02/29
Indianapolis Business & Corporate Law Firm
2012/02/24
Indianapolis Business & Corporate Law Firm
2012/02/22
A Class Action Has Been Filed Against GNC
2012/02/21
Indianapolis Business Litigation Law Firm - Riley Bennett & Egloff, LLP
2012/02/20
Israel top court takes Palestinian detainee appeal
2012/02/13
Indianapolis Bankruptcy Law Firm - Riley Bennett & Egloff, LLP
2012/02/02
Miss. high court takes ex-gov pardons case
2012/01/23
US high court: warrant needed for GPS tracking
2012/01/12
Sanford Wittels & Heisler Files Employment Class Action
2012/01/11
Judge halts killer's Ohio execution, scolds state
2012/01/09
Texas electoral maps at issue before Supreme Court
2012/01/02
Chief justice defends court's impartiality
2011/12/30
Federal judge blocks Calif. low-carbon fuels rule
2011/12/28
Appeals court upholds convictions in Fort Dix plot
2011/12/26
Supreme Court rejects Hessler appeal
2011/12/16
Phil Spector to take appeal to US Supreme Court
2011/12/16
Wall St. seeks dismissal of Ala. record bankruptcy
2011/12/15
Previously announced class action settlement approved
2011/12/14
Next ICC prosecutor warns against sex crimes
2011/12/12
City Council in Pa. capital again seeks bankruptcy
2011/12/09
Appeals court blocks cement plant pollution rule
2011/12/07
Blagojevich team says he's guilty, asks for mercy
2011/12/06
ICC seeks information from Libya on Seif al-Islam
2011/12/05
Court: Assange can continue extradition fight
2011/12/01
Man tied to Ohio Craigslist case appears in court
2011/11/29
Calif. salon shooting suspect due for arraignment
2011/11/28
US court won't block its Texas redistricting map
2011/11/22
NY top court clears probe of inflated appraisals
2011/11/20
Texas AG blasts court's redistricting maps
2011/11/19
Federal court issues new political maps for Texas
2011/11/18
Fla. hired law firm with ties to Gov. Scott
2011/11/07
Corzine steps down at collapsed firm, hires lawyer
2011/11/03
High court considers Ga. suit over false testimony
2011/11/02
Court unlikely to allow private prison to be sued
2011/10/26
Justices could talk health care cases on Nov. 10
2011/10/25
US appeals court upholds roadless rule in forests
2011/10/22
Indiana, Planned Parenthood in court over funding
2011/10/21
Artists sue auction houses over royalties law
2011/10/18
Arpaio to testify about failed investigations
2011/10/18
Minn. appeals court upholds $1M U verdict
2011/10/14
SEC backs ban on banks trading for own profit
2011/10/06
Scott Cole & Associates Announces Update for Class Action
2011/10/05
Hogan to be new courts administrative officer
2011/10/04
Court turns away appeal over commandments display
2011/09/16
Class Action Filed Against Former, Current A&P Execs
2011/09/08
Court tosses Sivak's death sentence
2011/08/25
Lawyers wrap up Int'l Court's first trial
2011/08/21
Federal court rejects Houston cop killer's appeal
2011/08/19
Drug company lawyer taped trying to foil lawsuit
2011/08/15
Nigerian who allegedly scammed 80 law firms, lawyers out of $31M extradited to US
2011/08/12
Miss. judge suspended for misconduct
2011/08/10
New hearings sought in Chicago police torture case
2011/08/09
Pozen says Texas court upholds Treximet patents
2011/08/09
Once-exonerated Conn. man ordered back to prison
2011/08/05
Lawyer pleads guilty to $47 million Ponzi scheme
2011/08/03
Buffalo city lawmakers irked by law firm's TV ad
2011/07/28
Health care lawsuit reaches Supreme Court
2011/07/26
Class action lawsuit filed over Antero drilling
2011/07/26
NJ court rules against son in Plain estate dispute
2011/07/25
Court denies motion to stop Loughner medication
2011/07/15
High court sets oral arguments in campaign lawsuit
2011/07/11
Law Firm To Collect $35M In Forfeited Bonds
2011/07/11
Lawyer defends Nevada truck firm in Amtrak crash
2011/07/05
Borrowers sue over apparent loan mod mishaps
2011/06/28
BofA Near $8.5B Deal to Settle Big Investors' Claims
2011/06/24
Toyota class action suit to start with Utah case
2011/06/24
Casino owner cited in complaint against Ala. judge
2011/06/20
Mont. Supreme Court rules against Paws Up
2011/05/17
Ala. chief justice warns more court layoffs coming
2011/05/04
Trump real estate courses didn't deliver, suit says
2011/04/25
High court rejects quick review of health care law
2011/04/18
Democrats criticize hiring of firm for House remap
2011/04/04
Patrick to nominate justice to Mass. high court
2011/03/04
Disgraced Pa. judge wants convictions tossed
2011/02/11
Judge affirms $7.3M verdict against law firm
2010/12/15
Lawsuit seeks to keep 3 Iowa justices on bench
2010/12/03
Transit expert lawyers to help NJ fight tunnel tab
2010/11/28
$450m class action launched against NAB
2010/11/02
Court Appoints Lawyer for Bernard Kilpatrick
2010/10/04
New Supreme Court term opens with Kagan aboard
2010/09/27
Abraham, Fruchter & Twersky, LLP
2010/09/16
Man who tried to fake death pleads guilty to fraud
2010/08/30
DOJ's elite Public Integrity unit gets new leader
2010/08/17
DUI Life Sentence Stirs Debate About Alcoholism
2010/08/09
Children in Dependency Proceedings Need Lawyers
2010/07/29
2 re-sentencings ordered in $1.9B Ohio fraud case
2010/07/20
Wis. justices uphold ex-Jesuit priest's conviction
2010/07/05
Law firm merger activity picks up
2010/06/28
Ore. trial court to reconsider $100M tobacco case
2010/06/21
Securities Fraud Liability May Hit More Defendants
2010/06/16
Law firm: BP claims form flawed
2010/06/10
Court OKs Calif. city's day laborer crackdown
2010/05/24
Appeals court rules against Bagram detainees
2010/05/17
CANCER CLUSTER TRIAL APPROACHES
2010/04/28
US lawmaker urges action on Russian lawyer's death
2010/04/19
The Shuman Investigates Ormat Technologies Inc.
2010/04/16
Wash. court: Illegal worker status inadmissible
2010/04/14
Law firms seek to represent dead miners' families
2010/04/12
Law firm Mayer Brown lays off more lawyers
2010/04/12
BofA Merrill, Knight Capital, Franklin Templeton
2010/02/25
Law firm 'in contempt' over MP legal threat
2010/02/13
Stigma of home-based firms disappearing as trend grows
2010/01/30
‘America’s Best Law Firms’ Rankings Are Coming in 2010
2010/01/12
Simmons rated as UK's most gay-friendly firm
2010/01/06
Law firm mergers down 24 percent in 2009
2009/12/23
Judge orders new trial in Chicago patronage case
2009/12/07
Lyondell settles lawsuit brought by unsecured creditors
2009/11/23
Pension drops lawsuit against ACS over Xerox buy
2009/11/02
Jury Rules Against Blue Nile in $60.1 Million Lawsuit
2009/09/28
Burford Capital In GBP200M IPO For Lawsuit Funding
2009/07/16
Goldman Sachs Backs Off Blogger
2009/05/26
Sotomayor nominated to high court
2009/05/26
Recession cuts law firm growth
2009/05/14
Students who paid to attend inauguration sue
2009/05/07
Study Predicts 5 Percent Growth in Legal Spending
2009/04/22
Supreme Court limits warrantless vehicle searches
2009/02/23
Munger, Tolles & Olson Retains Clearwell to lower costs
2009/02/05
Sidley Austin Receives Commitment to Justice Award
2008/12/17
Court: No obligation for company to give teen drug
2008/12/15
NJ Sen. Lautenberg among potential fraud victims
2008/12/01
Court revives Ariz. tribes lawsuit over research
2008/10/30
Anti-gay-marriage groups look for Ariz. redemption
2008/06/21
Supreme Court to review decision on Navy sonar use
2008/04/14
Top Law Schools Tighten Hold on NLJ 250 Firms
2008/03/25
Is Schwarzenegger Serious About Taxing Lawyers?
2008/03/24
Attorney Is Disbarred for the Second Time
2008/03/17
High Court Agrees to Hear Indecency Case
2008/03/13
Attorney General To Argue a Case Before High Court
2008/03/05
Touro chief says law school not for sale
2008/03/05
California Supreme Court in gay marriage storm
2008/03/04
Ex-Alaska Governor's top aide to plead guilty
2008/03/04
Louisiana's new AG probes Foti's last-stand lawsuits
2008/03/03
Campton Hills pays $124,000 to lawyers
2008/03/03
Justices reject appeal by Adelphia founder, son
2008/03/02
Peloton hedge fund to liquidate and close shop
2008/02/28
Law Firm Warns Of Looming Katrina Lawsuit Deadline
2008/02/25
Four law firms dominate school district services
2008/02/25
Supreme Court to hear car search, tribal land cases
2008/02/23
Top U.S. court backs S.F. health care
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TikTok asks Supreme Court to temporarily block law that could ban site in U.S.
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2024/12/15 06:47
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TikTok on Monday asked the Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis to block the federal law that would ban the popular platform in the United States unless its China-based parent company agreed to sell it.
Lawyers for the company and China-based ByteDance urged the justices to step in before the law’s Jan. 19 deadline. A similar plea was filed by content creators who rely on the platform for income and some of TikTok’s more than 170 million users in the U.S.
“A modest delay in enforcing the Act will create breathing room for this Court to conduct an orderly review and the new Administration to evaluate this matter — before this vital channel for Americans to communicate with their fellow citizens and the world is closed,” lawyers for the companies told the Supreme Court.
President-elect Donald Trump, who once supported a ban but then pledged during the campaign to “save TikTok,” said his administration would take a look at the situation.
“As you know, I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok,” Trump said during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. His campaign saw the platform as a way to reach younger, less politically engaged voters.
Trump was meeting with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew at Mar-a-Lago on Monday, according to two people familiar with the president-elect’s plans who were not authorized to speak publicly about them and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
The companies have said that a shutdown lasting just a month would cause TikTok to lose about a third of its daily users in the U.S. and significant advertising revenue.
The case could attract the court’s interest because it pits free speech rights against the government’s stated aims of protecting national security, while raising novel issues about social media platforms.
The request first goes to Chief Justice John Roberts, who oversees emergency appeals from courts in the nation’s capital. He almost certainly will seek input from all nine justices.
On Friday, a panel of federal judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied an emergency plea to block the law, a procedural ruling that allowed the case to move to the Supreme Court.
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Republicans take Senate majority and eye unified power with Trump
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2024/11/07 06:07
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Republicans have taken control of the U.S. Senate and are fighting to keep their majority in the U.S. House, which would produce a full sweep of GOP power in Congress alongside President-elect Donald Trump in the White House.
A unified Republican grip on Washington would set the course for Trump’s agenda. Or if Democrats wrest control of the House, it would provide an almost certain backstop, with veto power over the White House.
Trump, speaking early Wednesday at his election night party in Florida, said the results delivered an “unprecedented and powerful mandate” for Republicans.
He called the Senate rout “incredible.” And he praised House Speaker Mike Johnson, who dashed from his own party in Louisiana to join Trump. “He’s doing a terrific job,” Trump said.
From the U.S. Capitol, Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, privately a harsh Trump critic, called it a “hell of a good day.”
Vote counting in some races could go on for days, and control of the House is too early to call.
The rally for Republicans started early on election night in West Virginia, when Jim Justice, the state’s wealthy governor, flipped the seat held by retiring Sen. Joe Manchin. From there, the Republicans marched alongside Trump across the Senate map.
Republicans toppled Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio, the first incumbent senator to fall, with GOP luxury car dealer and blockchain entrepreneur Bernie Moreno. They chased Democrats in the “blue wall” states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, where Vice President Kamala Harris strained to carry the party forward, though Democrats avoided a total wipeout as Elissa Slotkin won an open Senate seat in Michigan and Sen. Tammy Baldwin was reelected in Wisconsin.
Democratic efforts to oust firebrand Republicans Ted Cruz of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida collapsed. The unexpected battleground of Nebraska pushed Republicans over the top. Incumbent GOP Sen. Deb Fischer brushed back a surprisingly strong challenge from independent newcomer Dan Osborn.
In one of the most-watched Senate races, in Montana, Democrat Jon Tester, a popular three-term senator and “dirt farmer” in the fight of his political career, lost to Trump-backed Tim Sheehy, a wealthy former Navy SEAL, who made derogatory comments about Native Americans, a key Western state constituency.
All told, Senate Republicans have a chance to scoop up a few more seats, potentially delivering their most robust majority in years — a coda to outgoing GOP Leader McConnell, who made a career charting a path to power, this time by recruiting high-wealth Republicans aligned with Trump.
He told reporters at a Capitol news conference that a Senate under Republican control would “control the guardrails” and prevent changes in Senate rules that would end the filibuster.
McConnell declined to answer questions about his past stark criticism of Trump or about the prospects of potential nominees in a new administration. He also said he viewed the election results as a referendum on the Biden administration.
“People were just not happy with this administration and the Democratic nominee was a part of it,” McConnell said. Ohio Republicans have tightened their grip on the Ohio Supreme Court from 4-3 to 6-1 by ousting two incumbent Democratic justices and winning a third, open seat, the Associated Press projects based on unofficial results. Results remain unofficial until they are certified by local county boards of elections and the Ohio Secretary of State.
The Ohio Supreme Court will rule on a variety of issues that affect the daily lives of Ohioans ranging from education and environmental issues to gerrymandering and elections to civil and reproductive rights.
The state’s highest court has been under Republican control since 1986 and Republicans currently have a 4-3 majority that will increase to 6-1 starting in 2025.
Republican Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Judge Megan Shanahan defeated incumbent Democratic Justice Michael P. Donnelly, according to unofficial results.
“I’m honored and grateful to the millions of Ohioans who have put their trust in me to be their Ohio Supreme Court Justice,” Shanahan posted on her campaign Facebook page. “I’ll be true to what I campaigned on and will be a Supreme Court Justice who knows that my job is to interpret the law, not to make it. I’ll go to work each day and focus on protecting Ohio’s citizens, communities, and constitution.”
Incumbent Republican Justice Joseph Deters defeated incumbent Democratic Justice Melody Stewart — ousting her from the court, unofficial results show.
Deters decided not to run for his current seat and won a full six-year term. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine appointed Deters, a former prosecutor, to a vacant seat in January 2023, even though he had no prior experience as a judge.
In the race for an open seat, Republican Judge Dan Hawkins defeated Democratic Judge Lisa Forbes, the AP projected.
This race was for Deters’ open seat, a term that expires on Dec. 31, 2026. Hawkins currently serves on the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas and Forbes is on the 8th District Court of Appeals. Hawkins will face reelection for a full six-year term in 2026.
In 2021, Republican state lawmakers added party labels to the Ohio Supreme Court races, which were previously nonpartisan.
Democratic Justice Jennifer Brunner’s seat will be up in 2026. The seats of Republican Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy, Republican Justice Pat DeWine, and Republican Justice Pat Fischer will be up in 2028. The fight for control of the House became a state-by-state slog, much of which unfolded far from the presidential race.
House races are focused in New York and California, where Democrats are trying to claw back some of the 10 or so seats where Republicans have made surprising gains in recent years.
Other House races are scattered around the country, with some of the most contentious in Maine, the “blue dot” around Omaha, Nebraska, and in Alaska.
Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said the House “remains very much in play.”
To gain control of the House, Democrats need to flip four seats from Republicans, while holding all of their own, a tall task especially in congressional districts where Trump has won.
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US court to review civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism
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2024/10/07 10:39
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A federal appellate court is set to hear oral arguments Monday in a civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies to place polluting industries in majority-Black communities.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is reviewing a lawsuit filed by community groups claiming St. James Parish “intentionally discriminated against Black residents” by encouraging industrial facilities to be built in areas with predominantly Black populations “while explicitly sparing White residents from the risk of environmental harm.”
The groups, Inclusive Louisiana, Rise St. James and Mt. Triumph Baptist Church, seek a halt to future industrial development in the parish.
The plaintiffs note that 20 of the 24 industrial facilities were in two sections of the parish with majority-Black populations when they filed the complaint in March 2023.
The parish is located along a heavily industrialized stretch of the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, known as the Chemical Corridor, often referred to by environmental groups as “Cancer Alley” because of the high levels of suspected cancer-causing pollution emitted there.
The lawsuit comes as the federal government has taken steps during the Biden administration to address the legacy of environmental racism. Federal officials have written stricter environmental protections and committed tens of billions of dollars in funding.
In the Louisiana case, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier of the Eastern District of Louisiana in November 2023 dismissed the lawsuit largely on procedural grounds, ruling the plaintiffs had filed their complaint too late. But he added, “this Court cannot say that their claims lack a basis in fact or rely on a meritless legal theory.”
Barbier said the lawsuit hinged primarily on the parish’s 2014 land-use plan, which generally shielded white neighborhoods from industrial development and left majority-Black neighborhoods, schools and churches without the same protections. The plan also described largely Black sections of the parish as “future industrial” sites. The plaintiffs missed the legal window to sue the parish, the judge ruled.
Yet the parish’s land-use plan is just one piece of evidence among many revealing ongoing discrimination against Black residents in the parish, said Pamela Spees, a lawyer for the Center of Constitutional Rights representing the plaintiffs. They are challenging Barbier’s ruling under the “continuing violations” doctrine on the grounds that discriminatory parish governance persists, allowing for industrial expansion in primarily Black areas.
The lawsuit highlights the parish’s decision in August 2022 to impose a moratorium on large solar complexes after a proposed 3,900-acre (1,580-hectare) solar project upset residents of the mostly white neighborhood of Vacherie, who expressed concerns about lowering property values and debris from storms. The parish did not take up a request for a moratorium on heavy industrial expansion raised by the plaintiffs, the lawsuit states.
These community members “have tried at every turn to simply have their humanity and dignity be seen and acknowledged,” Spees said. “That’s just been completely disregarded by the local government and has been for generations.”
Another part of the complaint argues the parish failed to identify and protect the likely hundreds of burial sites of enslaved people by allowing industrial facilities to build on and limit access to the areas, preventing the descendants of slaves from memorializing the sites. The federal judge tossed out that part of the lawsuit, noting the sites were on private property not owned by the parish.
At its core, the complaint alleges civil rights violations under the 13th and 14th amendments, stating the land-use system in the parish allowing for industrial buildout primarily in majority-Black communities remains shaped by the history of slavery, white supremacy and Jim Crow laws and governance.
Lawyers for St. James Parish said the lawsuit employed overreaching claims and “inflammatory rhetoric.” St. James Parish did not respond to a request for comment. |
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A court in Argentina orders the arrest of Venezuela’s president
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2024/09/24 06:25
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A federal court in Argentina on Monday ordered the “immediate” arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello for alleged crimes against humanity committed against dissidents.
The court order came in response to an appeal by Argentine prosecutor Carlos Stornelli after a previous ruling dismissed the complaint against both Venezuelan leaders.
Federal court members Pablo Bertuzzi, Leopoldo Bruglia and Mariano Llorens ordered that “the arrest warrants for Nicolás Maduro and Diosdado Cabello be executed immediately, and that their international arrest should be ordered via Interpol for the purposes of extradition to the Argentine Republic,” according to the resolution.
The order comes hours after Venezuela’s Supreme Court issued an arrest warrant for Argentina’s President Javier Milei amid a controversy between the two countries over the detention in Argentine territory — and delivery to the United States — of a cargo plane that Washington says was sold by a sanctioned Iranian airline to a Venezuelan state-owned company.
The tit-for-tat heightens the tensions between Venezuela and Argentina that have been brewing since far-right Milei assumed power in December and that has led to a breakdown in diplomatic relations.
The case against Maduro and his right-hand man was brought before the Argentine courts by the Argentine Forum for Democracy in the Region, FADER, in early 2023, taking into account Argentina’s jurisprudence on human rights and the principle of universal jurisdiction that allows action to be taken against crimes against humanity, even if they have been committed outside its borders.
According to the plaintiffs, a systematic plan of repression, forced disappearance of persons, torture, homicides and persecution against dissidents has been in place in Venezuela since 2014.
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Supreme Court rebuffs plea to restore multibllliou-dollar student debt plan
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2024/08/31 13:33
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday kept on hold the latest multibillion-dollar plan from the Biden administration that would have lowered payments for millions of borrowers, while lawsuits make their way through lower courts.
The justices rejected an administration request to put most of it back into effect. It was blocked by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
In an unsigned order, the court said it expects the appeals court to issue a fuller decision on the plan “with appropriate dispatch.”
The Education Department is seeking to provide a faster path to loan cancellation, and reduce monthly income-based repayments from 10% to 5% of a borrower’s discretionary income. The plan also wouldn’t require borrowers to make payments if they earn less than 225% of the federal poverty line — $32,800 a year for a single person.
Last year, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority rejected an earlier plan that would have wiped away more than $400 billion in student loan debt.
Cost estimates of the new SAVE plan vary. The Republican-led states challenging the plan peg the cost at $475 billion over 10 years. The administration cites a Congressional Budget Office estimate of $276 billion.
Two separate legal challenges to the SAVE plan have been making their way through federal courts. In June, judges in Kansas and Missouri issued separate rulings that blocked much of the administration’s plan. Debt that already had been forgiven under the plan was unaffected.
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that allowed the department to proceed with a provision allowing for lower monthly payments. Republican-led states had asked the high court to undo that ruling.
But after the 8th Circuit blocked the entire plan, the states had no need for the Supreme Court to intervene, the justices noted in a separate order issued Wednesday.
The Justice Department had suggested the Supreme Court could take up the legal fight over the new plan now, as it did with the earlier debt forgiveness plan. But the justices declined to do so.
“This is a recipe for chaos across the student loan system,” said Mike Pierce, executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center, an advocacy group.
“No court has decided on the merits here, but despite all of that borrowers are left in this limbo state where their rights don’t exist for them,” Pierce said.
Eight million people were already enrolled in the SAVE program when it was paused by the lower court, and more than 10 million more people are looking for ways to afford monthly payments, he said.
Sheng Li, litigation counsel with the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a legal group funded by conservative donors, applauded the order. “There was no basis to lift the injunction because the Department of Education’s newest loan-cancellation program is just as unlawful as the one the Court struck down a year ago,” he said in a statement.
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